30 What opportunities are there for interested students? (Fusion)
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This article is from the Fusion FAQ, by Robert F. Heeter heeter1@llnl.gov with numerous contributions by others.
30 What opportunities are there for interested students? (Fusion)
* Undergraduate Opportunities: Academic-year Programs
!!!! High school students take note !!!!
Unfortunately, fusion research is a relatively small field,
so most colleges and universities do not have much in the
way of fusion research. Plasma physics is a bit more common,
but still not widespread. But it's certainly possible to wind up
doing plasma physics at the graduate level without getting
much exposure as an undergraduate, at least in the U.S.
Exceptions - schools with active plasma/fusion research:
In the United States (in no particular order):
Caltech, UCLA, Wisconsin-Madison, MIT, Texas-Austin,
Princeton, Maryland, Iowa, Auburn, Columbia,
Washington (Seattle), UC-Davis (cooperative with
Lawrence Livermore), U Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(nuclear engineering dept.) and probably some other schools.
In Germany - the Universities in:
Munich, Juelich, Bochum, Berlin, Stuttgart, Augsburg, and
Greifswald. Graduate students can work at the Max Planck
Institut fur Plasmaphysik, too.
In Britain:
Imperial College, London; Oxford University; (elsewhere?)
Elsewhere in the EU:
Denmark: University of Copenhagen
Netherlands: FOM Institute at Rijnhuizen (?, spelling?)
Most Russian research is done in Moscow, Leningrad, and Novosibirsk.
(help with other countries, anyone??)
* If anyone needs help obtaining addresses to contact at these
institutions, let me know. If anyone has contact addresses,
please send them to me so I can accumulate a list.
* Undergraduate Summer Programs:
There are, however, undergraduate summer research programs
(primarily for students who've completed their junior year) in
both Europe and the United States (details on these programs
are appended). One can also become involved in fusion / plasma
research through summer programs offered at the various U.S.
National Laboratories (particularly Livermore, Los Alamos,
and Sandia; possibly Oak Ridge?). Finally, it's also possible
to do summer research at the schools which do research, provided
you find a way to make the right connections.
* Graduate Opportunities:
The summer program offered in Europe is targeted for beginning
graduate students (perhaps more so than advanced undergraduates);
see below for details.
The schools listed above which pursue fusion / plasma research
also have graduate programs; there are other schools as well.
There are several fellowships available to provide financial
assistance, as well. (I could really use a couple addresses here,
so people know where to go to get the important information.
Help anyone???)
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