Five Columbia University Plasma Lab Students attended the inaugural annual Fusion Pioneers: Celebrating Women in Fusion Energy conference. The event highlighted woman-led research in Plasma Physics and supported the advancement of marginalized genders in the workforce.
The United States Burning Plasma Organization (USBPO) awarded scholarships to two Columbia University applied physics doctoral students, Sophia Guizzo and Noah Notis, to attend the 13th ITER International School, held from December 9-11, 2024, in Nagoya, Japan.
Last week, Columbia University students, scientists, and faculty descended in Atlanta, GA to present their research results and interact with colleagues at the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Plasma Physics.
Columbia Engineering undergraduates lead a team to quantify the interaction of cryogenic ice pellets with energetic particle beams to better understand their behavior in fusion plasmas.
