| Thomas C. Simonen, Class of 1960
Following graduation Tom Simonen went on to receive a Ph.D.
in electrical engineering from Stanford University. After
appointments at Hughes Aircraft, Max Planck Institute in
Munich, and Princeton University, he joined the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory for 18 years as a physicist
and became program leader for magnetic fusion experiments.
For the past 12 years he has been Director of the DIII-D
National Fusion Program, the U.S. Department of Energy’s
largest fusion facility with over 50 collaborating laboratories
and universities. Dr. Simonen has published extensively
in the field nuclear fusion energy, served on numerous national
and international physics committees, and is a Fellow of
the American Physical Society.
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