Larry R. Baylor, Ph.D.

Curriculum Vitae

Fusion Energy Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8071
(423) 574-1164 (office), (423) 576-7926 (fax)
baylorlr@ornl.gov

Summary

More than 16 years experience in engineering and physics research and development.

Developer of data analysis codes and data acquisition systems. Extensive knowledge of signal processing and data analysis techniques.

Background in plasma diagnostics, instrumentation, electro-optics, and holography.

Experience writing proposals as well as setting and meeting major milestones for research and development projects.

Experience with Windows 95/NT, UNIX, VMS, MVS, and MAC operating systems. Programmed in C/C++, Java, FORTRAN, Visual Basic, and IDL.

Good communications skills and an ability to work within a team environment.

Education

Ph. D. in Physics, University of Tennessee, 1989.

M. S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1984.

B. S. with Distinction in Physics, Iowa State University, 1981.

B. S. with Distinction in Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1981.

Professional Experience

1990-present: Research Staff Member for Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Currently the principle investigator in the pellet fueling program at the DIII-D national fusion experiment at General Atomics in San Diego, CA. Performed analysis of fueling experiments in fusion devices around the world resulting in several publications. Involved in several non-fusion projects to develop advanced technology in such areas as electron-beam lithography and direct to digital holography.

1987-1989: Dissertation Research at JET Joint Undertaking, UK.

Dissertation: Particle Transport in Pellet Fueled JET Plasmas

Successfully installed a pellet fueling system on the JET fusion experiment in England and was principle investigator from ORNL in a pellet fueling collaboration on JET. Assisted in experimental planning and carried out experiments over a two-year period. Analysis of experiments resulted in a Ph.D. dissertation and two first author papers.

1981-1986: Research Engineer in Instrumentation and Controls for fusion research projects at ORNL.

Implemented automated controls, data acquisition systems, and image acquisition system for pellet fueling systems. Responsible for the data acquisition system in a $100 million superconducting magnet test facility.

Recent Publications

1. L.R. Baylor, A. Geraud, et al., "An International Pellet Ablation Database," Nucl. Fusion 37, 445 (1997).

2. L.R. Baylor, G. L. Schmidt, et al., "Pellet Fueled Enhanced Confinement ICRH Discharges in TFTR," Nucl. Fusion 37, 127 (1997).

3. Maingi, R,…, Baylor, L.R., et al., ``Investigation of physical processes limiting plasma density in high confinement mode discharges on DIII-D'', Phys. Plasmas 4 (5) (1997) 1752.

4. Frattolillo, A., Combs, S., Baylor, L.R., et al., ``High-speed repeating hydrogen pellet injector for long-pulse magnetic confinement fusion experiments'', Rev. Sci. Instrum. 67 (5), (1996) 1834.

Recent Presentations

1. "Large Area Digital Direct Write E-beam Lithography," EBDW Workshop, SEMATECH, Dallas, TX, 19-Feb-1997.

2. "Pellet Injection on DIII-D: Initial Results,'' General Atomics, La Jolla, CA, DIII-D Physics Meeting, 26-Apr-1995.

3. "Tore Supra Pellet Fueling: Physics Issues, Status, and Plans,'' CEN, Cadarache, France, Tore Supra Steering Committee Meeting, 3-Oct-1994.

4. "A Tritium Pellet Injector for TFTR," University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Plasma Seminar, 21-Feb-1992,

Technical Skills

Extensive software development in C/C++ (8 years), Java, FORTRAN, Pascal, Visual Basic, and IDL, with codes for transport analysis, data acquisition, image processing, and lab automation. Experienced user and administrator of Windows 95, Windows NT, UNIX, and OpenVMS operating systems.

Experience with process control and high-speed data acquisition in an experimental physics environment.

Practical knowledge of data acquisition, ultrahigh vacuum techniques, cryogenics, plasma diagnostics, and optical measurement.