Culminating in the recently announced launch of the Columbia Fusion Research Center, Fusion at Columbia has been expanding into new directions and with new partners.
This presentation will discuss a mix of fundamental research carried out at Columbia, sponsored by the federal government, and research in support of the growing private fusion sector, sponsored directly by industry. Technical topics to be discussed will be in the area of disruptions and MHD, which is particularly important for tokamaks under construction, as well as reactor design more broadly and applied to negative triangularity tokamaks specifically, and if time allows touch on fusion technology and stellarators.
The role of partnerships will be emphasized, whether in collaboration with industry, national laboratories, or international partners.
Finally, an informal summary on recent changes in the US research ecosystem and associated impacts will be provided.
Présenté par / Presented by :
Carlos Paz-Soldan
Associate Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics