Welcome to the 2016 SULI Introductory Course in Plasma Physics

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During the week of June 6th-10th 2016, students accepted in the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program and other undergraduate intenship programs, participated in an intensive course on plasma physics at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, taught by world renowned plasma scientists from all over the country.

The lectures were streamed online in real time, and they are now available for viewing in this site below.

Speakers

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Dr. Paul Bonoli

MIT
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Prof. Angela Capece

TCNJ
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Prof. Antoine Cerfon

NYU
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Prof. Samuel Cohen

PPPL
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Dr. Cami Collins

GA
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Dr. Arturo Dominguez

PPPL
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Prof. Nathaniel Fisch

PPPL
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Prof. Rob Goldston

Princeton
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Dr. Robert Kaita

PPPL
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Prof. Matt Kunz

Princeton
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Dr. Matt Landreman

Maryland
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Prof. Nuno F. Loureiro

MIT
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Prof. David Maurer

Auburn
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Prof. Julia Mikhailova

Princeton
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Prof. Saskia Mordijck

William & Mary
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Dr. Luc Peterson

LLNL/NIF
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Prof. Edward Thomas

Auburn
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PPPL Graduate Students

PPPL

Agenda

Monday, June 6, 2016 Speaker
9:30 AM Introduction to Plasma Physics
Nat Fisch
11:00 AM Introduction to Magnetic Confinement / (.key)
Rob Goldston
1:30 PM Single Particle Motion / (.pptx) / NRL Formulary
Cami Collins
3:00 PM Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
Antoine Cerfon
4:30 PM Astrophysical Plasmas / (notes)
Matt Kunz
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
9:30 AM Experimental Methods / (.ppt) / Greek Fire
Sam Cohen
11:00 AM Reconnection / (.pptx) / reconnection review
Nuno Loureiro
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
9:30 AM Waves in Plasmas
Saskia Mordijck
11:00 AM The Role of High Performance Computing in Understranding RF Wave-Particle Interactions in Fusion Plasmas / (Videos)
Paul Bonoli
Thursday, June 9, 2016
9:30 AM Introduction to Inertial Confinement Fusion / (.pptx)
Luc Peterson
11:00 AM Relativistic Laser Plasmas
Julia Mikhailova
1:30 PM Stellarators / (.pptx) / (Boozer Coordinates)
David Maurer
Friday, June 10, 2016
9:30 AM Materials Science in Fusion Devices / (.pptx)
Angie Capece
11:00 AM Complex Plasmas / (.key)
Edward Thomas
1:30 PM Computational Plasma Physics / Matlab diffusion script
Matt Landreman