Webinar: Unlimited Energy? Materials Modeling for Nuclear Fusion
- Katherine Hollingsworth
- Apr 1
- 2 min read
The promise of Nuclear Fusion as a clean and virtually limitless source of energy has captivated scientists and the general public for decades. Recent scientific and technological advances have now moved this quest from a long-term initiative requiring big government funding to an activity pursued by an increasing number of private organizations, with several aiming for commercial deployment within the next decade. One of the fundamental obstacles to realizing a commercially viable fusion power plant is the need for materials that withstand the extreme conditions in sustained long-term fusion reactions. This webinar highlights the opportunities for materials modelers to contribute to this important field using advanced multiscale computations, thus streamlining the development of novel materials, predicting their behavior under operating conditions, and anticipating their recycling.
What You Will Learn:
Overview of controlled nuclear fusion and current technological approaches
Public and private investment and market opportunity in the fusion industry
Materials challenges for realizing an economically viable fusion power plant
The role of materials modeling in solving these challenges
Details of Materials Design’s recently launched “Fusion Alliance” for materials modeling in the fusion industry
Who Should Attend:This webinar is ideal for researchers, materials scientists & engineers, and industry professionals involved in the design, development, and deployment of materials for fusion power plants.
Webinar Sessions
Tuesday, April 8th
Live Q&A
10:00 AM PDT (USA)
1:00 PM EDT (USA)
19:00 CEST (EUROPE)
Wednesday, April 9th
Live Q&A
07:00 AM PDT (USA)
10:00 AM EDT (USA)
16:00 CEST (EUROPE)
19:30 IST (INDIA)
Thursday, April 10th
Live Q&A
08:00 CEST (EUROPE)
11:30 IST (INDIA)
14:00 CST (CHINA)
15:00 JST (JAPAN)
*Recording and Slides
Registrations will also include a link to the recording and slides after the sessions end. Please choose a day and time that works for your schedule. The one hour webinar is repeated on various days and times to fit schedules worldwide.
Speakers
Dr. Erich Wimmer
Erich Wimmer is the Chief Scientific Officer at Materials Design. He received his doctoral degree from the Technical University in Vienna, Austria. As a post-doctoral fellow in the group of Professor A. J. Freeman at Northwestern University, Erich was instrumental in the development of the original FLAPW method. Prior to co-founding Materials Design, Erich managed software development and led teams at CRAY Research and BIOSYM Technologies.
Dr. Gerhard Engel
Dr. Gerhard Engel leads Strategy and Innovation at Materials Design, leveraging decades of expertise building and commercializing software solutions for science-based industries. Gerhard holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge, UK and has published more than 30 scientific papers in the area of computational physics and atomistic simulations.
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