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<td>Physics Colloquium: Friday, April 3, 2015 "The
Scientific Challenge of Burning Plasmas" - James W. Van
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<td>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:51:20 +0000</td>
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<td>Wilkinson, Eleonor V <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:evwilk@wm.edu"><evwilk@wm.edu></a></td>
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COLLOQUIUM</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">Friday, April 3,
2015</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">4:00 PM
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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Roman","serif";color:black">James W. Van
Dam
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Roman","serif";color:black">[Host: S.
Mordijck]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">Research Division
Director, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, U.S. Department
of Energy</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">The Scientific
Challenge of Burning Plasmas<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">Plasma, the
so-called fourth state of matter, is pervasive throughout
the universe, with many diverse scientific manifestations.
The U.S. Department of Energy supports plasma science
research ranging from low-temperature plasmas, high energy
density plasmas, and warm dense matter, to solar, space, and
astrophysical plasmas. A large research effort is also
devoted to studying how high-temperature plasmas can be
confined by magnetic fields in the laboratory--ultimately
for the production of fusion energy. The ITER experimental
facility, to be operated as an international project by a
consortium of international member countries representing
more than 50% of the world's population, will push research
into the frontier regime of burning plasmas, which are
self-heated and self-sustaining. This talk will describe the
unique physics characteristics of burning plasmas,
illustrate some of the outstanding research opportunities in
this field, and review how the U.S. and world fusion science
programs have laid the foundation for taking the present
step to ITER.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Roman","serif";color:black">- Ph.D. in plasma
physics, UCLA (1979)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Roman","serif";color:black">- Visiting
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
(1979-1980)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";color:black">- Research
scientist, Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of
Texas at Austin (1980-2011); Director (2003-2011)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Roman","serif";color:black">- Director, U.S.
Burning Plasma Organization, U.S. Department of Energy
(2007-2011)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Roman","serif";color:black">- U.S. Chief
Scientist for the ITER Project (2007-2011)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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