[SciDay05_LetterHead.JPG] HOME ABOUT AGENDA TALKS POSTER EXPO PEOPLE CONTACT VISITING Andrew Ng [ng_bio.jpg] Andrew Ng is Scientific Director of B174 Laser Facility in the Physics & Advanced Technologies Directorate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada. Prof. Ng received his B.Sc. Degree from Hong Kong University and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Western Ontario (Canada). He joined the Physics Department at UBC in 1980 as a faculty member in the Plasma Physics Group. Prof. Ng's research interest has been the study of high-energy-density physics using ultrahigh pressure laser driven shock compression or ultrafast laser heating of a solid. He was awarded the University of British Columbia Killam Research Prize and the C.A. McDowell Medal for Excellence in Research in 1988. In 1997, he received the IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Science Merit Award. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and an IEEE Fellow. Contact Information: Andrew Ng Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, L-251 Livermore, CA 94550 925-423-4429 ng16@llnl.gov ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ UCRL-WEB-211892