Bruce Goodwin Selected as Associate Director for Defense and Nuclear Technologies at Lawrence Lab.News Editors LIVERMORE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2001 Dr. Bruce Goodwin has been named by Lawrence Livermore National Lab Director C. Bruce Tarter Dr. C. Bruce Tarter was director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from 1994 to 2002. He received his bachelor's degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. as Associate Director - Defense and Nuclear Technologies. His appointment has been confirmed by the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Regents and by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). "Bruce Goodwin is an outstanding scientist and a fine leader," said Bruce Tarter, director. "He is extremely well-qualified to take on the broad responsibilities of stockpile stewardship." In his new position, Goodwin will be responsible for much of the management of NNSA's stockpile stewardship program, including the broad interdisciplinary programs of nuclear weapon physics, design, system analysis, materials and engineering. Since 1996, Goodwin has served as the B Program/B Division Leader within Defense and Nuclear Technologies. A physicist and engineer by training, Goodwin joined the lab in 1985. His research interests center around the physics of primary nuclear explosives and hydrodynamic instability. Prior to joining the lab, Goodwin worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National . He has a Ph.D in Astrophysics and M.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
CCNY was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States[3] . In 2000, Goodwin was honored by Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine for his significant contributions to the global field of aerospace. "I am honored to be entrusted with such an important job at this lab and I look forward to working with all the employees in the directorate," said Goodwin. Founded in 1952, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: see Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (body) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - (LLNL) A research organaisatin operated by the University of California under a contract with the US Department of Energy. is a national nuclear security laboratory, with a mission to ensure national security and apply science and technology to the important issues of our time. The National Nuclear Security Administration's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is managed by the University of California. NOTE: Photos and biographies of the new managers may be viewed at the following URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.llnl.gov/llnl/06news/NewsMedia/directors.html Laboratory news releases and photos are also available electronically on the World Wide Web of the Internet at URL http://www.llnl.gov/PAO and on UC Newswire. |
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