The first round of 2022 INFUSE awards has been announced by DOE. The official announcement can be found here. A list of projects with abstracts is in the library. Thank you to all the submitters and reviewers who participated in the 1st round of 2022.
Characterization of Turbulent Transport and Confinement in ARC with STEP and CGYRO | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Alex Creely | University-UCSD |
Machine learning assisted prediction of tungsten heavy alloy plasma facing component performance for fusion energy applications | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Dina Yuryev | University-MIT |
Assessing ELM mitigation by pellet triggering in SPARC low-collisionality discharges | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Christopher Chrobak | ORNL |
Agile design workflow for plasma-facing fusion components with coupled thermofluidic and structural optimization | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Caroline Sorensen | ORNL |
Fuel Cycle and Tritium Plant Model for Fusion Pilot Plant | General Atomics | David Weisberg | SRNL |
Tritium Fuel Cycle Modelling and Optimization to Enable Fusion Pilot Plant Development | General Fusion Corp. | Ryan Guerrero | SRNL |
Beyond Neoclassical Closures for MHD Simulation of General Fusion Devices via Kinetic Monte Carlo Calculations | General Fusion Corp. | Colin McNally | ORNL |
Observing Density Evolution During Merging of Plectonemic Taylor states | Helicity Space Corporation | Setthivoine You | University-Swarthmore |
3D modeling of the Staged Z-pinch with the FLASH code | Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc. | Emil Ruskov | University-Rochester |
Hard x-ray imaging and characterization of staged z-pinch plasmas in order to exclude ion beams as cause of fusion | Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc | Hafiz Rahman | University-CalTech |
Electron density profiles on PFRC with USPR | Princeton Fusion Systems, Inc. | Chris Galea | University-UCDavis |
Evaluating RF antenna designs for PFRC plasma heating and sustainment | Princeton Fusion Systems, Inc. | Michael Paluszek | PPPL |
Stabilizing PFRC plasmas against macroscopic low-frequency modes | Princeton Fusion Systems, Inc. | Stephanie Thomas | PPPL |
Performance-structure characterization to improve REBCO Fusion conductor production at SuperPower | SuperPower Inc | Yifei Zhang | University-FSU |
Development of a High-Flux Inductive Spheromak Gun for FRC Formation via Counter-Helicity Merging | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Hiroshi Gota | PPPL |
THz Radiation Generation to Enable Internal Magnetic Field Measurement of Burning Plasmas | TAE Technologies, Inc. | Ales Necas | University-Rochester |
FLARED — Flowing Lithium’s Adsorption and Release Experiment for Deuterium | Tokamak Energy, Inc. | Mark Koepke | University-UIUC |
Simulation of Direct-Drive Hybrid Using Two Opposed Beams for Inertial Fusion Energy | VWG Inc. dba Xcimer Energy | Conner Galloway | University-Rochester |