Evan Leppink: Seeking a way to better stabilize the fusion environment
In a residency supported by the Department of Energy, the MIT PhD candidate will explore the high-field side of the DIII-D tokamak.
In a residency supported by the Department of Energy, the MIT PhD candidate will explore the high-field side of the DIII-D tokamak.
New five-year agreement will support SPARC science, increase graduate students and postdocs, and support interdisciplinary work toward fusion power plants.
Linking techniques from machine learning with advanced numerical simulations, MIT researchers take an important step in state-of-the-art predictions for fusion plasmas.
New technology could help generate hydrogen and chemical industry ingredients.
MIT undergraduates whose research areas explore artificial intelligence, space, and climate change honored for their academic achievements.
After four decades at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Deputy Director Martin Greenwald embodies a brief history of fusion at MIT.
From nuclear proliferation to climate change, Richard K. Lester taps research talent to map a path toward a sustainable planet.
Annual student-led conference looks at prospects for decarbonizing some of the most difficult industries, including aviation and cement production.
Zoe Fisher's undergraduate research journey leads to a role working on the SPARC tokamak.
Longtime professor of mechanical engineering influenced nuclear reactor design and shaped thermodynamics education at MIT.
Research scientist Alex Tinguely oversees an antenna diagnostic used on the U.K.’s record-breaking fusion experiment.
In his new lab, where he will study how plasma behaves in the universe, assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering Jack Hare draws inspiration from spelunking.
MIT researchers are testing a simplified turbulence theory’s ability to model complex plasma phenomena using a novel machine-learning technique.
MIT PhD student Rachel Bielajew is taking on plasma turbulence, and helping make a better world — through science and community action.
Professor Bilge Yildiz finds patterns in the behavior of ions across applications.