MFE: Heating, Current Drive and Whole Device Modeling

Presentations

• Comparison of C-Mod and WEST ICRF Experiments with 3D Full Wave Simulations

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 9:30 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Raymond Diab

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Raymond Diab

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Seung Gyou Baek

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yijun Lin

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Earl S Marmar

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • James Layton Terry

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John C Wright

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

  • Stephen James Wukitch

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

  • Syun'ichi Shiraiwa

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Nicola Bertelli

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Aditya Yogesh Joshi

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Mark S. Shephard

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  • Laurent COLAS

    CEA, IRFM

  • Julien Hillairet

    CEA, IRFM

  • James Paul P Gunn

    CEA IRFM, F-13108 Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, CEA-IRFM

  • Benoit Guillermin

    CEA-IRFM

  • Guillaume Urbanczyk

    Institut Jean Lamour CNRS

  • Wouter Tierens

    ORNL

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• Initial Results from DIII-D High Field Side Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiment

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 9:54 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Stephen James Wukitch

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

  Authors

  • Stephen James Wukitch

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

  • Mirela Cengher

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Jeff Doody

    MIT PSFC

  • Ivan Garcia

    MIT PSFC

  • Malcolm Gould

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Rick Leccacorvi

    MIT PSFC

  • Evan Leppink

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yijun Lin

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Samuel Pierson

    MIT PSFC

  • James Ridzon

    MIT PSFC

  • Grant Rutherford

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Andrew Seltzman

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Christopher Murphy

    General Atomics

  • Robert I Pinsker

    General Atomics

  • Kyle Teixeira

    General Atomics

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• RF Validation of a Monolithic Additive Manufactured LHCD Launcher

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:06 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Andrew Seltzman

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Andrew Seltzman

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Mariabelle Azemar

    MIT

  • Mia Chen

    MIT

  • Erick Liang

    MIT

  • Kyle Williams

    MIT

  • Stephen James Wukitch

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

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• Predictions of Neoclassical Tearing Mode Stabilization via High Field Side Lower Hybrid Current Drive on the DIII-D Tokamak

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:18 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:30 AM

  Publication: "Predictions of Neoclassical Tearing Mode Stabilization via High Field Side Lower Hybrid Current Drive on the DIII-D Tokamak"<br>submitted to PPCF

  Presenters

  • Grant Rutherford

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Grant Rutherford

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Stuart Royce Sands Benjamin

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Mirela Cengher

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Robert John La Haye

    General Atomics

  • Evan Leppink

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Andrew Rothstein

    Princeton University

  • Stephen James Wukitch

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT

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• Scaling Laws for Inductively Coupled Positive Ion Sources

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:30 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Md. Sazzad Hossain

    North Carolina State University

  Authors

  • Md. Sazzad Hossain

    North Carolina State University

  • Amanda M Lietz

    North Carolina State University

  • Tom Regev

    NC State University, College of Engineering

  • Arthur Gaetano Mazzeo

    North Carolina State University, NC State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering

  • Keanu J Ammons

    NC State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering

  • Florian M Laggner

    North Carolina State University

  • Miral A Shah

    North Carolina State University, NCSU, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India

  • Kirtan M Davda

    North Carolina State University, University of Tennessee

  • Steven C Shannon

    North Carolina State University

  • Evan Kallenberg

    General Atomics

  • J Timothy Scoville

    General Atomics

  • Brendan J Crowley

    General Atomics

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• Machine learning surrogate model for rapid prediction of electron cyclotron heating and current drive in tokamaks

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:42 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 10:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Andrew M Irvin

    University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  Authors

  • Andrew M Irvin

    University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  • Livia Casali

    University of Tennessee Knoxville

  • Sebastian De Pascuale

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• Plasma modeling for optimized design of FAST, a fusion energy systems integration test facility

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 10:54 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 11:06 AM

  Presenters

  • Takaaki FUJITA

    Nagoya University

  Authors

  • Takaaki FUJITA

    Nagoya University

  • Kenzo Ibano

    University of Osaka

  • Akira Ejiri

    University of Tokyo

  • Kenji Tobita

    University of Tokyo

  • Yuki Hayashi

    University of Tokyo

  • Atsushi Fukuyama

    Kyoto Univ, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto Fusioneering

  • Yuji Nakamura

    Kyoto Fusioneering

  • Makoto Hasegawa

    Kyushu University

  • Yoshifumi Kume

    Kyoto Fusioneering

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• Progress in FREDA: A Multi-Fidelity Plasma-Engineering Integrated Modeling Platform for Fusion Reactor Design and Assessment

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 11:06 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 11:18 AM

  Presenters

  • Cami S Collins

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Cami S Collins

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • J.M. Park

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Vittorio Badalassi

    ORNL

  • Richard Archibald

    ORNL

  • Jin Whan Bae

    ORNL

  • Rhea L Barnett

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Eric M. Bass

    University of California, San Diego

  • Katarzyna Borowiec

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Luis Damiano

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Benjamin Dudson

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Michael Eldred

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Yashika Ghai

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Ehab M Hassan

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Christopher G Holland

    University of California, San Diego

  • Jeremy Lore

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Jae-Sun Park

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Arpan Sircar

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Jerome M Solberg

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Jingyi Wang

    Lawrence Livermore National Lab

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• Recent Progress on Coupled Core-Edge Pedestal-SOL Integrated Modeling

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 11:18 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 11:30 AM

  Presenters

  • J.M. Park

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Authors

  • J.M. Park

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Kyungjin Kim

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Rhea L Barnett

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Cami S Collins

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Sebastian De Pascuale

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Jeremy Lore

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Jae-Sun Park

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Philip B Snyder

    Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Gary M Staebler

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Robert S Wilcox

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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• Power balance optimization with integrated whole-device modeling of MANTA, a negative triangularity fusion pilot plant concept

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 11:30 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Haley S Wilson

    Columbia University

  Authors

  • Haley S Wilson

    Columbia University

  • Andrew O Nelson

    Columbia University

  • J.M. Park

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Katarzyna Borowiec

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Eric D Emdee

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

  • Cami S Collins

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Carlos Alberto Paz-Soldan

    Columbia University

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• Exploring the fusion power plant design space: comparative analysis of positive and negative triangularity tokamaks through optimization

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 11:54 AM – Nov. 19, 2025, 12:06 PM

  Publication: Nuclear Fusion -108187

  Presenters

  • Tim Slendebroek

    University of California, San Diego, General Atomics

  Authors

  • Tim Slendebroek

    University of California, San Diego, General Atomics

  • Oak A Nelson

    Columbia University

  • Orso-Maria OM Meneghini

    General Atomics

  • Giacomo Dose

    General Atomics

  • Adriana G Ghiozzi

    Aurora Fusion, General Atomics - ORAU

  • Jackson Harvey

    General Atomics

  • Brendan C Lyons

    General Atomics

  • Joseph T McClenaghan

    General Atomics

  • Tom F Neiser

    General Atomics

  • David B Weisberg

    General Atomics

  • Min-Gu Yoo

    General Atomics

  • Evan Maxwell Bursch

    Columbia University

  • Christopher G Holland

    University of California, San Diego

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• Mapping the Transmutation Landscape Enabled by Deuterium-Tritium Fusion Power Plants

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 12:06 PM – Nov. 19, 2025, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Jason F Parisi

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Marathon Fusion

  Authors

  • Jason F Parisi

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Marathon Fusion

  • Jake Harter

    Marathon Fusion

  • Adam Rutkowski

    Marathon Fusion

  • Jacob Schwartz

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Marathon Fusion

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• Overview and Status of the Spin Polarized Fusion Program

  ORAL

  Nov. 19, 2025, 12:18 PM – Nov. 19, 2025, 12:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Sharvil Patel

    Pandit Deendayal Energy University, University of Virginia

  Authors

  • Sharvil Patel

    Pandit Deendayal Energy University, University of Virginia

  • Larry Robert Baylor

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Andrew Dvorak

    ORNL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Philip Dobrenz

    Jefferson National Lab

  • Alvin V Garcia

    Princeton University

  • Eranga Gunasekara

    University of Virginia

  • William Walter Heidbrink

    University of California, Irvine

  • Wilson W Miller

    University of Virginia

  • Steve Meitner

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • William D McGinnis

    ORNL

  • Austin Wayne Nelsen

    University of Virginia

  • Andy Sandorfi

    University of Virginia

  • Xiangdong Wei

    Jefferson Lab/Jefferson Science Associates

  • Xiaochao Zheng

    University of Virginia

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