News - Fusion

  • Congratulations Tom!

    Congratulations to Tom Davis, an Oxford Fusion CDT student who successfully defended his thesis at viva in December 2020. Tom’s thesis is entitled “On nanosized precipitates in steels for advanced...

  • Congratulations Chris!

    Congratulations to Chris Underwood, a York Fusion CDT student who successfully defended his thesis at viva in December 2020. Chris’ thesis is entitled “Optimising production of high energy radiation using laser wakefield acceleration”...

  • Congratulations Phil!

    Congratulations to Philip Bradford, a York Fusion CDT student who successfully defended his thesis at viva in March 2021. Phil’s thesis is entitled “Laser-driven discharges and electromagnetic fields” and his...

  • Congratulations Charlie!

    Congratulations to Charlie Vincent, a Durham Fusion CDT student who successfully defended his thesis at viva in February 2021. Charlie’s thesis is entitled “FPGA Based Diagnostics for the Mega-Amp Spherical...

  • Welcome to the 2020 Fusion CDT Cohort

    Under the strange circumstances of a pandemic we welcomed the 2020 cohort to the Fusion CDT in October. The main teambuilding event had to be amended for virtual ones, due...

  • Congratulations James!

    Congratulations to James Ellis, a University of York Fusion CDT student who graduated on 22 January 2021, having successfully defended his thesis at viva in July 2020. The graduation ceremony...

  • Virtual Fusion Open day 2020 – recording available

    On 16 December 2020 the Fusion CDT collaborated with Culham Centre for Fusion Energy to hold an online open day for prospective postgraduate students. The event started with a series...

  • Apply now for PhD projects for Autumn 2021 entry!

    In Spring 2020 we were very excited to learn that funding from EPSRC was confirmed for continuation of the Fusion CDT programme. £4.35 million was agreed to fund four student...

  • Congratulations Will!

    Congratulations to Will Trickey, a York Fusion CDT student who successfully defended his thesis at viva in November 2020. Will’s thesis is entitled “Novel Approaches to Indirect Inertial Confinement Fusion”...

  • 16 DECEMBER 2020 – FUSION VIRTUAL OPEN DAY

    Each year the Fusion Centre for Doctoral Training collaborates with Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) to organise an open day for prospective postgraduate students. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, this...