2025 APAM REU News
Columbia Fusion Research Center welcomes summer undergraduate cohort
Summer is in full swing in the lab, with a cohort of well over 20 undergraduate students participating in summer research with the Fusion Research Center. This year, Columbia undergraduate students are joined by an external cohort of six NSF-funded REU students hailing from universities all across the country. Columbia students and REU students are working side-by-side on their respective projects:
The undergraduate students, pictured, are participating in all aspects of research at the lab:
- Two students are working on hard X-ray physics at the HBT-EP Tokamak experiment
- Three students are working on ablation physics and cryogenic technology at the Pellets at Columbia experiment
- Four students are working on superconducting magnet physics and technology at the Columbia Stellarator Experiment
- Two student are performing plasma astrophysics calculations with Columbia Astrophysics Lab colleagues
- Seven students are contributing to the assembly of the Columbia University Tokamak for Education
- Three students are performing calculations of tokamak stability and control
- Three students are performing calculations of stellarator optimization and analysis
As part of the summer program, staff and faculty mentors provide a special colloquium on Friday to introduce key research topics. Additionally, a graduate-student led speaker series also provides tutorial content in a less formal setting. We look forward to seeing the student’s results at the student poster symposium in August!
Most of the undergraduate cohort posing in front of the HBT-EP Tokamak
Graduate Student-led seminar to introduce relevant topics
The six REU students from across the country
Two students testing magnets at the Columbia Stellarator Experiment
Students taking a tour of the facilities at the lab
Students contributing to the Columbia University Tokamak for Education