Postdoctoral Fellow - Real-Time Plasma Control & ML Fusion

University of California - Irvine; Irvine (CA); Vor Ort; USD 71.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

University of California - Irvine seeks a postdoctoral researcher to study the control of Alfven eigenmodes in the DIII-D tokamak. The role involves developing real-time PCS-based control strategies and exploring ECH-assisted approaches to stabilize energetic-particle-driven instabilities in pursuit of high-performance fusion scenarios.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in physics or a related field and possess strong analytical, computational, or experimental skills; experience in magnetic

Qualifikationen

• Ph.D. in Physics or a related field is required.

Aufgaben

• Investigate control of Alfven eigenmodes (AEs) in the DIII-D tokamak.
• Develop and implement Plasma Control System (PCS)-based real-time control strategies.
• Explore approaches using electron cyclotron heating (ECH) to modify AE stability and amplitude.
• Apply physics-based models, advanced control algorithms, and machine learning to experiments.

Kenntnisse

Real-time control

Alfven eigenmode physics

Machine learning

ECH heating and current drive

Ausbildung

Ph.D. in Physics or related field

Jobbeschreibung

University of California - Irvine seeks a postdoctoral researcher to study the control of Alfven eigenmodes in the DIII-D tokamak. The role involves developing real-time PCS-based control strategies and exploring ECH-assisted approaches to stabilize energetic-particle-driven instabilities in pursuit of high-performance fusion scenarios.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in physics or a related field and possess strong analytical, computational, or experimental skills; experience in magnetic