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Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion

Sara NormanFebruary 19, 2021

Scott Baalrud named to Physics of Plasmas Editorial Board

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NERS Prof. Scott Baalrud’s three-year editorial board appointment began this week.

Sara NormanOctober 15, 2020

Professor John Foster wins Ronald C. Davidson Award

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The award recognizes outstanding plasma physics research by a Physics of Plasmas author.

Sara NormanSeptember 8, 2020

New Faculty: Scott Baalrud

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Scott Baalrud will join NERS as an associate professor in January 2021.

Sara NormanSeptember 1, 2020

NERS promotes several faculty members and research scientists

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The promotions take effect September 1, 2020.

Sara NormanAugust 30, 2020

NERS Professor Karl Krushelnick honored with professorship

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Krushelnick has been named the Henry J. Gomberg Collegiate Professor of Engineering.

Sara NormanAugust 18, 2020

Carolyn Kuranz appointed to the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

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The committee advises the Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

Sara NormanFebruary 26, 2020

John Foster named Associate Fellow of the AIAA

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Professor Foster is recognized for his work on ion thruster life extension.

Sara NormanDecember 6, 2019

Best Presentation Award given to NERS Ph.D. Candidate Jinpu Lin

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Jinpu won with his poster “Scaling Relativistic Laser‐solid Interaction Using Ultrashort Laser Pulses.”

Sara NormanDecember 5, 2019

NERS Ph.D. Student Yao Kovach given Best Presentation Award

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Yao won with her poster “Particle Emission from an Anode Liquid Surface of Electrolyte in Atmospheric Pressure DC Glow.”

Sara NormanOctober 15, 2018

Professor Alec Thomas wins Research Accelerator Award

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NERS Associate Professor Alec Thomas has won a Research Accelerator Award for his team’s proposal to construct a high-repetition-rate X-ray beamline, using U-M’s HERCULES laser, for transformative manufacturing applications across engineering, medicine, homeland security and science.

Sara NormanOctober 15, 2018

Professor John Foster pens most-highly cited paper

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Professor John Foster’s article, “Plasma-based water purification: Challenges and prospects for the future,” was the most highly cited paper published in 2017 in the journal Physics of Plasmas.

Sara NormanOctober 3, 2018

Ryan McBride receives 2018 ONR Young Investigator Award

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By Kim Roth Associate Professor Ryan McBride has received a 2018 Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. The three-year award grants $170,000 annually for McBride’s proposal, “High-Power Microwave Generation by Compact Linear Transformer Driver Technology.” Generating high-power microwaves for directed energy from compact and efficient generators is crucial to a wide range […]

Sara NormanFebruary 19, 2018

Intense laser experiments provide first evidence that light can stop electrons

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By hitting electrons with an ultra-intense laser, researchers have stopped them as effectively shooting them at a sheet of lead, demonstrating what’s called “radiation reaction.”

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