BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220812T204825Z UID:4F080B8E-D7C9-497C-846C-9BE357F46118 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220811T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220811T200000 DESCRIPTION:Zander Keith - Moderator\n\nZander is a research intern in the HSX (Helically Symmetric eXperiment) Lab at UW-Madison. His work involves developing data analysis codes to calculate plasma densities and temperatu res using Thomson scattering. Zander graduated from UW-Madison with degree s in Computer Engineering and Computer Science in 2021.\n\nAs moderator\, Zander will lead discussion to cover the following topics:\n\nWhy Fusion?\ n\n- The role of fusion power plants in a modern\, sustainable electric gr id\n- How fusion works\, and what challenges there are to overcome\n\nRece nt advancements in fusion technology\n\n- Improvements in theory\, computa tion\, and materials\n- Contributions made by scientists in Wisconsin\n\nW hat to look for in the near future\n\n- New and exciting experiments on th e horizon\n- How local people can help advocate for fusion technology\n\nD ionysi Damaskopoulos\n\nDionysi joined the HSX Lab and started his Electri cal Engineering PhD in Fall 2021. His passion to pursue fusion power pulle d him away from the deployment of autonomous vehicles and he is now starti ng research on neutral density measurements with H-alpha detectors. He com pleted his undergraduate degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering with a minor in physics from Colorado School of Mines.\n\nTopic: The Econo mics of fusion\n\nFusion power has the potential to provide safe\, clean\, and abundant energy for millennia\, however there are many considerations as to how the technology will be funded and deployed. These topics includ e what market fusion will target and how fusion will work with renewable e nergy sources in a modern electric grid.\n\nLuquant Singh\n\nLuquant is a PhD candidate in Electrical and Computer engineering at UW-Madison conduct ing research at the HSX laboratory. His research focuses on measurements o f plasma turbulence in the HSX stellarator using microwave diagnostics. Lu quant has also been involved with computational research aimed at improvin g stellarator coil designs. He received his bachelor’s degree in Applied Math\, Engineering\, and Physics from UW-Madison.\n\nTopic: Stellarator o ptimization and turbulence studies.\n\nStellarators are a magnetic confine ment scheme with improved stability over tokamaks\, however lack of axial symmetry increases heat loss through particle drift. Advancements in theor y and computation have allowed stellarator coils to be optimized for bette r performance.\n\nKunal Sanwalka\n\nKunal is a 3rd year graduate student w orking with Prof. Cary Forest on the WHAM (Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirr or) project. His research includes the overall construction of the WHAM de vice and working to understand the dynamics of fast particles in the plasm a created from neutral beams. Kunal uses simulation software like CQL3D to model the plasma dynamics and has developed some of his own scripts for t he design of particle diagnostics.\n\nTopic: Mirrors for simpler and soone r fusion.\n\nWHAM is a magnetic mirror device that hopes to combine recent developments in HTS magnet technology and mirror physics to develop a con cept for a fusion power plant based on the magnetic mirror geometry. If su ccessful\, a magnetic mirror based fusion power plant is advantageous due to its construction simplicity\, scalability\, and ease of access.\n\nDr. Sara E. Ferry\n\nDr. Ferry received her PhD from Massachusetts institute o f Technology in 2018 since then she has worked as a postdoctorial associat e and a research scientist at MIT. She is currently a Research Scientist i n the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT. She is working on better tr itium breeding blankets for fusion power plants that maximize tritium bree ding ratio (TBR) and minimize operating costs. She is building the LIBRA b lanket and aiming for a world-first demonstration of TBR~1 in FLiBe using fusion neutrons.\n\nTopic:\n\nAs an expert on neutronics and material inte ractions\, Dr. Ferry will speak about materials and expected plant life cy cle.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Wisconsin Science Museum\n\nAgenda: \nAgenda\n\n6 :00 pm Connect\n\n6:05 pm Introductions and Announcements\n\n6:10 pm Panel Discussion\n\n7:30 pm Questions\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.or g/m/318452 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/318452 ORGANIZER:cjc1ecom@gmail.com SEQUENCE:25 SUMMARY:Fusion Energy Prospects URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/318452 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="font-size: 18pt\;">Zander Kei th - Moderator</span></p>\n<p>Zander is a research intern in the HSX (Heli cally Symmetric eXperiment) Lab at UW-Madison. His work involves developin g data analysis codes to calculate plasma densities and temperatures using Thomson scattering. Zander graduated from UW-Madison with degrees in Comp uter Engineering and Computer Science in 2021.</p>\n<p><span style="font-s ize: 14pt\;">As moderator\, Zander will lead discussion to cover the follo wing topics:</span></p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Why Fusion?</s pan></p>\n<ul>\n<li>The role of fusion power plants in a modern\, sustaina ble electric grid</li>\n<li>How fusion works\, and what challenges there a re to overcome</li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Recent adva ncements in fusion technology</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improvements in theory \, computation\, and materials</li>\n<li>Contributions made by scientists in Wisconsin</li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">What to look for in the near future</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>New and exciting experiments on the horizon</li>\n<li>How local people can help advocate for fusion tec hnology</li>\n</ul>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 18pt\;">Di onysi Damaskopoulos</span></p>\n<p>Dionysi joined the HSX Lab and started his Electrical Engineering PhD in Fall 2021. His passion to pursue fusion power pulled him away from the deployment of autonomous vehicles and he is now starting research on neutral density measurements with H-alpha detect ors. He completed his undergraduate degrees in electrical and mechanical e ngineering with a minor in physics from Colorado School of Mines.</p>\n<p> <span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Topic: The Economics of fusion</span></p>\ n<p>Fusion power has the potential to provide safe\, clean\, and abundant energy for millennia\, however there are many considerations as to how the technology will be funded and deployed. These topics include what market fusion will target and how fusion will work with renewable energy sources in a modern electric grid.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 18pt\;">Luquant Singh</span></p>\n<p>Luquant is a PhD candidate in Electr ical and Computer engineering at UW-Madison conducting research at the HSX laboratory. His research focuses on measurements of plasma turbulence in the HSX stellarator using microwave diagnostics. Luquant has also been inv olved with computational research aimed at improving stellarator coil desi gns. He received his bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in Applied Math\, Engineerin g\, and Physics from UW-Madison.</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">T opic: Stellarator optimization and turbulence studies.</span></p>\n<p>Stel larators are a magnetic confinement scheme with improved stability over to kamaks\, however lack of axial symmetry increases heat loss through partic le drift. Advancements in theory and computation have allowed stellarator coils to be optimized for better performance.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><spa n style="font-size: 18pt\;">Kunal Sanwalka</span></p>\n<p>Kunal is a 3rd y ear graduate student working with Prof. Cary Forest on the WHAM (Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirror) project. His research includes the overall const ruction of the WHAM device and working to understand the dynamics of fast particles in the plasma created from neutral beams. Kunal uses simulation software like CQL3D to model the plasma dynamics and has developed some of his own scripts for the design of particle diagnostics.</p>\n<p><span sty le="font-size: 14pt\;">Topic: Mirrors for simpler and sooner fusion.</span ></p>\n<p>WHAM is a magnetic mirror device that hopes to combine recent de velopments in HTS magnet technology and mirror physics to develop a concep t for a fusion power plant based on the magnetic mirror geometry. If succe ssful\, a magnetic mirror based fusion power plant is advantageous due to its construction simplicity\, scalability\, and ease of access.</p>\n<p>&n bsp\;</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 18pt\;">Dr. Sara E. Ferry</span></p> \n<p>Dr. Ferry received her PhD from Massachusetts institute of Technology in 2018 since then she has worked as a postdoctorial associate and a rese arch scientist at MIT. She is currently a Research Scientist in the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT. She is working on better tritium breedi ng blankets for fusion power plants that maximize tritium breeding ratio ( TBR) and minimize operating costs. She is building the <em>LIBRA</em> blan ket and aiming for a world-first demonstration of TBR~1 in FLiBe using fus ion neutrons.</p>\n<p><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">Topic:</span></p>\n< p>As an expert on neutronics and material interactions\, Dr. Ferry will sp eak about materials and expected plant life cycle.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>Agenda</p>\n<p>6:00 pm Connect</p>\n<p>6:05 pm Introductions and Announcements</p>\n<p>6:10 pm Panel Discussion</p>\n<p>7:30 pm Questions</ p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR