Star in a Bottle: The Promises and Challenges of Nuclear Fusion part of the Emerging Scholars Series

In December 2022, the National Ignition Facility announced the first-ever fusion reaction to produce more power than was absorbed. Now that we have your attention, you might want to wrap your head around how this works by attending this Emerging Scholars ongoing series of lectures.

In this talk, Ryan Chaban, recent Physics PhD from William & Mary, will explain the science of nuclear fusion, from the quantum level to the macroscale plasma physics involved.

Learn about the remaining engineering and technological hurdles to potentially making fusion a sustainable and safe energy source. Ryan will discuss the future of fusion while examining the way the world is reacting to this technology and its possibilities.  More Info

What is the Emerging Scholars Series? It is a recent partnership between the Arts & Sciences Graduate Center at William & Mary and our own Williamsburg Regional Library. The series features W&M graduate students and postdocs in talks hosted by the WRL intended to bring cutting-edge research to the local community.  These are free and open to the public.

Emerging Scholars is an exciting new and ongoing series highlighting the latest research on a variety of topics coming out of William & Mary’s graduate programs in Arts & Sciences.

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