Tag: Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion
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Graduate students Carolina Vazquez and Sebastian Lecha explore community engagement in fusion and fission spaces
Vazquez and Lecha are actively involved in policy-relevant research, exploring community engagement in fusion and fission spaces.
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Meet the professors with dry appointments at NERS
Mark Kushner, Rebecca K. Lindsey, Martha Matuszak, and Louise Willingale offer substainial expertise in plasma science, chemical physics, radiation oncology, and intense laser-plasma interactions.
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Carolyn Kuranz honored with Rackham Faculty Achievement Award
This esteemed recognition acknowledges Kuranz’s exceptional contributions to research, teaching, mentorship, and service.
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Exploring Cutting-Edge Research and Emerging Technologies in the World of Gaseous Electronics and Plasma Physics
Highlights from the 76th Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC) 2023 hosted by the University of Michigan.
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Hidden variables and neural networks for complex plasma physics
Research by Archis Joglekar and Alexander Thomas published in Machine Learning: Science and Technology.
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Michigan Engineering honors NERS alumnus Eric Esarey with Department Merit Award
Esarey is the Director of the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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$1.2 million for laser target research laboratory
The Michigan Target Research and Fabrication Laboratory will design targets and a soft robot for high-intensity laser experiments.
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NERS Students Geneve Magnan, Julia Marshall, Roxanne Walker, and Isabella Wood win ANS Scholarships
American Nuclear Society scholarship recipients are chosen for their academic, service, and leadership excellence.
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NERS students win a student-led competition, acquire seed funding to develop proposal for pulsed-power and nuclear fusion facility
The work of Akash Shah and Brendan Sporer will support pulsed-power-driven fusion research, fusion-enabling technologies, and fundamental science pursuits.
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Majdi Radaideh, Stephen Raiman, and Y Z join NERS faculty
The new additions to the department point to a positive future and offer a breadth of educational and research experience.
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New partnership between U-M/ZEUS and ELI-Beamlines will study antimatter creation with lasers
The National Science Foundation award will support a collaboration between U-M, the ELI Beamlines facility, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Solar Powered, Point-of-Use Plasma Disinfection Tool for Clean Water on Demand
John Foster’s group is developing a plasma-device for disinfecting water on-demand that will be solar- or human-powered.
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Mark Perreault retires after 23 years
Perreault was Senior Electronics Technician for the Plasma, Pulsed Power, and Microwave Laboratory.
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Q&A with Brendan Sporer
Brendan won a Best Paper Award at the IEEE Pulsed Power Conference.