Guizzo & Notis Receive Scholarships to the ITER International School

The United States Burning Plasma Organization (USBPO) awarded scholarships to two Columbia University applied physics doctoral students, Sophia Guizzo and Noah Notis, to attend the 13th ITER International School, held from December 9-11, 2024, in Nagoya, Japan. The ITER International School invites early career scientists from around the world to prepare for research in the field of nuclear fusion and in research applications associated with the ITER Project. The focus of this year's school is "Magnetic fusion diagnostics and data science”.

During the School, Noah made a presentation to participants, titled "Oveview of Diagnostics on HBT-EP," and shared the latest results from Columbia University's research tokamak, HBT-EP, from arrays of magnetic field sensors, hard x-ray detectors, electron temperature measurements using laser scattering and extreme-ultraviolet emission tomography, fast camera videography and machine learning, and scrape-off layer monitors located around the tokamak at the boundary between the plasma and the first wall. Sophia presented results from her research, titled "Electromagnetic system conceptual design for a negative triangularity tokamak."