Postdoc Theresa Wilks’s interest lies in the edge of the hot plasma closest to the tokamak’s chamber walls. Changes within these few centimeters, known as the ‘edge pedestal,’ can significantly affect the turbulence in the plasma, possibly leading to better control of the plasma and greater energy production.
MIT and CFS will collaborate to carry out rapid, staged research leading to a new generation of fusion experiments and power plants based on advances in high-temperature superconductors.
Today, MIT announced plans to work with a newly formed company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), to realize the promise of fusion as a source of unlimited, safe, carbon-free energy.
A team led by MIT professor Anne White, and NSE graduate student Pablo Rodriguez Fernandez, has conducted studies that offer a new take on the complex physics of plasma heat transport, and point toward more robust models of fusion plasma behavior.
A measurement technique developed at MIT was recently used to demonstate the existence of turbulent dynamo in the laboratory for the first time. The findings are reported in an article published this week in Nature Communications.
Grad student Julien Barber shares his experience at the Young Future Energy Leaders program for students and young professionals. The mission of the program is to inspire, engage, and empower them to be tomorrow’s leaders in the field of alternative energy and sustainability.
