On June 16, Professor John P. Verboncoeur (IEEE Fellow), Vice President of IEEE, visited the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Electronics (EEA) at Tsinghua University. He delivered a lecture titled “From Multipactor to Ionization Breakdown: Review and Recent Advances,” along with a presentation titled “IEEE Overview.” Over 50 faculty and students from Tsinghua University, Peking University, Kanazawa University, the Technion, and Xi'an Jiaotong University participated in the event, which was chaired by Fu Yangyang, Deputy Director of the High Voltage Institute.

At John P. Verboncoeur’s academic lecture

During his lecture, Professor Verboncoeur systematically introduced his team’s research on the electron multiplication process, utilizing particle simulations to demonstrate amplitude and phase control. He elaborated on the suppression of the electron multiplication process by non-sinusoidal signals or multiple frequencies, and discussed the mechanisms of harmonics generation induced by this process. Additionally, he outlined the organizational structure, technical ethics, and guiding principles of IEEE, with a focus on the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS), highlighting IEEE's efforts to address climate change and food security. After the presentation, attendees engaged in discussions with Professor Verboncoeur regarding plasma electron multiplication processes and numerical simulation techniques.

Professor John P. Verboncoeur giving an academic report

Teachers and students shared their views with Professor John P. Verboncoeur

Introduction to the Speaker: Professor John P. Verboncoeur earned his Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Science from the University of Florida in 1986, followed by a Master’s and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) in 1987 and 1992, respectively. He founded the Computational Engineering Science program at UCB in 2001 and served as its chair until 2010. In 2011, he was appointed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University and became a professor in the Department of Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering in 2015. Since 2014, he has served as Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University and is a co-founder of its Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering Department. His research focuses on plasma physics, with over 500 significant academic papers published in renowned international journals, cited more than 6,600 times. He is a member of the Plasma Physics Society and the U.S. Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. Professor Verboncoeur has held various positions, including President of IEEE NPSS (2015-2016), Director of IEEE Region 4 (2019-2020), Vice Chair of the IEEE Publications Services and Products Committee (2020), and Vice Chair of the IEEE Technical Activities Committee (2023). He is a candidate for IEEE President in 2025.

Fu Yangyang Presents a Commemorative Gift to Professor John P. Verboncoeur