Photos: Ron Gilgenbach and Y.Y. Lau Retirement Party

Today, a combination reunion of the Michigan Plasma Lab and a retirement party for Profs. Ron Gilgenbach and Y.Y. Lau was held in Santa Fe, NM.

Today, a combination reunion of the Michigan Plasma Lab and a retirement party for Profs. Ron Gilgenbach and Y.Y. Lau was held in Santa Fe, NM.


Some 75 current and former graduate students gathered with faculty and colleagues in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science.

a group of about 50 people

Bottom row (from left):

Dion Li, Landon Tafoya, Ryan Revolinsky, Joe Chen, Chi Hong Ching, Bill Cohen, Roger Lindley, Matt Franzi, Mark Johnston, Peng Zhang, Scott Kovaleski, Tom Spencer, Nick Jordan, Sara Kovaleski, John Luginsland, Tony Valenzuela (blocked), Tom Mehlhorn, Ron Gilgenbach, Y.Y. Lau, John Booske, Matt Gomez, Mike Cuneo, Mike Lopez, Brad Hoff, Chris Swenson, Agust Valfells, Patrick Wong, Allen Garner, Steve Shannon, Ricky Ang

Top Row: Trevor Smith, Nick Ramey, Ashwin Rao, Jeff Woolstrum, Emma Guerin, Paul Campbell, Joe Schumer, Adam Steiner, Stephen Langellotti, Drew Packard, Adam Brusstar, Ian Rittersdorf

a group of about 75 people