Plasma Meets the Wall — Disruptions, Materials & Simulating Fusion’s Extremes Dr. Ahmed Hassanein
About this episode
Dr. Ahmed Hassanein discusses transient plasma events and their implications for fusion energy and other fields.
Dr. Ahmed Hassanein of Purdue University joins Priyanca Ford to discuss the “showstopper” problem of transient plasma events — disruptions, runaway electrons, and the intense heat that reaches a reactor’s walls. He describes the world-leading simulation package his group built to model that damage, and how the same plasma physics reaches into everything from EUV chip lithography to cancer-cell treatment.
People in this episode
Host: Priyanca Ford
Guest: Dr. Ahmed Hassanein
Topics covered
- plasma physics
- fusion energy
- disruptions
- simulation
- materials science
- EUV lithography
- cancer treatment
Keywords
- plasma
- disruptions
- simulation
- fusion
- EUV lithography
- cancer treatment
- Purdue University
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Purdue University
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