Biographical Sketch - Dr. Charles
Spencer PitcherC. S. Pitcher's undergraduate training includes the broad curriculum of physics and engineering contained within the Engineering Science program at the University of Toronto. Doctoral and present experience is mainly within the area of plasmas and their interaction with material surfaces in the context of magnetic fusion experiments (DITE, TEXTOR, JET, TFTR, ASDEX-U, C-Mod). C S Pitcher is primarily an experimentalist but has done some theoretical modelling (70% experiment, 30% theory).
Education
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Degree |
Year |
Institution |
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High School |
1978 |
Georges Vanier Secondary School, Toronto, Canada |
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Bachelor |
1982 |
Engineering Science, Univ. Toronto, Canada |
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Masters |
1984 |
Institute for Aerospace Studies, Univ. Toronto (UTIAS), Canada |
|
Doctorate |
1987 |
Institute for Aerospace Studies, Univ. Toronto (UTIAS), Canada |
Theses
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Degree |
Year |
Title |
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Bachelor |
1982 |
"An Arc-Jet Atomic Hydrogen Source" |
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Masters |
1984 |
"Development of an Ultra-High Vacuum Compatible Atomic Hydrogen Source" |
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Doctorate |
1987 |
"Tokamak Plasma Interaction with Limiters" |
Experience
|
Years |
Location |
Activity |
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1981-84 |
UTIAS |
fusion plasma-materials interaction simulation studies (supervisor, A A Haasz) |
|
1984-87 |
Culham Lab |
plasma-materials interaction studies on the DITE tokamak (supervisors, P C Stangeby and G M McCracken) |
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1987-89 |
JET, KFA Jülich |
plasma-materials interaction studies on the JET and TEXTOR tokamaks (supervisor, G M McCracken) |
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1989-93 |
PPPL |
plasma-materials interaction studies on TFTR |
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1993-96 |
IPP Garching |
plasma-materials interaction studies on ASDEX-Upgrade |
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1996- |
MIT |
plasma-materials interaction studies on Alcator C-Mod |