Paul Rivenberg, Communications and Outreach Coordinator, Abhay Ram, Principal Research Scientist, Martin Greenwald, Deputy Director, PSFC, Ted Golfinopoulos, Postdoctoral Associate
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
This series introduces plasma physics research and areas of related interest at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. See URL below. http://www.psfc.mit.edu/
Sponsor(s): Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Contact: Paul Rivenberg, NW16-284, 617 253-8101, RIVENBERG@PSFC.MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Mon | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 1-190 |
Magnetic Fusion Energy: A Vision for Getting there Sooner
Beginning with the basics of plasma confinement and heating, and reprising some scientific history, we will turn to recent potentially game-changing technology developments in high-field, high-temperature superconducting magnets, which promise a new path for faster and less costly development of fusion, a virtually inexhaustible, carbon-free energy supply.
Earl Marmar - Head, Senior Research Scientist
| Jan/12 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 6-120 |
Turbulence in Fusion Plasmas
Turbulence represents the principal heat loss mechanism in magnetically confined plasmas: understanding it is critical to achieving practical fusion energy. While similar in many ways to ordinary fluid turbulence, in plasmas turbulence has characteristics that make it a unique and important physical phenomenon.
Anne White - Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
| Jan/14 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
SPARC: A small tokamak for changing climate
This talk will introduce SPARC concept- a minimally-sized, viable tokamak designed to rapidly advance fusion energy by combining non-traditional funding, innovation strategies borrowed from modern high-tech ventures, and recent advances in high-temperature high-field superconductors
Brandon Sorbom - Graduate Student, Zach Hartwig - Postdoctoral Fellow, Bob Mumgaard - Postdoctoral Associate, Daniel Brunner - Postdoctoral Associate
| Jan/14 | Thu | 12:45PM-01:45PM | NW17-218 |
Visit the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, a major fusion energy experiment being carried out on the MIT campus. Alcator C- Mod is the third in a series of tokamak devices at MIT that use very high magnetic fields to confine plasmas operating near 100,000,000 degrees.
Ted Golfinopoulos - Postdoctoral Associate, Adam Kuang
| Jan/19 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
Surfaces, Interfaces, Spins: Control it all, from Exchange Interaction to Quantum T ransport to Molecular Spintronics
Get a glimpse of various phenomena involving superconductors, ferromagnets and topological insulators, using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) to create ultra thin films, heterostructures and their nano devices. Along the way unexpected physics can be expected.
Jagadeesh Moodera - Senior Research Scientist
| Jan/21 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
Structural Biology at the Francis Bitter Magnet Lab
Focusing on the development and application of solid-state NMR spectroscopy can elucidate the structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules, especially membrane proteins. FBML research has applications to biology, pharmacology, and biomaterials, including studies of biomedically important viral membrane proteins and energy-rich plant cell walls.
Mei Hong - Professor, Department of Chemistry
| Jan/22 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | NW17-218 |
Creating and controlling high-energy-density matter with the National Ignition Facility (NIF)
This talk summarizes recent progress on the NIF, including the status of and future directions in inertial confinement fusion research, highlights from the Discovery Science program, and new capabilities coming on line, such as the Advanced Radiographic Capability.
Mark Hermann - Director, National Ignition Facility
| Jan/22 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:00PM | NW17-218 |
Exploring inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density science at NIF, OMEGA and Z
This talk will provide an overview of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and High Energy Density (HED) science, highlighting MIT¿s HED Division work at the three major US ICF facilities NIF, Omega and Z. MIT¿s work at NIF, Omega and Z is based on our design and implementation of novel diagnostics, platforms, and analyses, develope
Maria Gatu Johnson - Research Scientist
| Jan/22 | Fri | 03:00PM-04:00PM | NW17-218 |
This tour showcases Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) research at MIT. The PSFC High-Energy-Density Physics group has developed and/or calibrated a number of nuclear diagnostics installed on the OMEGA laser at the University of Rochester, NY, and on the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, CA, to study nuclear products generated in fusion reactions.
Andrew Birkel - Research Specialist
| Jan/26 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | NW17-218, Bring your laptop |
| Jan/27 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | NW17-218, Bring your laptop |
| Jan/28 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | NW17-218, Bring your laptop |
MDSplus Survival Camp: Street-Fighting Secrets for Success
A three-day workshop devoted to MDSplus. We'll share some helpful tricks for how to navigate, populate, and manipulate MDSplus data structures with discussion and hands-on activities. A basic knowledge of Python or Matlab is recommended, as it will make lab-practical activities more valuable. Please bring a laptop.
Ted Golfinopoulos - Postdoctoral Associate, Ian Faust, Eric Edlund - Research Scientist, Josh Stillerman - Data System Manager