Texas Petawatt Project
The Texas Petawatt Project Team
Todd Ditmire - Project Director
Erhard Gaul - Project Laser Scientist
Background: Former lead scientist on the GSI Phelix Petawatt Project
Responsibility: Laser, target area, and diagnostics design.
Responsibility: Laser, target area, and diagnostics design.
Mikael Martinez - Project Manager
Background: Engineer on NIF PAM development at LLNL and supervisor at ESI Inc.
Responsibility: Laser and high voltage engineering, detailed project management.
Responsibility: Laser and high voltage engineering, detailed project management.
Marty Ringuette – Electrical technician
Background: Electrical technician
Responsibility: Pulse power construction and operations.
Responsibility: Pulse power construction and operations.
Ted Borger – Lead Laser Technician
Background: AS Laser Electro-Optics Technology, Texas State Technical College. 7 years at LLNL NIF facility
Responsibility: Laser technician
Responsibility: Laser technician
Doug Hammond – Lead Mechanical Engineer
Background: BS Mechanical Engineering, UT 2006
Responsibility: Mechanical design and drafting.
Responsibility: Mechanical design and drafting.
Srdjan Marijanovic – Controls Engineer
Background: BS Electrical Engineering, UT 2008
Responsibility: Development of controls software to operate laser facility.
Responsibility: Development of controls software to operate laser facility.
Maria Aguirre - Administrative support
Responsibility: Purchasing
Consultants:
* Joe Narduzzi - High voltage pulsed power
LLNL Collaborators:
* John Caird, Al Erlandson, Brent Stuart, Igor Jovanavic, Chris Ebbers