Bill Davis has received awards including the Federal Laboratory Consortium award for Excellence in Technology in 2009. He holds a US Patent for MINDS awarded in 2010. Davis has authored numerous publications as first author on topics related to plasma physics experiments and data analysis techniques. He has also been listed as a contributing author on several publications related to experiments at PPPL and other fusion facilities.

1. Awardsand publicationsforBill Davis,PPPL.
Awards:
Receivedthe Federal Laboratory ConsortiumawardforExcellence inTechnology forMINDS in2009.
US Patent7,711,661 awardedfor MINDSin 2010.
Publicationsas first author:
“Fast 2-D CameraControl,Data Acquisition,andDatabase TechniquesforEdge StudiesonNSTX”,Davis,
W.M.; Ko, M.K.; Maqueda,R.J.; Roquemore,A.L.; Scotti,F.; Zweben,S.J.,. FusionEngineeringDesign,
Volume 89,Issue 5, May 2014, Pages717–720.
“Easy WebInterfaces toIDL Code for NSTXData Analysis”,Davis,W.M.,FusionEngineeringDesign,
Volume 87,Issue 12, Dec.2012, Pages:2229-2231.
“Plot/SurfW:PlottingUtilityforEDGE2D Output”,W.M. Davisand J.D.Strachan (June, 2012) PPPL—
4773, PPPLReport,PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLab.
“AdvancesinFast2-D Camerason NSTX”, Davis,W.;Roquemore,A.L.;Zweben,S.J.;Patel,R.I.;Boeglin,
W.U., Maqueda,R.J., FusionEngineeringDesign,Volume 85,Issues3-4,July2010, Pages325-327,
“A Software EventSummationSystem forMDSplus”,Davis,W.M., Mastrovito,D.M.; Roney,P.G.;Sichta,
P.,FusionEngineeringDesign,Volume 83,Issues 2-3,April 2008, Pages326-329.
“Storage andAnalysisTechniquesfor2-DCameraData on NSTX”,W.M. Davis, D.M. Mastrovito,C.E.
Bush,D.A.Gates, R.J.Maqueda,J.E. Menard,N.Nishino,P.G.Roney,A.L.Roquemore,S.Sabbagh,B.C.
Stratton,S.J.Zweben, FusionEngineeringDesign, Volume 81,Issues15-17, July2006, Pages1975-1979.
“Dbaccess:interactive statisticsandgraphicsforplasmaphysicsdatabases”,W.Davis,D. Mastrovito,
FusionEngineeringDesign, 71(2004), pp.183–188.
“Web InterfacestoMDSplusData”, W. Davis, P.Roney,T. Carroll,T. Gibney,D.Mastrovito, Proc.of 19th
IEEE/NPSSymposiumonFusion.Eng.(2002), 176-179.
“The Use of MDSpluson NSTXat PPPL”,W. Davis, P.Roney,T.Carroll,T. Gibney,D.Mastrovito,Fusion
EngineeringDesign,Volume60,Issue 3, June 2002, pages247-251.
“Software StrategiesandHardware Upgradestothe PPL Data AcquisitionSystem(DAS)”,Davis,W.M.,
Roney,P.; Gibney,T.; Funk,P.; Keller,M.; Sauthoff,N.; Davis,S.; Bates,G. ; Corneliussen,M.;
Fishman,H.; Tuttle-Frank,K.;Ratzan, L. ; Kaye,S. NuclearScience,IEEETransactionson.(Aug.1987)
Volume:34Issue:4,p.775-781.

2. "Radar and Airborne Studiesof RainbandsAssociatedwithFrontsinthe PacificNorthwest."Davis,W.
M., and P. V.Hobbs. ScientificReportNo.2,AirForce Cambridge ResearchLaboratories,HanscomAFB,
Mass., November1975, 134 pp.
Publicationsfor which I was not first author:
“Effectof a deuteriumgaspuff onthe edge plasmainNSTX”,S J Zweben,DPStotler,R E Bell,W M
Davis,S M Kaye,B PLeBlanc,R J Maqueda,E T Meier,T Munsat,Y Ren,S A Sabbagh,Y Sechrest,DR
Smith,V Soukhanovskii,PlasmaPhysicsandControlledFusion07/2014; 56(9):095010
“NSTX-U Control SystemUpgrades”,Erickson,KG; Tchilinguirian,GJ;Hatcher,RE ; Davis,WM, Fusion
EngineeringDesign,Volume89,Issue 6, June 2014, Pages853-858.
“NSTX-UDigital Coil ProtectionSystemSoftware DetailedDesign”,Erickson,KG;Tchilinguirian,GJ;
Hatcher,RE ; Davis,WM, IEEE TRANSACTIONSON PLASMA SCIENCE,June 2014, Volume:42 Issue:6
Pages:1811-1818
“Digital Coil protectionsystemforthe National SphericalTorusexperimentupgrade”, Hatcher,R.E.;
Dong,J. ; Erickson,K. ; Mozulay,R. ; Titus,P.; Zhao,X. ; Davis,W. ; DePasquale,S.;Gerhardt,S. ;
Neumeyer,C.; Sichta,P.; Tchilinguirian,G.; Zimmer,G.; FusionEngineering(SOFE), 2013 IEEE 25th
Symposiumon,DOI:10.1109/SOFE.2013.6635488 ( 2013) , Pages:1-5
“Edge shearedflowsandthe dynamicsof blob-filaments”, Myra,J.R.,Davis,W.M., D'Ippolito,D.A.,
Labombard,B., Russell,D.A.,Terry,J.L.,Zweben,S.J.NuclearFusionvolume 53,issue 7, year2013
“Comparisonof edge turbulence imagingattwodifferentpoloidal locationsinthe scrape-off layerof
AlcatorC-Mod”, Zweben,SJ;Terry,JL; Agostini,M;Davis,WM ; Diallo,A ; Ellis,RA ; Golfinopoulos,T;
Grulke,O;Hughes,JW ; LaBombard,B; Landreman,M; Myra, JR ; Pace,DC; Stotler,DP,PHYSICSOF
PLASMAS(July2013) Volume:20 Issue:7 DOI: 10.1063/1.4813758
“3-D reconstructionof pre-characterizedlithiumandtungstendustparticle trajectoriesinNSTX”,
Nichols,J;Roquemore,AL;Davis,W,etal.JOURNAL OFNUCLEAR MATERIALS (AUG 1 2011) Volume:415
Issue:1 Pages:S1098-S1101 Supplement:SDOI:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.10.049
“Edge Zonal FlowsandBlobPropagationinAlcatorC-Mod”, Zweben,S;Agostini,M;Davis,B;Grulke,O;
Hager,R; Hughes,J;LaBombard,B; D'; Ippolito,DA;Myra, J R Strachan (July,2011) PPPL—4646, PPPL
Report,PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLab.
“A Decade of NSTX OperationsUsingCollaborativeSoftware”,P.Sichta,W.Davis,J.Dong, D. Mastrovito,
G. Tchilinguirian,G.Zimmer, SOFE 2009. 23rd IEEE/NPSSSymposiumonFusionEngineering(Sep.2009)
“3D measurementsof mobile dustparticletrajectoriesinNSTX”,Roquemore,AL;Nishino,N;Skinner,
CH; Bush,C; Kaita,R; Maqueda,R; Davis,W; etal. JOURNALOF NUCLEAR MATERIALS,(June 2007)
Volume:363 Pages:222-226, DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2007.01.065

3. “Imagingof high-speeddustparticle trajectoriesonNSTX”,Roquemore,A.L.;Davis,W. ; Kaita,R. ;
Skinner,C.H.; Maqueda,R. ; Nishino,N.;Review of ScientificInstruments,Volume:77,Issue:10 DOI:
10.1063/1.2347696 (2006) , Pages:10E526- 10E526-3
“IntegratingEPICSandMDSplus”,Mastrovito,D; Davis,W; Dong,J; Roney,P; Sichta,P,FUSION
ENGINEERINGANDDESIGN, Volume:81 Issue:15-17, July2006, Pages:1847-1851, DOI:
10.1016/j.fusengdes.2006.04.042
“TestingGyrokineticsonC-ModandNSTX”Redi,M.H.; Dorland,W.; Fiore,C.L.;Stutman,D.;
Baumgaertel,J.A.;Davis,B.;Kaye,S.M.;McCune,D.C.;Menard, J.;Rewoldt,G.; 2005, PPPL—4083, PPPL
Report,PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLab.
“ProgressTowardsHighPerformance,Steady-state Spherical Torus”,M.Ono;M.G. Bell;R.E.Bell;T.
Bigelow;M.Bitter;W. Blanchard;J. Boedo;C.Bourdelle;C.Bush;W.Choe;W. Davis,et al, PlasmaPhys.
Control.Fusion45 (Oct.2003)
“ConfigurationandHeatingPowerDependence of Edge ParametersandH-mode DynamicsinNational
Spherical TorusExperiment(NSTX)”,C.E.Bush;M.G. Bell;R.E.Bell;J.Boedo;E.D. Fredrickson;S.M.Kaye;
S. Kubota;B.P.LeBlanc;R. Maingi;R.J. Maqueda;W.M. Davis,etal (Jan.2003) PPPL—3764, PPPLReport,
PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLab.
“Plasmaturbulence imagingusinghigh-powerlaserThomsonscattering”, S.J.Zweben;J.Caird;W.Davis;
D.W. Johnson;B.P.LeBlanc(Jun.2000) PPPL—3461,PPPL Report,PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLab.
“An Interactive Model forTeachingContemporaryPhysicsTopicsviathe WorldWide WebUsingReal-
Time Data”, A.P.Post-Zwicker, J.Baron,W. Davis,M. McKay, R. Pfaff,andD.P.Stotler,Journal of
Science Education andTechnology,8(4),273 (1999).
“Using the InternetforPlasmaPhysicsEducation”,Post-Zwicker,AP;Barnes,D;Carroll,D;Davis,W;
Pfaff,R;Stotler,DP;Williams,M;, etal, 17TH IEEE/NPSSSYMPOSIUMON FUSION ENGINEERING,(1998)
VOLS1 AND2, Pages:760-763.
“Measurementof electronenergydistributionfromX-raysdiagnostics - foil techniquesusedwiththe
hard X-raycamera on PBX-M”,S. Vangoeler;Bell,R.;Bernabei,S.;Davis,W.;Ignat,D. (andothers),
FusionEngineeringandDesign,34-5, 1997, pp.97-105
"The simulationof hardx‐rayimagesobtainedduringlowerhybridcurrentdriveonthe PrincetonBeta
ExperimentModification ",S.VongoelerFishmanH;IgnatD; JonesS; RoneyP;StevensJ;Bernabei S;
DavisW; Kaita R; PIaoletti F;PetravichG;RIimini F,Physicsof plasmas,2(1),1995, pp.205-217.
"Lowerhybridcurrentdrive andionBernsteinwave heatingexperimentsonPBX-M",S. Bernabei,;Bell
R; Chance M; Chu TK; CorneliussenM;Davis W; and others,Fusionengineeringanddesign, 26(1-4),
1995, pp.83-88.

4. “Camerafor ImagingHard X-raysfromSuprathermal ElectronsDuringLowerHybridCurrentDrive on
PBX-M”,S. vonGoeler,S.Jones,R.Kaita,S. Bernabei,W.Davis,H. Fishman,G.Gettelfinger,D.Ignat,F.
Paoletti,G.Petravich, F.Rimini,P.Roney,J.StevensandW.Stodiek, Rev.Sci.Instrum.65,1621 (1994)
“ELM-relatedfluctuationsinPBX-MH-modes”,SMKaye,JL Dunlap,T S Hahm, S Sesnic,W Tang, J H
Harris,P Roneyand W Davis,1994 PlasmaPhys.Control.Fusion36A135 doi:10.1088/0741-
3335/36/7A/017
“Experimental explorationof profile control inthe PrincetonBetaExperiment-Modified(PBX-M)
tokamak”, Bernabei,S.;Bell,R.;Chance,M.;Chu,T.K.; Corneliussen,M.;Davis,W.; Gettelfinger,G.;
Gibney,T.;Greenough,N.;Hatcher,R.; Hermann,H.;Ignat, D.; Jardin,S.;Kaita,R.; Kaye, etal, (May,
1993) PPPL—2905,PPPL Report,PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLab.
“Determinationof the energyof suprathermal electronsduringlowerhybridcurrentdrive onPBX-M”,
vonGoeler,S.;Bernabei,S.;Davis,W.;Ignat,D.; Kaita,R.; Roney,P.;Stevens,J.;Jones,S.;Petravich,G.;
Rimini,F.;etal (Jun.1993) PPPL—2910,PPPL Report,PrincetonPlasmaPhysicsLab.
“DiagnosticsForDocumentationof MagneticReconnectioninSawtoothCrashon TFTR”, M.Yamada, Y.
Nagayama,W. Davis,E. Fredrickson,A.Janos,andF.Levinton,Rev.Sci. Instruments,1992, Vol.63,
p.4623.
“DIAGNOSTICSOFTWARE-DEVELOPMENTFORTFTR”, CHRISTIANSON,G;DAVIS,W;DIESSO,M; LAGIN,L;
MALSBURY, J; MATONE, J; SCHECTMAN, N; SNYDER,J; TERPSTRA,T, , Rev.Sci. Instruments ( Aug1986),
Volume:57 Issue:8 Pages:1895-1897
“CHERS SOFTWARE SYSTEM - A MICROVAX-BASEDDIAGNOSTIC”,LAGIN,L;SCHNEIDER,U; ARNOLD,N;
FONCK,R; JAEHNIG,K;RONEY, P; DAVIS,W;CHRISTIANSON,Rev.Sci. Instruments(Aug1986) Volume:
57 Issue:8 Pages:1889-1891 Part: 2
“TOKAMAKFUSION TEST REACTOR X-RAY-IMAGINGDIAGNOSTIC”,HILL,KW; VONGOELER,S;BITTER, M;
DAVIS,W; etal, Rev.Sci. Instruments (1985) Volume:56 Issue:5 Pages:830-832
“FGGE four-dimensionalanalysissystematGFDL,”Miyakoda,K.,L. Umscheid,T.Terpstra,J. Ploshay,J.
Sirutis,W.Bourke,C.T.Jobson,W. SternandW. Davis,1982, MonthlyWeatherRev., 110
“Characteristicsof windandwindenergyinIowa”,Takle,E.S., J. M. Brown,andW. M. Davis,1978, Iowa
State J. Res.,52, 313-339.
“Mesoscale rainbandsinextratropical cyclones“,Houze,R.A.,Jr.,P. V.Hobbs,K. R. Biswas,andW. M.
Davis,1976:.Monthly WeatherRev.,104, 868-878.
“Mesoscale structure of rainfall inoccludedcyclones.”Houze,R.A.,Jr.,P.V. Hobbs,K.R. Biswas,and W.
M. Davis,1976: Preprints,SixthConference onWeatherForecastingandAnalysis,Albany,American
Meteorological Society,310-317. (Invitedpaper)