This spring our fusion group has contributed with three lectures to the Fusion Technology Course of the Nuclear Engineering Master organized by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. This course is designed to offer the students an comprehensive overview on key topics in Fusion Technology, delivered by specialist lecturers from F4E, CIEMAT, CEA, IPP, UPC and BSC/Fusion group.
Three members of our fusion group have given the following lectures:
- On 17th May, Shimpei Futatani gave a lecture entitled “Introduction to the MHD dynamics in fusion plasmas” focused on turbulences in fusion plasmas and the use of pellet injection in order to mitigate Edge Localized Modes (ELMs) which are magnetohydrodynamics instabilities at the plasma boundary.
- On 26th May, Mervi Mantsinen gave a lecture entitled “Ion Cyclotron Resonance Frequency (ICRF) Heating in Fusion Plasmas” focused on the use of electromagnetic waves in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies for plasma heating and current drive in fusion devices.
- On 31st May, Xavier Sáez gave a lecture entitled “Simulation codes in Fusion Technology” focused on the role of High Performance Computing in fusion research. This lecture also included examples of fusion simulation codes used currently.
We are grateful to Department of Physics on Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB) for this opportunity to disseminate our R&D in fusion among the young generation.