Helping to make nuclear fusion a reality
MIT PhD student Rachel Bielajew is taking on plasma turbulence, and helping make a better world — through science and community action.
Radio-frequency wave scattering improves fusion simulations
By incorporating the scattering of RF waves into fusion simulations, MIT physicists improve heating and current drive predictions for fusion plasmas.
Vinny Fry: Wired for success
MIT engineer oversees design and testing of key magnet components for the Institute's SPARC fusion project.
MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion energy
New superconducting magnet breaks magnetic field strength records, paving the way for practical, commercial, carbon-free power.
Amy Watterson: Model engineer
The Plasma Science and Fusion Center mechanical engineer embraces her role in modeling fusion magnets and in promoting engineering to young women.
Manipulating magnets in the quest for fusion
After decades of plasma physics research, Senior Research Scientist Brian LaBombard is taking on magnets for MIT’s new fusion effort.
Revisiting a quantum past for a fusion future
Principal Research Scientist Abhay Ram circles back to his graduate school studies for a new initiative combining classical physics and quantum computing.
A graduate student who goes to extremes
Whether testing high-field fusion magnets or his own physical endurance, Theo Mouratidis pushes the limits.
Invitations to powerful climate action at MIT Better World (Sustainability)
An urgent call to confront climate change reverberated throughout MIT Better World (Sustainability), a virtual gathering of the global MIT community.
On course to create a fusion power plant
How an MIT engineering course became an incubator for fusion design innovations.
Collaborators in climate action
Symposium highlights ambitious goals of MIT–industry research targeting technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Understanding imperfections in fusion magnets
MIT Energy Fellow Richard Ibekwe finds flaws in high-temperature superconducting tapes so they can be measured, fixed, or embraced.
An aggressive market-driven model for US fusion power development
National Academies study says fusion can help decarbonize US energy, calls for public-private approach to pilot plant operation by 2035-40.
Keeping an eye on the fusion future
Daniel Korsun’s undergraduate career at MIT prepared him to look more deeply into fusion magnet technology and design.
New fiber optic temperature sensing approach to keep fusion power plants running
MIT’s Erica Salazar shows that faster detection of thermal shifts can prevent disruptive quench events in the HTS magnets used in tokamak fusion devices.