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Volume 4, Number 3 Editor's Note
Welcome to the October 2006 issue of the INMM Communicator! You will find many exciting articles in this issue. It is time to wrap up another great annual meeting, which was held in Nashville, Tenn., on July 16-20, 2006. Those of you who participated know that it was a huge success, with the highest number of student participants ever! The meeting highlights are described in a piece by Technical Program Chair Charles Pietri. For the fourth year, at the Annual Meeting’s speaker’s breakfast, INMM Fellow Paul Ebel delivered an excellent speech on how to improve our oral presentations. This year’s speech was about improving our presentations by asking for feedback. A summary of his tips is included in this issue. One of the highlights of this year’s meeting was the attendance of many students, both from within the United States and from overseas. A vibrant student competition was headed by Yvonne Ferris, head of the Awards Committee and by Chad Olinger, chair of the Memorial and Outreach Subcommittee. More than 30 students participated in the competition with oral presentations and posters. This year’s winner of the J. D. Williams Student Paper Award was Andreas Enqvist, a Ph.D. student at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. The award comes with a $1,000 check. Congratulations, Andreas! You will find information about other INMM awards in a piece by Yvonne Ferris, head of the Awards Committee. Nicholas Smith won the second price, which comes with a $500 check, and John Tackentien won the best poster award, which comes with a $1,000 check. Congratulations to Nicholas and Josh.
Students have the opportunity to apply for scholarships, including the Robert J. Sorenson Memorial Scholarship. Download the application form. More student news comes to us from the Texas A&M Student Chapter: read all about their progress in a piece by Don Giannangeli, the Student Chapter’s President. The INMM Central Chapter is hosting a Hold Up Measurements Workshop in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Oct. 29-Nov. 3. Read all about it in a piece by Chris Pickett. Plans for PATRAM 2007 are underway. Read a short article about this trienniel event. I am pleased to introduce a new feature of the Communicator, “News from the Technical Divisions.” In this issue, Jim Larrimore, chair of the International Safeguards Division tells us about what’s new in his division. As in every issue of the Communicator, we have news about the Institute’s internal operations in a column by INMM Vice President and incoming INMM President Nancy Jo Nicholas, “Inside Insights.” Another regular feature is the piece “Member News,” by Scott Vance, our Membership Committee Chair. A special welcome to all the new INMM members; their names are listed in Scott’s piece.
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