By some Christmas miracle, administrative issues at two large companies were overcome just before the holiday, resulting in the public release of our fusion calculator mobile app. Plasmatica is now available everywhere! iOS Store, Google Play Store
Microblog
Taking the LAMP course at UCSD Extension; I had no idea there was so much theory and best-practice procedure aimed at the scientist-to-manager population.
A colleague just had a fast ion physics paper selected as a Highlight (i.e., Scilight) by AIP. Vinicius did this work as a graduate student and it’s clear that he is a skilled theorist.
One of our former SULI students just won the APS History Essay Contest with an essay describing the early magnetic confinement fusion research that identified the importance of plasma shaping on performance. Read full essay at APS News.
Standing Watch
An annotated panorama view of the outer wall of the DIII-D National Fusion Facility. DIII-D is a tokamak; an experimental fusion reactor that uses magnetic fields to confine plasma. The 82 systems shown are managed by universities, national laboratories, and General Atomics.