H. Frederick Dylla Manager, Free Electron Laser Program, Manager, Technology Development and Transfer

Contact:

• Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
  12000 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, VA 23606
• 757-269-7450 (phone)
  757-269-6357 (fax)
• dylla@jlab.org

Education:

• MIT B.S. Physics (1971)
• MIT M.S. Physics (1971)
• MIT Ph.D. Physics (1975)

Career:

• Jefferson Lab
  
  • 9/90 - Present, Manager of Free Electron Laser Program,
    Manager of Technology Development and Transfer
  • 6/91 - 9/94, Head, Superconducting RF Technology Department
  
  
• College of William and Mary
  
  • 9/90 - Present Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Physics & Applied Science Dept.
  
  
• Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
  • 6/86 - 9/90, Head, Physics Operations Branch/TFTR Project
  • 4/81 - 6/86, Head, Vacuum Operations Section /TFTR Project
  • 2/78 - 4/81, Supervisor, Vacuum Preparation Laboratory/PLT and PDX Projects
    
  • 9/75 - 2/78, Research Staff, Surface Physics Branch/PLT and PDX Projects
  • 9/85, Principal Research Physicist
  • 9/80, Research Physicist (Indefinite Term Appointment)
  • 9/77, Research Staff II
  • 9/75, Research Staff I
  
  
• Princeton Scientific Consultants, Inc.
  • 1981 - 90, President and Senior Staff Consultant
  • 1989 - 90, Principal Investigator, Sematech/Eaton Corporation Contract
  • 1988 - 89, Principal Investigator, Maxwell Laboratories Contract

Special Appointments

• Virginia Governor’s Technology Council, 1996 – 1999
• Hampton Roads Technology Council, Board of Directors, 1998 – present
• Peninsula Economic Development Alliance, Board of Directors, 1998 - present

Awards:

• Fellow, American Vacuum Socity, 1996
• Fellow, American Physical Socity, 2001
• Distinguished Lecturer, American Vacuum Society, 2000
• Centenial Lecturer, American Chemical Society,1999

Research Highlights:

• Surface Physics/Vacuum Physics and Technology
• Plasma Physics
• Free Electron Lasers
• History of Physics

Teaching:

• 1990 - present, Graduate seminars in materials science and accelerator physics (William and Mary)
• 1990 - 94, Advisor for William and Mary Ph.D. candidate who completed thesis work on the “Modelling and Measurement of Outgassing from Metal Surfaces." (Nov. 1994)
• 1984 - 89, Developed and taught 20 hour course on “Vacuum Technology for Materials Processing (1-2 offerings/year)
• 1982 - 88, Developed and taught 20 hour course on “Process Plasma Diagnostics” (1-2 offerings /year)
• 1987 - 89, Organized and lectured in Princeton University’s Saturday Science Seminar Series” for secondary school students and teachers
• 1987 - 94, Advisor for Princeton University Ph.D. candidate who completed thesis work on the "Development of an Electron Diffusion Pressure Gauge." (Dec. 1994)
• 1972 - 74, Supervisor, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Physics Department, MIT
• 1969 -72, Instructor, Physics Project Laboratory and Environmental Measurements Project Laboratory, MIT

Publications

See complete list of papers

Professional Activities

• Member, American Physical Society
• Member, Materials Research Society
• Member, American Vacuum Society (President–1993; Elected Fellow–1996)
• Member, Optical Society of America
• Co-founded, AVS Fusion Technology Division, 1980
• Chairman, AVS Fusion Technology Division, 1984
• Chairman, AVS Technical Committee "Pressure Measurements in Fusion Devices," 1981 - 1989
• Chairman, AVS Topical Conference Committee, 1986 - 88
• Chairman, AVS National Program Committee, 1989
• Member, AVS Board of Directors, 1985 - 86,1992 - 94
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology, 1988 - 91
• Member, AIP Governing Board, 1990 - 93
• President, AVS, 1993
• Chairman, AVS Long Range Planning Committee, 1995-1998
• Chairman, AVS History Committee 2000 - present
• Editor, AVS Classics Book Series, 1995 - present
• Chairman, APS Committee on Application of Physics, 1996
• Member, National Academy of Science Board of Assessment for NIST, 1992 - 1997
• Member, AIP Corporate Associates Advisory Committee, 1986-present
• Co-founded, APS Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics (FIAP), 1996