Harnessing plasma’s potential to provide near-limitless energy
Merging plasma physics and engineering for fusion applications
Unraveling the behavior of the fourth state of matter
Understanding and counteracting plasma’s effects on materials
Studying plasma’s reactions to extreme conditions
Drawing practical solutions from lab science
Events / Seminars & In-Person Events / PSFC Seminar Series: Spring 2025
Please see below for the semester’s full schedule. (click to enlarge)
(text version of calendar below)
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May |
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21 | Mei Hong • MIT
Deconstructing and Reconstructing Tau by Solid-State NMR |
7 | Patrick Knapp • Pacific Fusion
Modeling efforts in support of building Pacific Fusion’s magnetically-driven, pulsed-power machine for 100s of MJ yields |
4 | Svetlana Ratynskaia • KTH Stockholm
Modeling of transient-induced melt/vaporization damage to PFCs in tokamak plasmas |
2 | Haley Wilson • Columbia
Integrated modeling of negative triangularity fusion reactors |
28 | Chris Walsh • LLNL
Magnetized inertial confinement implosions on the National Ignition Facility |
14 | Tunde Fulop • Chalmers U.
A brief history of runaway electrons |
11 | Juan Ruiz • Oxford
Fast ion interaction with turbulence |
9 | Cami Collins • ORNL
Integrated Plasma and Engineering Design and Assessment for Tokamak Reactor Components |
21 | Hannah Rana • Harvard Astrophysics
Cryogenics and HTS magnet development integration and qualification for spaceflight |
18 | Erica Salazar • CFS
Quench detection in HTS cables and magnets |
16 | Novimir Pablant • PPPL
Overview of Wendelstein 7-X performance and prospects |
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28 | Libby Tolman • Flatiron Institute
Tearing-mediated reconnection in magnetohydrodynamic poorly ionized plasmas |
25 | Laurent Colas • CEA France
A review of experimental RF sheath physics in magnetic fusion devices, along with the recent WEST results |
23 | Kevin Verhaegh • Eindhoven University of Technology Power handling in advanced divertors, experiments on MAST-U |