subject: LLNL is a Premier National Security Laboratory [print this page] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a premier national security laboratory. It works with the mission to advance and apply science and technology to ensure the safety, security, and reliability of the U.S. nuclear deterrent; reduce or counter threats to national and global security; enhance the energy and environmental security of the nation; and strengthen the nation's economic competitiveness. At LLNL, teams of physicists, chemists, biologists, engineers and other researchers work together to achieve technical innovations and scientific breakthroughs and transform these advances into solutions to nationally important problems. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory continually pushes the frontiers of knowledge to build the scientific and technological foundation that will be needed to address the national security issues of the future.
E. Michael Campbell was the Deputy Associate Director of ICF Program at LLNL from the year 1992 to the year 1994. During his two year tenure as the Deputy Associate Director, E. Michael Campbell was responsible for management, program development, and strategic planning for inertial fusion activities including overall direction of the scientific program on the NOVA laser facility, which, at the time, was the largest laser in the world. He was also responsible for advanced laser development in support of the proposed National Ignition Facility. Micahle Campbell had a scientific staff of pproximately 125 in addition to a matrix staff of 400. With the excellent work and utmost dedication, E. Michael Campbell was soon promoted as the Associate Director of Laser Programs at LLNL. He served as Associate Director from 1994 to 1999. In this capacity, Michael was responsible for management, program development, and strategic planning for all laser efforts at LLNL. He was also responsible for scientific staff of approximately 250 and indirectly for approximately 1500 scientists, engineers, technicians and support that was matrixed into the Laser Directorate. E. Michael Campbell was in charge of programs including Inertial fusion for SSP and energy missions, high energy density physics research, high peak power and average power solid state lasers including the world's largest peak power lasers (National Ignition Facility, NOVA), laser Isotope Separation ( AVLIS), Advanced optics and high speed instrumentation including Extreme Ultra-violet lithography, laser guide star and micro-impulse short pulse radar. He has extensive interaction with worldwide optics industry in support of NIF.
