Philip F. Meads, Jr. born May 19, 1937 in Oakland, California AB with Highest Honors: University of California, June 1958 double major: math and physics Ph.D. University of California, June 1963, (theoretical)physics Thesis: UCRL 10807: I. The Theory of Aberrations of Quadrupole Focusing Arrays II. Ion Optical Design of High Quality Extracted Synchrotron Beams with Application to the Bevatron
Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA) Sept 1963--June 1965: studied resonant extraction from the 51 MeV FFAG and worked on the forthcoming electron storage ring
William M. Brobeck and Associates, Berkeley, CA 1965--1980 worked on the UCRL Ominitron proposal (heavy ion synchrotron and storage ring) Deuteron linear accelerator for Hanford Laboratory, Washington Point-of-sale system for McDonalds Corporation Microcomputer controller for IBM selectric typewriter
Scanditronix, Uppsala, Sweden 1980--1982 Storage Ring for KFA Jülich, design of medical synchrotrons KFA Jülich (Forschungszentrum) 1980--2002 (part time consultant): IKOR isochronous storage ring FFAG synchrotron for European intense neutron source: With G. Wüstefeld invented compact DFD and FDF superconducting compact FFAG Updates for the Jülich COSY ring
BESSY, Berlin Extend computer code LATTICE for synchrotron light source design