News - Fusion

  • Poster prize winner – Jack Haley

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    Congratulations to Jack Haley, a 4th year Fusion CDT student, who recently won first prize in the ‘Scientific Conference’ category in the University of Oxford, Department of Materials annual poster...

  • Fusion Frontiers and Interfaces Workshop 2018

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    The annual Fusion Frontiers and Interfaces workshop took place at York Plasma Institute from 30 April to 4 May 2018. This workshop explores the frontiers of fusion research and the...

  • S2E1 – Talk-o-mak

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    We’re back! New glass, same seawater. A neat trick if you think about it. We’re kicking off with the favourite glass – favourite to win that is. This episode is...

  • Researching for Welsh Assembly Members: My EPSRC Internship

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    Robert Abernethy, a fourth year Fusion CDT student based at University of Oxford, reports on his recent internship: I recently spent three months away from my DPhil on materials for...

  • LIVE!

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    Our launch party (coinciding with British Science Week 2018) included this episode recorded in front of a live public audience. We discuss 30 years of fusion progress – the things...

  • Poster Prize for Jack Leland

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    The Faculty of Science and Engineering at University of Liverpool held it’s annual Postgraduate Research Poster Day in March 2018. Jack Leland (a second year Fusion CDT student based at University...

  • KSTAR Collaboration

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    Thirteen Fusion CDT students and six supervisors travelled to South Korea in February 2018 to attend a collaboration kick-off meeting on research relating to KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research)....

  • Congratulations Matt!

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    Congratulations to Matt Thomas a York CDT student, who successfully defended his thesis at viva in March 2018. His thesis is entitled “3D full wave modelling of microwave interactions with plasma...

  • S1E3 – More Knowledge is More Power

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    Ok this one’s ended up a tall glass so we’re continuing where we left off – talking about the serious side of working with nuclear things. How we’re going to...

  • S1E2 – Knowledge is Power

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    We stirred into this glass all the extra garnish that make nuclear physics knowledge useful! We get strict about criteria and chat about the bottom line(s) for harnessing energy. How...