AVS 64th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Plasma Science and Technology Division Tuesday Sessions
       Session PS+SS-TuA

Paper PS+SS-TuA7
Harold Winters and Plasma-Surface Interactions

Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 4:20 pm, Room Ballroom B

Session: The Science of Plasmas and Surfaces: Commemorating the Career of Harold Winters (ALL INVITED SESSION)
Presenter: David Graves, University of California at Berkeley
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My trajectory in studying plasma-surface interactions was profoundly affected first by reading the papers of Harold Winters, then by talking and working with him. My co-workers and I read and re-read Harold's papers (often co-authored with John Coburn) and the insights we gained from this work had a huge impact on what we chose to investigate and how we interpreted our results. In particular, our early studies of plasma-surface interactions using molecular dynamics simulations were almost completely motivated and guided by his work. Later, I had the extraordinary good fortune to welcome Harold into my laboratory for several years as a visiting scholar. His presence (and that of John Coburn and Dave Fraser) enlightened, instructed and inspired my entire group. I will summarize the impact of Harold's scientific work, his gracious and generous personality and his innate enthusiasm for science on me and my research group.