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We are deeply saddened that our colleague, Prof. Charles K. (Ned) Birdsall, passed away on March 6, 2012

Charles Kennedy Birdsall

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Professor in the Graduate School
Professor Emeritus

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department

Contacts:
Phone: (510) 642-3214
FAX: (510) 643-7846

Address:
University of California, Berkeley
EECS Department
253 Cory Hall #1770
Berkeley, CA 94720-1770

Assistant:
Charles Brien
(510) 642-3214
cbrien at eecs dot berkeley dot edu

Research Group

Education

  • B.S.E., University of Michigan - 1946
  • M.S.E., University of Michigan - 1948
  • Ph.D., Stanford University - 1951

Activities Since Retirement

Professor Birdsall retired in 1991 after 32 years of regular course teaching but continues to do research and gives many short courses and workshops around the world. His current focus is on bounded plasmas especially laboratory discharges, including collisions (Monte Carlo collisions, PIC-MCC codes), possible full fusion reactor, and microwave electron beam device simulations, all with visualizations.

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Last updated 6/26/2012