Background
Turchi, Peter John was born on December 30, 1946 in New York City. Son of Charles Orlando and Fay Florence (Breglia) Turchi.
educator physicist electrical engineer
Turchi, Peter John was born on December 30, 1946 in New York City. Son of Charles Orlando and Fay Florence (Breglia) Turchi.
Biosystems Engineering in Aerospace and Mechanical Science/Physics, Princeton University, 1967. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1970.
Research associate Plasma Propulsion Laboratory, Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1963—1970. Plasma physicist Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1970—1972. Research physicist Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, 1972—1977, chief Plasma Technology branch, 1977—1980.
Scientist Research and Development Associates, Arlington, Virginia, 1980—1981. Director Richard Daley Associates Washington Research Laboratory, Alexandria, 1981—1989. Professor aerospace engineering Ohio State University, Columbus, 1989—1999.
Leader hydrodynamics pulsed power science Los Alamos New Mexico National Laboratory, 1999—2002, 2005—2008, senior project leader, since 2007. Senior scientist for high power microwaves and pulsed power Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, 2002—2005. Chairman Megagauss Institute, Inc., Alexandria, 1979—1989, board directors.
Chairman mechanical and aeronautical engineering advisory council Princeton University, 1988—1992, member engineering school advisory council, 1988—1992, dean's leadership council, 1992—1993. Resident/collateral faculty Ohio Aerospace Institute, 1989—1995. Laboratory consultant Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, 1989—1999.
Intergovernmental senior research scientist United States Air Force Phillips Laboratory and Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, 1990—2002, Kirtland Air Force Base, since 2005. Visiting chief scientist Advanced Weapons and Survivability, 1996—1997. Lecturer George Washington University, 1987—1989, Air Force Pulsed Power Lecture Program, 1979—1981, International Space University, 1998.
Consultant on pulsed power technical. Chairman 2d International Conference on Megagauss Fields, Arlington, 1979, Special Conference on Prime-Power for High Energy Space Systems, Norfolk, Virginia, 1982. Co-chairman National Aeronautics and Space Administration Conference on Fusion Space Propulsion, Huntsville, Alabama, 2000, Directed Energy Professional Society High Power Microwave Conference, Albuquerque, 2004.
Member international organizing committee Megagauss Magnetic Field Conferences, Santa Fe, since 1979, technical program chairman, 2006. Adjunct professor aerospace engineering Ohio State University, Columbus, 1988, 1999—2002. Member Air Force Science Advisory Board, since 2007.
President Collingwood (Virginia) Civic Association, 1980-1981. Representative Mount Vernon (Virginia) Council, Mount Vernon District, Fairfax County. President Pulsed Power Conference Inc., Albuquerque, 1985-1987, board directors, since 1983.
Board directors Vista Encantada Neighborhood Association, since 2002. 1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1970-1972. Fellow: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (technical committee plasmadynamics and lasers 1983-1986, international chairman 18th, 19th, 21st and 22d electrical propulsion conferences 1985-1991, electrical propulsion technical committee 1987-1993, chairman 1991-1993, standing committee academy affairs 1997—2003, electrical propulsion technical committee since 1997, editorial advisory board 1998—2004, National Student award 1967), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (technical program chairman 5th and general chairman 6th pulsed power conferences 1985-1987, plasma science and applications executive committee 1987-1989, pulsed power science and technical standing committee since 1995, chairman 2000-2002, Erwin Marx award for pulsed power technical 1999).
Member: Directed Energy Professional Society, Electrical Rocket Propulsion Society (president 1994—2007), American Physical Society, Princeton Campus Club, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.
Married Judith Ann Radogna, June 13, 1967. Children: Janita Nicole, Rebecca Lenore.
