PPL honored more than 40 inventors who produced more than a dozen inventions, applied for two patents and received three patents in fiscal year 2022 at a recent invention recognition event hosted by PPPL Director Steve Cowley and his wife, Margaret.
Inventors at the Lab came up with a range of invention ideas from a sustainable…
PPPL and other institutions are actively focused on finding ways to recruit diverse students, researchers and engineers into the fusion energy and plasma science fields and make them feel part of an inclusive community in which they are welcomed, able to succeed and remain in the field.
The development of novel technologies to simplify the design and construction of fusion facilities called “stellarators” has brought two new public-private collaborations to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL).
Kaul Foundation Prize and Distinguished Research Fellow winners.
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded PPPL funding of more than $12 million to conduct experimental research in fusion energy science.
A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory recently received a 2022 Edison Patent Award for their invention of a liquid centrifuge that could be used to treat waste streams and extract valuable solids from mining tailings.
The researchers received the award for industrial…
Advising the director of the United States Office of Science on complex scientific and technical matters linked to fusion
Record laboratory attendance delivers full-scale contributions
Strengthening education, training, and outreach programs in nuclear fusion research all over the world
Leadership roles in two U.S. Department of Energy projects
Proposing the source of sudden thermal quenches.
A key step in designing lasers to ignite reactions
Award honors wide-ranging work
Protecting internal parts and helping maintain fusion reactions
Counter-intuitive way to stabilize tearing modes.