Using an inertial confinement fusion device as an introduction to plasma physics and laboratory research technique for high school age students interested in a career in nuclear science.

For over twelve years Mr. Carl Greninger has pioneered a private nonprofit helping high school students win over $800,000.00 in scholarships through an educational program that looks more like a company than a classroom. The students achieve experiential technical prowess by growing a Farnsworth fusor into a cutting-edge fusion research device with a unique plasma electrode design offering 2 X10^6 neutron output, which is a remarkable achievement in DD fusion within the ranks of amateurs. The device is then leveraged for oncology, material science, and plasma physics investigations. Most recently the telemetry has seen serious development including a Langmuir probe, AZURE Power BI and touch screen reactor control. But it is the PM role-based student led engagement that drives the educational experience, as the student researcher quickly realizes that science at this level demands skills far beyond a Langmuir probe. They must become an accountant, publicist, advocate, stakeholder, manager, and technologist akin to a Swiss army knife. The value of this skill set becomes obviousin R&D companies where research dollars are hard to come by, and the rate of technical evolution gives technical knowledge a measurable half-life and drives learning technique into new paradigms.