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Spotlight: Oct 14, 2023

“After years of knowing I wanted to work in green energy but not knowing what that looked like, I very quickly fell in love,” NSE PhD student Alexander O’Brien says of his field. He’s exploring 3D-printed materials for use in fusion power plants.

Oct 14, 2023

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