BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230303T005428Z UID:5FEB3A39-8682-4643-914A-1414666E1D7D DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230302T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230302T130000 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunch session on Clean Energy Fusion with Moein B orghei from Avalanche Energy. Fusion energy has been a long-held dream of not just scientists\, but also the general public\, as a clean\, safe\, an d abundant energy source. Many academic institutions\, national labs\, and private companies have been and are currently working to generate more po wer than the amount needed to operate the device. Although progress was sl ow in the early 2000s\, in recent years\, the fusion industry has been rev italized and attracted nearly $3 billion in investment in 2022 alone. Aval anche Energy\, a VC-backed start-up\, is focusing on a novel fusion config uration known as the Orbitron. The Orbitron uses a voltage difference of h undreds of kilovolts to confine the fusion fuels\, while co-confining elec trons using a weak magnetic field. Unlike conventional power plant-sized f usion reactors\, Avalanche Energy is developing a device the size of a lun ch pail that allows for rapid testing\, low investment\, and modularity. I ts potential applications are vast\, from powering electric vehicles and s pacecrafts to providing electricity to remote areas around the world. Addi tionally\, a multi-kW power pack of this size can be used as a distributed generation unit in microgrids\, eliminating the uncertainty of renewables and the emissions of fossil fuel-based generators.\n\nCo-sponsored by: IE EE Power and Energy Society\n\nSpeaker(s): Moein Borghei\, \n\nAgenda: \n1 2:00 pm PST IEEE Announcements\n12:02 pm PST Introduction of the Speaker\n 12:04 pm PST Presentation\n12:45 pm PST Q&A\n\nVirtual: https://events.vto ols.ieee.org/m/344192 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/344192 ORGANIZER:mike.brisbois@ieee.org SEQUENCE:14 SUMMARY:IEEE Clean Energy Fusion URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/344192 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Join us for a lunch session on Clean Energ y Fusion with Moein Borghei from Avalanche Energy. Fusion energy has been a long-held dream of not just scientists\, but also the general public\, a s a clean\, safe\, and abundant energy source. Many academic institutions\ , national labs\, and private companies have been and are currently workin g to generate more power than the amount needed to operate the device. Alt hough progress was slow in the early 2000s\, in recent years\, the fusion industry has been revitalized and attracted nearly $3 billion in investmen t in 2022 alone. Avalanche Energy\, a VC-backed start-up\, is focusing on a novel fusion configuration known as the Orbitron. The Orbitron uses a vo ltage difference of hundreds of kilovolts to confine the fusion fuels\, wh ile co-confining electrons using a weak magnetic field. Unlike conventiona l power plant-sized fusion reactors\, Avalanche Energy is developing a dev ice the size of a lunch pail that allows for rapid testing\, low investmen t\, and modularity. Its potential applications are vast\, from powering el ectric vehicles and spacecrafts to providing electricity to remote areas a round the world. Additionally\, a multi-kW power pack of this size can be used as a distributed generation unit in microgrids\, eliminating the unce rtainty of renewables and the emissions of fossil fuel-based generators.</ p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>12:00 pm PST IEEE Announcements<br />12:02 pm PST Introduction of the Speaker<br />12:04 pm PST Presentation<br />12: 45 pm PST Q&amp\;A</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR