Chris Holland and Vincent Chan attended the 2008 SciDAC conference in Seattle from July 13-17. Chris Holland presented a talk on synthetic diagnostics and the new TGYRO code, "Validating Simulations of Core Tokamak Turbulence: Current Status and Future Directions."

Prof. Herb Berk from the Institute of Fusion Studies of the University of Texas at Austin is visiting GA from July 28 through August 8 to work with GA and DIII-D physicists on the interpretation of internal Alfven eigenmode measurements from Alfven cascade mode observations in DIII-D.