Plasma Science and Fusion Center

U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana (back), atop Alcator C-Mod, learns from Assistant Professor Anne White how MIT's tokamak has contributed to the national and international fusion programs.

Status of fusion experiment warms up

June 20, 2013

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Alcator C-Mod Head Earl Marmar and Nuclear Engineering Assistant Professor Anne White view the Alcator C-Mod Project from atop the tokamak.

Lawmakers visit MIT’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak

May 16, 2013

Understanding the turbulence in plasmas

New experiments in a tokamak fusion reactor reveal details of a cooling process, potentially bringing practical fusion closer.

April 29, 2013

Zach Hartwig, PhD candidate in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

Applying physics, teamwork to fusion energy science

Zach Hartwig combines disciplines to help advance nuclear fusion as a practical energy source.

April 4, 2013

Temkin named IEEE Plasma Science and Applications Award winner

Richard J. Temkin cited for contributions to the field of high power gyrotrons and their applications

March 1, 2013

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

Maria Zuber appointed vice president for research

Claude Canizares will take a new role as a vice president with responsibility for international partnerships.

November 27, 2012

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

Using a device borrowed from fusion research, Paul P. Woskov of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center has vaporized rock for the first time, confirming the feasibility of his proposal to use energy beams rather than drill bits to access underground energy resources.

Reaching underground resources

Vaporize the rock — no drilling required

October 16, 2012

Incoming freshman Kaylee de Soto got a head start at MIT, arriving in June to help the Plasma Science and Fusion Center update its fusion video game.

Kaylee de Soto: A game changer

Incoming freshman refreshes Plasma Science and Fusion Center outreach tools.

September 6, 2012

MIT research scientist Jay Kesner stands with the Levitated Dipole Experiment, one of the experiments that will be used to study space weather in a collaboration with Columbia University.

MIT, Columbia Engineering in new joint project to explore space weather

Receive a $1.2 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation.

July 26, 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

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

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