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Ronald Gilgenbach is a Professor Emeritus in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 1978, and has extensive expertise in plasma physics, particularly in the generation of intense electron beams and microwave technologies. His research encompasses high-power microwave generation and the application of advanced MV MA accelerators for plasma generation. Throughout his career, he has developed state-of-the-art electron beam generators, including a 1 MV, 10 kA, 1 microsecond electron beam generator known as MELBA, and has contributed to the design of the MAIZE z-pinch facility. In addition to his research contributions, he has served on the National Academy of Sciences Panel for strategic planning in burning plasma research in the U.S.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science