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

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • 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 P Gunn

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

  • 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

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Stephen James Wukitch

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • 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

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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"
  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

  • Andy Rothstein

    • Princeton University

  • Stephen James Wukitch

    • MIT
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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 Fusioneering
    • Kyoto Univ

  • 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

    • General Atomics
    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Tim Slendebroek

    • General Atomics
    • University of California, San Diego

  • 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

    • University of Virginia
    • Pandit Deendayal Energy University

  Authors

  • Sharvil Patel

    • University of Virginia
    • Pandit Deendayal Energy University

  • Larry Robert Baylor

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • Andrew Dvorak

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • ORNL

  • Philip Dobrenz

    • Jefferson National Lab

  • Alvin V Garcia

    • Princeton University

  • Eranga Gunasekara

    • University of Virginia

  • William Walter Heidbrink

    • University of California, Irvine

  • G. 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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