Fusion Researchers Highlight Opportunities at the DIII-D

San Diego, CA, Oct. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The DIII-D National Fusion Facility this week is celebrating the outstanding personnel who work at the facility. In a new video that introduces the facility, its mission, and its workforce, six individuals from General Atomics (GA) and collaborating user institutions describe their experiences working at DIII-D.  Please click here to watch the video.  

 “The DIII-D National Fusion Facility is one of the cornerstones of the U.S. fusion energy research efforts. Our science program ranks among the best in the world, but our people are what truly make us shine,” said Dr. Richard Buttery, Director of the DIII-D National Fusion Facility. “We are incredibly fortunate to have the very best talent here, from early-career researchers to world-recognized leaders in our field. I am proud to be able to feature just a few of our standout people to help tell the story of our facility, our mission, and most importantly, our team.”

Featured in the video are:

• Dr. Shawn Tang (Postdoctoral Researcher, Oak Ridge Associated Universities), a scientist researching helicon waves as an additional source of driving current in the fusion plasma
• Dr. Igor Bykov (General Atomics), a researcher in DIII-D’s operations group, which oversees experiments during the scientific research campaigns
• Dr. Julius Damba (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles), a diagnostician who studies turbulence in the DIII-D plasma to make fusion energy more efficient
• Dr. Alicia Dautt-Silva (General Atomics), an engineer who works in robotics to enable longer run-times and faster maintenance in future fusion machines 
• Dr. Dinh Truong (Postdoctoral Researcher, Sandia National Laboratory), a scientist researching plasma fluctuations and turbulence to improve efficiency
• Mr. Rigo Brambila (General Atomics), a technician who maintains the DIII-D gyrotron complex, one of the major heating systems used to create fusion plasma at the…