Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Earl Marmar, head of the Alcator project, introduces Kennedy to MIT's tokamak, accompanied by David Belluck of Riverside Partners.

Lawmakers focus on MIT fusion research

Three Congressmen visited the Plasma Science and Fusion Center last week.

February 5, 2013

Undergraduate contributes to fusion reactor advancement

Jake Jurewicz, a nuclear science and engineering-physics double major, received a fellowship to develop new simulation and visualization software at the National Fusion Facility in California.

February 4, 2013

Maria Zuber appointed vice president for research

Claude Canizares will take a new role as a vice president with responsibility for international partnerships.

November 27, 2012

From left to right: Professor Cary Forest, University of Wisconsin, 2012 Chair of DPP; Victoria Winters; four other student award winners; Professor Paul Miller of West Virginia University, the APS-DPP Sub-Committee Chair for Education and Outreach.

Undergraduate Winters presents winning poster at APS annual meeting

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering junior wins one of three poster awards.

November 6, 2012

Using a device borrowed from fusion research, Paul P. Woskov of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center has vaporized rock for the first time, confirming the feasibility of his proposal to use energy beams rather than drill bits to access underground energy resources.

Reaching underground resources

Vaporize the rock — no drilling required

October 16, 2012

Incoming freshman Kaylee de Soto got a head start at MIT, arriving in June to help the Plasma Science and Fusion Center update its fusion video game.

Kaylee de Soto: A game changer

Incoming freshman refreshes Plasma Science and Fusion Center outreach tools.

September 6, 2012

MIT research scientist Jay Kesner stands with the Levitated Dipole Experiment, one of the experiments that will be used to study space weather in a collaboration with Columbia University.

MIT, Columbia Engineering in new joint project to explore space weather

Receive a $1.2 million, three-year grant from the National Science Foundation.

July 26, 2012

From left to right: Felix Parra, Denis Whyte, Anne White and Ian Hutchinson.

Fusion program moves beyond plasma, toward practical powerplant issues

June 5, 2012

Kerry consults with Professor Dennis Whyte, front left, as well as research scientists and graduate and undergraduate students in the Alcator C-Mod Control Room.

Sen. Kerry tours Alcator C-Mod tokamak

Project is at risk of being terminated due to proposed federal budget cuts.

March 20, 2012

At the entrance to the Alcator C-Mod Control Room, Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick greets PSFC Director Miklos Porkolab, along with senior officers of the Research, Development, and Technical Employees Union.

Mass. Gov. Patrick, U.S. Reps. Capuano and Inslee visit Alcator C-Mod

Learn about fusion and its prospects as a green energy source

March 14, 2012

An artist's rendition of Earth's magnetosphere. A magnetic tail, or magnetotail, is formed by pressure from the solar wind on a planet's magnetosphere.

Mysterious electron acceleration explained

Computer simulation identifies source of aurora-causing high-speed electrons in space

February 27, 2012

Parker recognized for outstanding career contributions to fusion development

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering professor emeritus honored by Fusion Power Associates.

December 21, 2011

Congressman Chris Murphy (in yellow hard hat) listens to MIT alumnus Reiner Beeuwkes during his visit to the Alcator C-Mod cell. He was also accompanied by PSFC Director Miklos Porkolab (foreground left), Alcator Project Head Earl Marmar and Associate Director Martin Greenwald (foreground right).

Two congressmen visit the Plasma Science and Fusion Center

December 6, 2011

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island (right), accompanied (right to left) by MIT alumnus Reinier Beeuwkes and PSFC Associate Director Martin Greenwald, listens to Alcator C-Mod Project Head Earl Marmar discuss the importance of fusion research at MIT.

Sen. Whitehouse visits Alcator C-Mod Tokamak

November 8, 2011

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Assistant Professor Felix Parra

Felix Parra returns to fusion program

September 12, 2011

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