IEEE NPSS · Radiation Effects Steering Group

About the RESG

Who runs NSREC, and the volunteer group behind the radiation-effects community.

The Radiation Effects Steering Group (RESG) is the standing committee of the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS) that guides the radiation-effects community year to year. Its purpose is to advance the theory and application of radiation effects and its allied sciences, to disseminate information in those fields, and to maintain high scientific and technical standards among its members.

Each year the RESG provides a forum for the technical exchange of information by running the Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) — an international venue for research on radiation effects in electronic and photonic materials, devices, circuits, sensors, systems, and hardening techniques. Papers presented at NSREC are eligible for publication in a special spring issue of the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (TNS).

What the RESG does

Runs the conference

Organizes NSREC each year for the presentation and discussion of original radiation-effects research.

Supports publication

Assists peer review and publication of papers in the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science.

Serves the community

Provides a sounding board, professional development, and liaisons between IEEE and allied organizations.

Led by the community

The RESG is run by and for the radiation-effects community. Its voting members — the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, three Members-at-Large, and the immediate Past Chair — guide the committee's work between conferences, and they are elected by the community, not appointed.

Anyone who attends NSREC becomes a member of the Radiation Effects Committee, and members in good standing of IEEE and NPSS may vote. One new Member-at-Large is elected every year — nominated and voted on at the RESG Open Meeting held on the Thursday of NSREC. The Open Meeting is open to everyone; it's where the community helps steer the direction of the field, and we warmly encourage you to attend.

At the Open Meeting we also welcome your comments on what you like and don't like about NSREC — your input directly shapes future conferences. Prefer to share anonymously? You can send feedback any time through our feedback form.

Get involved

The field runs on volunteers

NSREC and the radiation-effects community thrive because people give their time. Service is genuinely valued here — and there's a clear path in, wherever you're starting from.

  1. Sign up to review. The best first step is to volunteer as a paper reviewer — add yourself through our volunteer request form, which the RESG uses to collect reviewer sign-ups. You can also contact the TNS editors directly. Volunteer request form →  ·  TNS editors →
  2. Then reach out for more. Once you've been reviewing and the RESG can see your contributions, let us know you'd like to do more — and we'll consider you for conference roles such as sessions, the Data Workshop, the Short Course, and committees. Get in touch →
  3. Attend the Thursday Open Meeting. See how the committee works, meet the people who run it, and have your say in the annual Member-at-Large election.
  4. Help steer the community. Experienced volunteers can be nominated as a Member-at-Large and help shape the future of the field.

Steering Group Members

Executive Officers
Members-at-Large & Secretary
Vice-Chairs
Conference Vice-Chairs
Liaisons, Publications & NPSS AdCom

Want to get involved or learn more? Visit the NPSS Radiation Effects Committee, or the RESG Open Meeting held during NSREC. New to NSREC? See the New to NSREC? guide.