Past Events

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Upcoming Past

Jul

30

2026

Inhwan Kim Final Defense

Title: Emergent Phenomena in Electro-Optic Oxides

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Inhwan Kim

Jul

29

2026

Erik Hansen Final Defense

Title: Investigations of the Structure and Consistency of Plasma Turbulence Models

8:00 am – 10:00 am In Person

Speaker(s): Erik Hansen

Jul

28

2026

Ritwik Sain Final Defense

Title: Theoretical and Computational Modeling of Laser-Driven Plasma Formation, Heating, Expansion, and Channel Evolution

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Ritwik Sain

Jul

16

2026

Emma Hunt Final Defense

Title: Measuring Friction on Adherent Spherical Particles and within Collagen Fibrils with Activity Microscopy

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Emma Hunt

Jun

16

2026

IFS Seminar

IFS Seminar with Darin Ernst

Title: Developing Viable Operating Scenarios for Fusion Pilot Plants: Experiments and Predictive Capabilities

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Darin Ernst

Jun

12

2026

Aasim Jan Final Defense

Title: Toward Robust Gravitational-Wave Inference Across Current and Future Observatories

11:00 am – 12:30 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Aasim Jan

Jun

11

2026

Johnny Tsao Final Defense

Title: Relativistic hydrodynamic simulations of compact binaries and radiation transport

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Bing-Jyun Tsao

Jun

4

2026

IFS Seminar

IFS Seminar with Sergei Sharapov

Title: Maximising Beam-Plasma Fusion Rate in 1 MA MAST-U Discharges

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Sergei Sharapov

Jun

2

2026

IFS Seminar

IFS Seminar with Richard Hazeltine

Title: Equilibrium of a rotating mirror plasma

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm In Person

Speaker(s): Richard Hazeltine

May

26

2026

IFS Seminar

IFS Seminar

Darin R. Ernst, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Developing Viable Operating Scenarios for Fusion Pilot Plants: Experiments and Predictive Capabilities

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Speaker(s): Darin Ernst