Biography:Ady Hershcovitch

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Ady Hershcovitch is a plasma physicist best known for his 1995 invention, the plasma window,[1] which was later patented. (United States Patent: 5578831:Hershcovitch).[2] In the plasma window, a plasma (which is an ionized gas confined by electric and magnetic fields) separates air from a vacuum by preventing the air from rushing into the vacuum. This scientific development can facilitate non-vacuum ion material modification, manufacturing of superalloys, and high-quality non-vacuum electron-beam welding.[3][4] The device has been compared to the force field in the Star Trek TV series.[5] He is well known for his work in plasma physics at Brookhaven National Laboratory.[6][7] He has over 80 publications[8] and 15 patents.[9]

Academic career

Hershcovitch earned his Masters in Nuclear Engineering in 1975 and his Sc.D. In Applied Plasma Physics in 1977 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[10] In 1980, Hershcovitch continued his research at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY.[11] Some of his most notable research involves development of plasma windows for transmission of synchrotron radiation and particle beams, in-situ coating techniques for Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) designed to reduce cold-bore resistivity and electron cloud formation, working on the Active Denial System (ADS) for radioactive waste transmutation and sub-critical nuclear reactors, development of electron guns with plasma cathodes, directing projects in Russia aimed at development of high charge state DC ion sources for MeV ion implanters and developing a non-vacuum electron beam and in-water techniques like welders and water purifiers.[12][13] He was an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas from 2006-2010 and is currently an adjunct professor at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY.[14][15]

International collaboration

In Tomsk, Russia, Hershcovitch works as a consultant for Plasma Sources LTD.[16] He also works with the Skolkovo Foundation as a Nuclear Cluster Expert Panel Member to promote research that can result in commercial products.[17] Since 2010, Hershcovitch has also been a visiting scientist at the Riken Nishina Center in Wako, Japan.[18]

Awards and honors

In 1987, he received the I.R. 100 Award for the development of ion-sensitive probe and in 1996, after patenting the Plasma Window, Hershcovitch received the R&D 100 Award, both selected as one of the 100 most significant technological developments worldwide.[19] On October 1, 2007, he was elected to the American Physical Society Fellowship.[20]

Personal life

Hershcovitch is currently married to Kathy Hershcovitch and resides in Long Island, NY.[21]

Media

Hershcovitch’s plasma window was featured on the History Channel program "The Universe" pertaining to Weapons of the Future.[22] The Plasma Window is featured in book by Michio Kaku titled “Physics of the Impossible”.[23] New Scientist has listed the plasma window as one of the 10 impossibilities conquered by science.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "Plasma Window". WikiAudio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqWiKhLZLXo. Retrieved 25 September 2017. 
  2. ↑ Hershcovitch, Ady. "Method and apparatus for charged particle propagation". United States Patent Office. 
  3. ↑ "Plasma Window Technology for Propagating Particle Beams and Radiation from Vacuum to Atmosphere". Tech Briefs. http://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/ntb/tech-briefs/electronics-and-computers/1834. Retrieved 14 May 2017. 
  4. ↑ "Acceleron Electron Beam, LLC, Wins Grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to Commercialize New Welding Technique Developed at Brookhaven Lab". BNL News Release. Brookhaven National Laboratory.. 
  5. ↑ "Hot Mettle". https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17823904-800-hot-mettle/. Retrieved 14 May 2017. 
  6. ↑ Kren, Lawrence. "New "window" of opportunity for e-beam welding". http://www.machinedesign.com/fasteners/new-window-opportunity-e-beam-welding. Retrieved 24 September 2017. 
  7. ↑ Kaku, Michio (2008). Physics of the Impossible. First Anchor Books: First Anchor Books. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-0307278821. 
  8. ↑ "U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health". Pub Med. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Hershcovitch%2C+A. 
  9. ↑ "United States Patent Office". US Patent Office. http://patft.uspto.gov./netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=Ady&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=Hershcovitch&FIELD2=&d=PTXT. Retrieved 14 May 2017. 
  10. ↑ "MIT Alumni Directory". https://alum.mit.edu/user/directory/Search.dyn?R=PxhT4bj96E9pIIavGLEl6A%3D%3D. 
  11. ↑ Directory and Survey of Particle Physicists. Diane Publishing. Jan 1, 1999. p. 134. https://books.google.com/books?id=OauCs3O1vmAC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=brookhaven+national+lab+hershcovitch&source=bl&ots=PXjCeCjGQy&sig=pyMfjbWyAGhYTqsj9EDQgQidvK4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXg5DRw8LSAhUG-mMKHa6nBIkQ6AEIRTAG#v=onepage&q=brookhaven%20national%20lab%20hershcovitch&f=false. Retrieved 14 May 2017. 
  12. ↑ "Plasma Physics R&D for Some non- Fusion Physics & Industrial Applications". http://apam.columbia.edu/files/seasdepts/applied-physics-and-applied-math/pdf-files/AHershcovitch.pdf. 
  13. ↑ A. Hershcovitch, M. Blaskiewicz, J.M. Brennan, A. Chawla, W. Fischer, C.-J. Liaw, W. Meng, and R. Todd, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, U.S.A. A. Custer, M. Erickson, N. Jamshidi, P. Kobrin, R. Laping, H. J. Poole. DEVICE AND TECHNIQUE FOR IN-SITU COATING OF THE RHIC COLD BORE VACUUM TUBES WITH THICK OFHC*. 
  14. ↑ "Stony Brook University Faculty Directory". Stony Brook University. http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/civileng/people/facultydirectory-1. Retrieved 14 May 2017. 
  15. ↑ "Seven Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named American Physical Society Fellows". https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=110725. 
  16. ↑ Hershcovitch, Ady. "New generation of ion sources based on non-conducting solid-state matters for semiconductor industry". https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bw_EKO18LYAJ:https://sk.ru/news/m/skmedia/3426/download.aspx+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari. 
  17. ↑ "DOE-GIPP, Skolkovo foundation funding to Plasma Sources LTD". Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH1-886 with the US Department of Energy.. http://www.c-ad.bnl.gov/icis2015/abstracts/MonM04%20Hershcovitch%20Ady%20Molecular%20ion%20sources%20for%20semiconductor%20ion%20implantation%20C05%20Invited%20MonM04.pdf. 
  18. ↑ A. Hershcovitch; H. Okuno; N. Fukunishi; A. Goto; H. Hasebe; H. Imao; O. Kamigaito; M. Kase et al. (March 2011). "Low-Z gas stripper as an alternative to carbon foils for the acceleration of high-power uranium beams". Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams. 
  19. ↑ "BNL Wins R&D 100 Award for ‘Plasma Window". United States Department of Energy -- Brookhaven National Laboratory. Brookhave Bulletin. October 18, 1996. https://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/bulletin/1996/bb101896.pdf. Retrieved 14 May 2017. 
  20. ↑ "Seven Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named American Physical Society Fellows". https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=110725. 
  21. ↑ "MIT Alumni Directory: Personal Life". https://alum.mit.edu/user/directory/Search.dyn?R=PxhT4bj96E9pIIavGLEl6A%3D%3D. 
  22. ↑ "Weapons of the Future". http://www.history.com/shows/the-universe/. 
  23. ↑ Kaku, Michio (2008). Physics of the Impossible. First Anchor Books: First Anchor Books. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-0307278821. 
  24. ↑ "10 impossibilities conquered by science" (in en-US). New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13556-10-impossibilities-conquered-by-science/. 




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