Peter Haas was a pioneer in the field of nuclear weapons effects beginning in the mid 1950s. He proposed and conducted some of the landmark experiments on nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and transient radiation effects on electronics (TREE) at the Nevada and Pacific Nuclear Test Sites.
He was always a strong advocate for laboratory simulation facilities and it was under his direction that some of the early neutron displacement effects research was done in pulsed nuclear reactors. He had the imagination and foresight to suggest that electronic circuitry might undergo severe changes in behavior when exposed to a nuclear radiation pulse, and this was the genesis of the discipline known as TREE.
Pete was a tutor for many people who were and are major contributors to the field of Radiation Survivability Research and Technology. |
Purpose of the Award:
To recognize individuals "who have demonstrated outstanding and innovative technical contributions or leadership in the successful development of U.S. hardened military and space systems."
The Plaque states:
"For Superior Achievement in Radiation Survivability Research and Technology"
Winners:
1991 Vernal Josephson
For Technical Leadership in the Development of Nuclear Survivable Military Space Systems
1992 George C. Messenger
For Technical Development of Nuclear Hardened Electronics and Survivable Military Systems
1993 Victor A. J. Van Lint
For Contributions to Develop and Apply Nuclear Electromagnetic Hardening in Survivable Systems
1994 Conrad Longmire
For Technical Excellence in the Development of Nuclear EMP and Atmospheric Effects
1995 James L. Ramsey
For Significant Contributions to Hardening Strategic Weapon Systems
1996 John L. Wirth
For Significant Contributions to the Understanding of Radiation Effects on Semiconductors and for Sustained Leadership in the Development of Nuclear Survivable Weapon Systems
1998 Charles A. Aeby
For Technical Leadership and Management in the Development of Nuclear Survivable Air Force Space Systems
1999 Samuel Clay Rogers
For Sustained Contributions to the Hardening and Hardness Verification Testing of U.S. Space and Missile Systems and to the Development of Radiation–Hardened Microelectronics
2000 Virgil H. Strahan
For contributions to the Understanding of Radiation Hardness Relative to Evolving Semiconductor Industry Technologies and the Application of this Knowledge to the Development of Hardened Missile and Space Systems
2001 Ralph H. Stahl
For Leadership in the Design and Performance of Laboratory and Underground Nuclear Experiments that Contributed to the Basic Understanding of System Hardening to Nuclear Radiation
2002 Edward Conrad
For Outstanding Contributions to National Security during and after the Cold War as a Leader and Technical Contributor in the Area of Nuclear Weapons Effects, Nuclear Hardening, Survivability, Lethality, Nuclear Weapon Deployment and Arms Control Verification
2007 Ronald L. Pease
For Outstanding Technical Contributions to the Understanding of Radiation Effects in Bi-polar Devices and Circuits and Service to the Radiation Effects Community in Furthering the Exchange of Information in International Conferences, Short Courses and Publications
2008 Wendland Beezhold
For Contributions in Developing the Nuclear Weapon Output Simulation Methodology to Adequately Test Nuclear Weapon Electronics thus enabling the Cessation of Underground Testing without Impacting the Stockpile
2009 James P. Spratt
For Advancement in the Understanding of the Physics of Radiation Effects in Semiconductors, and for the Development of Design and Fabrication Techniques to Mitigate Radiation Effects in Survivable Systems
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