Fusion

Earl Marmar, head of the Alcator project, introduces Kennedy to MIT's tokamak, accompanied by David Belluck of Riverside Partners.

Lawmakers focus on MIT fusion research

Three Congressmen visited the Plasma Science and Fusion Center last week.

February 5, 2013

Undergraduate contributes to fusion reactor advancement

Jake Jurewicz, a nuclear science and engineering-physics double major, received a fellowship to develop new simulation and visualization software at the National Fusion Facility in California.

February 4, 2013

From left to right: Professor Cary Forest, University of Wisconsin, 2012 Chair of DPP; Victoria Winters; four other student award winners; Professor Paul Miller of West Virginia University, the APS-DPP Sub-Committee Chair for Education and Outreach.

Undergraduate Winters presents winning poster at APS annual meeting

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering junior wins one of three poster awards.

November 6, 2012

Daniel Casey, PhD candidate, Nuclear Science & Engineering.

Daniel Casey: Exploring a ‘little star’ on Earth

June 26, 2012

left to right: Ian Faust, Dan Brunner, Harold Barnard, Mike Garrett, Bob Mumgaard, Zach Hartwig, John Walk, Brandon Sorbom, Evan Davis

MIT fusion science students advocate for fusion funding with Congress

June 22, 2012

From left to right: Felix Parra, Denis Whyte, Anne White and Ian Hutchinson.

Fusion program moves beyond plasma, toward practical powerplant issues

June 5, 2012

Assistant Professors Rohit Karnik, left, and Felix Parra.

Karnik, Parra win DOE Early Career Research Program awards

May 14, 2012

Kerry consults with Professor Dennis Whyte, front left, as well as research scientists and graduate and undergraduate students in the Alcator C-Mod Control Room.

Sen. Kerry tours Alcator C-Mod tokamak

Project is at risk of being terminated due to proposed federal budget cuts.

March 20, 2012

At the entrance to the Alcator C-Mod Control Room, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick greets PSFC Director Miklos Porkolab, along with senior officers of the Research, Development, and Technical Employees Union.

Mass. Gov. Patrick, U.S. Reps. Capuano and Inslee visit Alcator C-Mod

Learn about fusion and its prospects as a green energy source

March 14, 2012

Plasma from a neighboring star gets pulled into the orbit of a neutron star, where it slams into the stellar surface, creating thermonuclear explosions.

A model burster

Researchers find the first neutron star that bursts as predicted.

March 2, 2012

An artist's rendition of Earth's magnetosphere. A magnetic tail, or magnetotail, is formed by pressure from the solar wind on a planet's magnetosphere.

Mysterious electron acceleration explained

Computer simulation identifies source of aurora-causing high-speed electrons in space

February 27, 2012

Parker recognized for outstanding career contributions to fusion development

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering professor emeritus honored by Fusion Power Associates.

December 21, 2011

Richard K. Lester, Japan Steel Industry Professor and nuclear science and engineering department head.

The new NSE strategy

Strengthens core, opens boundaries; seeks better integration of technical and societal issues.

November 29, 2011

Ju Li, Battelle Energy Alliance Professor of
Nuclear Science and Engineering and professor of Materials Science and Engineering.

Ju Li: Atomic insights for new materials development

October 4, 2011

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Felix Parra

Felix Parra returns to fusion program

September 12, 2011

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