USA - MIT

PLASMA SCIENCE AND FUSION CENTER
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

NW16-288, 167 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Telephone: +1 617 253 8100
Telefax: +1 617 253 0570
E-mail: <lastname>@psfc.mit.edu
URL:   http://www.psfc.mit.edu

Director:	Porkolab, Miklos
Associate Director:	Temkin, Richard J.
Assistant Director:	Catto, Peter J.

Physics Research Division
Head: Porkolab, Miklos

Fusion Theory and Computations Group
Catto, Peter J. (Leader)
Bers, Abraham
Bonoli, Paul
Freidberg, Jeffrey
Hastie, James (Visiting Scientist)
Kesner, Jay
Ram, Abhay
Ramos, Jesus J.

Theory of Thermonuclear Plasmas Group
Coppi, Bruno (Leader)
Sugiyama, Linda

Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) Group
Kesner, Jay (Co-Leader)
Mauel, Michael E. (Co-Leader, Columbia Univ.)
Garnier, Darren (Visiting Scientist)

Exp. Plasma Phys. Grp. (Versatile Toroidal Facility)
Fasoli, Ambrogio (Leader)
Egedal-Pedersan, Jan
Porkolab, Miklos

X-ray, Gamma-ray and Inertial Fusion Group
Petrasso, Richard D. (Leader)
Li, Chi-Kang

Ionospheric Plasma Diagnostics Group
Lee, Ming-Chang (Leader)

Advanced Plasma Diagnostic Group
Fasoli, Ambrogio (Co-Leader)
Porkolab, Miklos (Co-Leader)
Woskov, Paul (Co-Leader)

Waves and Beams Division
Head: Temkin, Richard J.

Gyrotron Research Group
Shapiro, Mikhail A. (Leader)
Choi, Jin Joo (Visiting Scientist)
Mulligan, William
Temkin, Richard J.

High Gradient Accelerator Experiments Group
Temkin, Richard J. (Acting Leader)
Mastovsky, Ivan
Shapiro, Mikhail A.

Intense Beam Theoretical Research Group
Chen, Chiping (Leader)
Davies, John (Visiting Scientist)
Guss, William (Visiting Scientist)

Plasma Technology Division
Head: Cohn, Daniel R.
Associate Head: Woskov, Paul P.

Environm. Monitoring and Remediation Group
Cohn, Daniel R. (Co-Leader)
Woskov, Paul P. (Co-Leader)
Hadidi, Kamal (Visiting Scientist)
Sundaram, S.K. (Visiting Scientist)
Thomas, Paul

Plasma Hydrogen Generation Tech. Group
Bromberg, Leslie (Co-Leader)
Cohn, Daniel R. (Co-Leader)
Rabinovitch, Alexandr M.

Systems Studies Group
Bromberg, Leslie (Leader)
Cohn, Daniel R.

Fusion Diagnostics Group
Woskov, Paul (Leader)

Safety and Environmental Studies Group
Kazimi, Mujid (Leader)

Fusion Technology and Engineering Division

Head:

Minervini, Joseph V.

Magnet Design & Fabrication Group
Smith, Bradford A. (Leader)
Zhukovsky, Alexander

Superconducting Magnet R & D Group
Minervini, Joseph V. (Co-Leader)
Takayasu, Makoto (Co-Leader)
Gung, Chen-Yu
Michael, Philip

Advanced Magnet Group
Schultz, Joel H. (Leader)
Radovinsky, Alexei
Titus, Peter

Materials Science and Technology Group
Ballinger, Ronald (Leader)
Stahle, Peter

Alcator Division
Head: Hutchinson, Ian H.
Executive Project Head: Marmar, Earl

Plasma Section

Wolfe, Stephen M. (Leader)

Transport Research Group
Greenwald, Martin (Leader)

MHD Research Group
Granetz, Robert (Leader)

Experiments Section
Marmar, Earl (Leader)

Edge Plasma Research Group

Lipschultz, Bruce (Leader)

Operations Section

Irby, James (Leader)

Electrical Engineering
Terry, David (Leader)

Power Systems Group
Cochran, William (Leader)

Radiology and Safety Group
Fiore, Catherine (Leader)

Engineering Coordination
Rosati, James (Leader)

Tokamak Operations Group
Dekow, Gary (Leader)

Instrumentation, Control & Diag. Support Group
Burke, William (Leader)

Engineering Services Group
Thibeault, Edward (Leader)

Vacuum System Engineer
Childs, Robert (Leader)

RF Engineering Group
TBA (Leader)

Mechanical Engineering Group
TBA (Leader)

RF Heating, Current Drive and Advanced Tokamak Section
Porkolab, Miklos (Leader)

RF Experiments Group
Wukitch, Steve (Leader)

Advanced Tokamak and RF Modeling Group
Bonoli, Paul (Leader)

Lower Hybrid Project

Parker, Ron (Leader)

Research activities:
The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) is recognized internationally as a leading laboratory in developing the scientific and engineering aspects of magnetic confinement fusion and conducting cutting-edge research in plasma science and related technology. Research at the PSFC is carried out in 5 primary areas:

1. Fusion energy confinement research in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, including investigations of the stability, heating, and transport properties of high temperature magnetically confined plasmas, as well as advanced tokamak research;
2. Investigation of the basic physics of plasmas including magnetic reconnection experiments on the Versatile Toroidal Facility (VTF) facility, new confinement concepts such as the Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX), development of novel high-temperature plasma diagnostics, novel diagnostic of inertial fusion experiments, basic laboratory and ionospheric plasma physics experiments, and theoretical research;
3. A broad program in fusion technology and engineering development that addresses problems in several areas (e.g., magnetic systems, superconducting materials, fusion environmental and safety studies, and system studies of fusion reactors);
4. A significant activity in developing environmental remediation techniques based on plasma technology, including industrial applications, and
5. The physics of waves and beams (e.g., gyrotron and high gradient accelerator research, beam theory development, non-neutral plasmas, and coherent wave generation).

The Plasma Science and Fusion Center R & D programs are supported principally by the Department of Energy's Office of Fusion Energy Sciences.