News - Fusion

  • First annual prizes awarded during Fusion Frontiers Week 2019

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    The annual Fusion Frontiers and Interfaces workshop took place at York Plasma Institute from 29 April to 3 May 2019. This workshop explores the frontiers of fusion research and the...

  • S3-E6 A Day in the PhD Life

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    Most of us have an impression of what student life is like but maybe not that of a PhD student. This episode we have Sam, Helen, Tiantian and Emma to...

  • PhD Opportunities in Fusion

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    The University of York is recruiting now for Sept 2019 entry with two funded four year PhD studentships available within the Fusion Centre for Doctoral Training (Fusion CDT): • Performance-limiting...

  • Congratulations Ellie – a 2019 EPS PPD PhD Research Award winner!

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    Congratulations to Ellie Tubman who has been selected as one of the 2019 winners of the EPS Plasma Physics Division PhD Research Award. Ellie’s thesis was entitled ‘Magnetic field generation...

  • S3E5 – Plasma Thrusters for Space

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    How can we use plasma jets for propulsion? Scott’s been working on using fusion fuel as rocket technology for cubesats (satellites). We talk about Hall effect and photon thrusters too....

  • Application deadline coming up….

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    The first application deadline for plasma strand Fusion CDT projects for 2019 entry is coming up on Friday 22 March 2019. For materials strand projects please contact the relevant university...

  • Congratulations!

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    Congratulations to the following Fusion CDT students who have recently successfully defended their theses at viva: Fred Thomas – a University of York student supervised by Dr John Pasley and...

  • LGBTSTEMinar 2019

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    Andrew Malcolm-Neale, a third year Fusion CDT student based at University of York, tells us more about his recent attendance at the LGBTSTEMinar 2019: “A national, inter-disciplinary, one-day gathering of...

  • S3E4 – Jim Al-Khalili SciComm Special

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    For our anniversary episode we sat down with Prof Jim Al-Khalili! We talked about science communication (scicomm) with him and Dr Lancaster – their motivation, experiences and how to talk...

  • Teambuilding at Hathersage

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    In December 2018 the first year Fusion CDT cohort spent two nights away at YHA Hathersage Hostel in the Peak District. The Fusion CDT strongly encourages students to work collaboratively...