Front Page
News: Research Into Fusion Implosion Flaws Includes Alumni
Alex Zylstra and Christopher Young are authors on a paper exploring how even tiny irregularities in a hydrogen-filled shell can lead to large fusion-degrading implosion asymmetries. full article ❯News: Alumnus on Team That Squeezed Carbon to Record High Pressures
Richard Kraus and colleagues found a surprising result when they compressed the material to pressures up to five times that found in the Earth’s core. full article ❯News: Alumna’s Article Promotes Nuclear Community Diversity
In an essay for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mareena Robinson Snowden says proactive interventions must replace a uniform approach to attracting and retaining people of color. full article ❯News: Alumnus Leads Team That Boosted Fusion Experiment Output
Matthew Gomez and his fellow researchers tweaked a MagLIF process that increased neutron production more than tenfold. full article ❯News: Five Students to Join DOE NNSA SSGF in 2020-2021 Class
The new fellows will attend Rice, Stanford, Penn State, Georgia Tech and Caltech. full article ❯News: Fellow Recreates Supernova Gas Interactions in Georgia Tech Lab
Benjamin Musci’s experiments provide insights into how gases of different densities interact during the massive stellar explosions. full article ❯
Erin Good
Louisiana State University
Growing up near the Three Mile Island plant sparked an interest in nuclear astrophysics.
Viktor Rozsa
University of Chicago
I think of the high pressure dial as a unique and effective way to understand … a material and its technological applications.