Engineering Engineers support PPPL’s mission to develop fusion energy to power the U.S. and the world; to advance nanoscale fabrication for industries of the future; and to further the science understanding of the plasma universe. Engineers have been at the heart of PPPL’s mission to develop fusion energy as a clean, affordable, and virtually i...
First study of both pilot and comprehensive research facility.
"Kavli Foundation mission aligns beautifully with my own
Team leader C.S. Chang. (Photo by Elle Starkman/Office of Communications)
This talk will explore how the Terrestrial Reconnection Experiment (TREX) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison probes magnetic reconnection in the laboratory. A shock interface between fast-moving plasma and a region of magnetic flux pile-up allows the reconnection rate to self-regulate to a fixed value. In agreement with both numerical and theor
At the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, we develop scientific understanding and key innovations needed to realize fusion as a safe and economic energy source for the world. All employees at PPPL play a crucial role in this grand challenge of the 21st century working in close collaboration with world class physicists and attacking difficult scie
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Employees are our most valuable — and valued — resource. Joining the PPPL community offers a host of unique possibilities. In an atmosphere of academic excellence, alongside SUSTAINED EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION efforts, our employees have opportunities for professional achievement and personal growth. When you become a staff member, you join a c
Lab Director Steve Cowley
PPPL physicist Kyle Caspary tending to the Magnetorotational Instability Experiment
Register today! The Introduction to Fusion Energy and Plasma Physics Course, June 13th-24th, will reflect the broad research under the Fusion Energy Sciences and Plasma Physics umbrella, including discovery plasma sciences, magnetic fusion energy, fusion materials and technology and high energy density plasmas #FusionEnergy #PlasmaPhysics https://suli.pppl.gov/2022/course/
Magnetic fusion research at Princeton began in 1951 under the code name Project Matterhorn. Lyman Spitzer, Jr., Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University, had for many years been involved in the study of very hot rarefied gases in interstellar space. Inspired by the fascinating but highly exaggerated claims of fusion researchers in Argentina, Professor Spitzer conceived of a plasma being confined in a figure-eight-shaped tube by an externally generated magnetic field. He called this concept the "stellarator," and took this design before the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington.
The Young Women’s Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics introduces girls in seventh through 10th grades to female scientists and engineers and the wide breadth of careers available to them in these fields.
The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program held at PPPL is for current and recently graduated undergraduate students interested in performing plasma physics and fusion energy research
The Community College Internships (CCI) program at PPPL is for students interested in technical careers relevant to plasma physics and fusion energy research.
The US and USSR had more than 60,000 nuclear warheads pointed at each other at the height of the Cold War. While the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1970 and
Aiming to propel discoveries made in university labs into everyday life, the new I-Corps Northeast Hub launched this week and announced that applications are open for its first researcher training program. The 4-week program, in which researchers confront the challenges of creating successful startups and entrepreneurial ventures based on scientifi
Wednesday - September 14, 2022 4:00pm-5:15pm EDT - PPPL AUDITORIUM AND VIA ZOOM Hosted by Anurag Maan Professor Cary Forest University of Wisconsin, Prager Professor of Experimental Physics The Physics Basis for a Q≈1 High-Field, Compact, Axisymmetric Mirror* A public-private team has been formed to pursue the axisymmetric mirror path to fusion: A
We appreciate all of our postdocs, especially during National Postdoc Appreciation Week, and acknowledge the significant contributions they make to #FusionEnergy and #PlasmaPhysics #research #science #postdoctoral #NPAW2022 https://www.pppl.gov/graduate
Integrated tokamak modeling
