College of Engineering University of Wisconsin-Madison
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics The Fountain
Engineering Physics : Nuclear Engineering : Research :
Fusion

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a large fusion plasma physics program operated by an informal collaboration of the departments of nuclear engineering and engineering physics, physics, and electrical and computer engineering. The experimental program in each department has a different focus. Physics operates the MST reversed-field pinch; electrical and computer engineering is constructing an advanced stellarator; and nuclear engineering and engineering physics focuses on the tokamak and fusion reactor engineering studies. Between the three departments there are about a dozen professors involved in fusion plasma physics, plus others in fusion reactor engineering. Collectively, this is one of the largest university fusion programs in the U.S. Graduate level plasma physics courses are cross-listed between the three departments and taught on a rotating basis. Faculty and graduate students collaborate across departmental lines. Following are descriptions of the areas in which nuclear engineering and engineering physics faculty and students are involved.


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