Fundamental Research in High Energy Density Science (2023)
Chapter: Appendix F: Requests Sent to National Laboratories
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Requests Sent to National Laboratories." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Fundamental Research in High Energy Density Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26728.
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Requests Sent to National Laboratories
GENERAL REQUESTS
- What are some highlights of HED science and ICF at your facility? What do you see as the big questions and opportunities in the field?
- List of programs that are relevant to HED science at the site (e.g., ICF, discovery science, other), and what do they support (stockpile stewardship only or other areas/missions)?
- Who is in charge of what, how are things organized and why (past and present)?
- How are the different programs at the site are related (or not) to each other?
- Overview of facilities/resources that support these programs (NIF, computing, target fab, etc.)?
- Overview of what has been done over the past 10 years?
- Overview of the short (<5 years), medium (5-10 years), and long-term (>10 years) goals/plan and foreseen challenges for those plans?
- What work do you have under way, and what needs do you have, regarding theory, computation, modeling, and simulation? What work are you doing with data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning?
- What are you currently doing with diagnostic methods and instrumentation, and what future capabilities would be helpful to you if developed?
- What new target fabrication capabilities would be helpful to you, bearing in mind all of input to the committee must be publicly releasable?
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix F: Requests Sent to National Laboratories." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Fundamental Research in High Energy Density Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/26728.
- What are your principal concerns about existing and future driver technologies and facility operations?
- Are there any workforce development items you’d like to share with the committee?
- What is the structure of your most effective university partnerships?
- How are you working to ensure the pipeline of future HED scientists?
- How are you engaging across the pipeline from high school students up to graduate students, e.g., undergraduate internships and graduate fellowships?
- How are you addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion?
- What are your collaborations with other sites and academia?
- Workforce statistics at the institution?
- Are there any other things that you would like to address, e.g.:
- Policy matters related to our statement of task?
- International HED science efforts?
- Any gaps identified by management (could be workforce, but also resources, scientific/technical). What would you like us to accomplish with this committee (I think we should not be afraid to ask bold questions!)?
- Some science highlights, scientific recognition of staff, and/or work being done at the site?
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