Congratulations to Carlos Paz-Soldan and Oak Nelson from the Columbia University Fusion Research Center on winning the 2026 John Dawson Award for from the American Physical Society!
Members of the Columbia Fusion Research Center participated as lecturers at the 1st Mitigating Risks from Abrupt Confinement Loss (MiRACL) and 7th MIT Computational Physics School for Fusion Research (CPS-FR) summer schools held at MIT from July 30 through August 8
The fourth Annual Summer Student Poster Symposium, hosted by the Columbia Fusion Research Center, showcased the work of 32 undergraduate researchers across experimental and computational topics on August 5th, 2026.
Dr. Jeff Levesque hosted the "HBT-EP Fun Run" at the Columbia Plasma Physics Laboratory on July 17, 2026, allowing 25 participants, including 18 students, to operate a tokamak and observe live plasma discharges.
A collaborative hackathon event was held to build a new GUI for doing rapid and consistent analysis of Tokamak magnetics data at the Columbia Fusion Research Center.
Eleven Columbia Fusion Research Center members, including five grad students, presented work on disruption avoidance, error field physics, and plasma control at the 2026 MHD Stability Control Workshop in San Diego.
Congratulations to George Su from the Columbia University Fusion Research Center on winning a best PhD student presenter prize at the 13th Runaway Electron Modelling (REM) meeting!
The Columbia Fusion Research Center hosted a new two-day mini-course targeting professionals in the policy, journalism, business, and investment communities on June 17th and 18th, 2026.
The 2026 Columbia Fusion Research Center Summer Internship Program is officially underway, bringing together a talented cohort of undergraduate researchers to explore some of the most exciting challenges in plasma science and fusion energy.
Columbia Fusion Research Center showcases research in fusion engineering and fuel cycle technologies at TOFE 2026.
The Columbia Fusion Research Center is proud to celebrate another outstanding graduating cohort of bachelor’s and master’s students this spring.
The FIA Policy Conference brings together professions from across the sector.