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Group Members
Associate Professors
Research Scientists
Administrative Assistants
Postdoctoral Associates
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David Fischer
Focus Area: Irradiation enhancement of REBCO superconductors for fusion energy
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Angus Wylie
Focus Area: The neutron-ion handshake - Replicating neutron damage with multiple ion beams
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Graduate Students
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Elena Botica Artalejo
Mentored by Gregory Wallace
Focus Area: Combinatorial Synthesis and Rapid Testing of CuCrNb Alloys for Fusion RF Plasma Antennas
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Stanley Chang
Jointly supervised by Zach Hartwig
Focus Area: Proton Cyclotron Irradiation for Examining Fusion Materials
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Max Rae Chu
Mentored by Angus Wylie
Focus Area: The neutron-ion handshake - Replicating neutron damage with multiple ion beams
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Alexis Rustam Devitre
Jointly supervised by Dennis Whyte
Mentored by David Fischer
Focus Area: Degradation and recovery of superconducting properties under irradiation at cryogenic temperatures
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Zoe L Fisher (she/her)
Jointly supervised by Dennis Whyte
Mentored by David Fischer
Focus Area: Current pulse annealing of irradiated high-temperature superconductors
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Nayoung Kim
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou
Focus Area: Impurity-driven irradiation/corrosion in molten salts
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Andrew Thomas Lanzrath
Jointly supervised by Zach Hartwig
Focus Area: Irradiation damage of high-temperature superconductors in large magnetic fields
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Aurélien Legoupil
Focus Area: Radiation defect analysis of fiber optics for fusion magnet quench detection
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Avery Nguyen (they/them)
Active Projects: Wigner Energy
Focus Area: Measuring radiation damage of PCTFE gaskets for nuclear enrichment forensics
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Kay Whiteaker (they/them)
Focus Area: Thermal transport of irradiated metal hydrides
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Undergraduate Student (UROP)s
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Hannah Agwunobi
Mentored by Stefano Segantin
Focus Area: Predicting radiation resistance with potential energy landscape heterogeneity
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Emilio Ahuactzin-Garcia
Mentored by Emre Yildirim
Focus Area: TGS analysis of Tungsten-Tantalum compounds for FEM modeling
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Paola Amadeo
Mentored by Charlie Hirst
Focus Area: Stored energy of irradiated silicon carbide
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Liliana R Arias
Mentored by Avery Nguyen
Focus Area: Forensic Uranium Enrichment Reconstruction of Maraging Steels via Oxide Swift Ion Track Etching
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Akarsh Aurora
Mentored by Alexis Devitre
Focus Area: A variable-temperature target holder for beamline TGS
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Iselle M Barrios
Focus Area: Decarbonizing Ulaanbaatar: Examining the Potential Use of Thermochemical Energy Storage for Household Heating in the Ger District
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Bethany Belleque
Mentored by Alexis Devitre
Focus Area: Measuring vacancy-type radiation defects using positrons
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Liam J Coy
Mentored by Zoe Fisher
Focus Area: Effects of Magnetic Fields on Superconductors for Fusion Reactors
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Jessica L Dett
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou
Focus Area: Exploring the influence of oxygen and EuF3 on corrosion in molten fluoride salt
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Samuel Engebretson
Mentored by Alexis Devitre
Focus Area: Deducing defects in high temperature superconductors during irradiation using transient grating spectroscopy
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Lauryn D Kortman
Mentored by Angus Wylie
Focus Area: TGS of High-Temperature Superconductors
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Nikhita A Law
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou
Focus Area: Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) of EuF3 as a molten salt chemical buffer
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Edward Lu
Mentored by David Fischer
Focus Area: Simulating Irradiation Tolerance of Superconductors for Fusion with First Principles Atomistics
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Claudia Miklavcic
Mentored by Charlie Hirst
Focus Area: Measuring Stored Energy using Flash DSC in Copper due to Dislocations
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Riley Moeykens
Mentored by Weiyue Zhou
Focus Area: Studying the influence of proton irradiation on Ni-20Cr corrosion in fluoride salts
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Lucy M Nester
Mentored by Alexis Devitre
Focus Area: Investigating Specific Positron Trapping Rates Through DFT Simulation
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Katherine L Pan
Mentored by David Fischer
Focus Area: Designing a Robust Test Stand for High Temperature Superconductors for Fusion Magnets
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Jonas A Rajagopal
Mentored by Benjamin Dacus
Focus Area: Designing a Modular TGS System for the MIT Cyclotron
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Lily Sensen
Jointly supervised by Haruko Wainwright
Focus Area: Neutron Activation Analysis on Toenails, Rice, and Honey for Environmental Monitoring
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Diana Shklover
Mentored by Charlie Hirst
Focus Area: Stored energy analysis of irradiated tungsten carbide
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Visiting Students
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Kuba Anglin (he/him) (Northeastern)
Mentored by Myles Stapelberg
Focus Area: TGS mapping of PVD combinatorial fusion materials
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Yelena Kim (INP, Kazakhstan)
Focus Area: Radiation damage of EP-450 duplex steel
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Ziv Ungarish (BGU, Israel)
Focus Area: Irradiation resistance of uranium-based high entropy alloys
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Kristýna Zoubková (CTU Prague)
Mentored by Angus Wylie
Focus Area: TGS analysis of NiTi shape memory films
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Research Affiliates
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Nouf AlMousa (Princess Nourah Univ., Saudi Arabia)
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Charlie Hirst (He/Him) (U. Mich.)
Active Projects: Wigner Energy
Focus Area: Direct measurement of Wigner energy from radiation damage
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Stefano Segantin (Polito, Italy)
Focus Area: Linking potential energy landscape heterogeneity to radiation damage resistance
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