Over 25 Master’s students from TU Munich and TU Graz took the first steps by designing one such device known as a stellarator to confine plasma using external magnets. Prof. Ulrich Stroth and Dr. Gregor Birkenmeier from TUM School of Natural Sciences’ Physics Department contributed to the course in collaboration with startup Proxima Fusion’s co-founder Jonathan Schilling, and Assistant Prof. Christopher Albert and Associate Prof. Robert Schennach (TU Graz). Follow-up courses are focused on building the device, which is small enough to fit through a standard door.
Further information and links
- For more information about the course and the targeted design goals for the stellarator, please see Proxima Fusion’s social media post.
- For more information about fusion research education at the Master’s level, see Applied and Engineering Physics information on our studies web pages: Applied and Engineering Physics or Nuclear, Particle and Astrophysics.
Subject matter expert
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Stroth
Technical University Munich
Professorship of Plasma Edge and Divertor Physics
Phone: +49 89 289 14629
ulrich.stroth(at)tum.de
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Gregor Birkenmeier
Technische Universität München
Lehrstuhl für Plasmarand- und Divertorphysik
Phone: +49 89 3299 2216
gregor.birkenmeier(at)tum.de
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