Aspects of the Office of Science and the FES Fusion Technology Programs

Guin Shaw

Department of Energy

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

12:00pm

NW17-218 Hybrid

PSFC Seminars

Abstract: Following the publishing of the FESAC Long Range Plan, the NASEM report on Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid, and the White House Bold Decadal Vision for commercial fusion energy, there's has been a surge of community based sponsored workshops. Building off the recommendations made in the LRP to grow the fusion materials and technologies programs, these workshops are working to better defined the outstanding challenges and gaps and outline potential pathways forward. The Fusion Technology Program (Fusion Materials, Fusion Nuclear Science, and Enabling Technologies) as part of the Fusion Energy Sciences Program Office recognizes these activities as a community-based path to a more integrated and collaborative public and public private partnership technology program. To support these efforts, interests, and potential workforce growth, it is important to stay informed of the current Office of Science sponsored research guidelines and engaged with FES and more broadly the Office of Science activities. This seminar will cover the current and future aspects of the Fusion Technology Program, Office of Science current guidance, and ways to engage with FES and the Office of Science. 

Bio: Dr. Guinevere Shaw is the current program manager for the Fusion Technology Program and Fusion Workforce Development. She received her PhD from the University of Tennessee in 2018 on Laser based investigations of He and D desorption in Tungsten.