IEC 2009: Agenda

Monday, 12 October 2009
7:45 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Opening of Workshop (Jerry Kulcinski)
Session 1: Masami Ohnishi, Chair
8:45 AM Overview of Kyoto University Research and Considerations for an IEC Device Driven by a Built-In Ring-Shaped Ion Source [ pdf ] Kai Masuda
9:10 AM Overview of University of Wisconsin IEC Research [ ppt ] [ pdf ] Jerry Kulcinski
9:35 AM Overview of University of Illinois IEC Research and Issues for IEC Potential Well Operation [ ppt ] George Miley
10:00 AM An overview of new initiatives in IEC at the University of Sydney [ ppt ] Joe Khachan
10:25 AM Posters / Break
Session 2: Rick Nebel, Chair
11:00 AM Dynamic Electron Injections for Improved IEC-POPS Operation [ ppt ] Yongho Kim
11:25 AM Magnetic Core Multi-grid Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion [ pdf ] Ray Sedwick
11:50 AM Overview of University of Missouri IEC Research [ pdf ] Ryan Meyer
12:05 PM Two-dimensional (2d) Particle-in-cell (PIC) Simulation of Polywell [ ppt ] [ pdf ] Joel Rogers
12:30 PM Lunch
Session 3: George Miley, Chair
1:30 PM Useful Information for High Voltage Power Supply [ pdf ] Hiroshi Horibe
1:55 PM A New, Innovative High Voltage Supply for IEC Research [ pdf ] Greg Piefer
2:20 PM Generation of Sharp and Thermalized Neutron Beam using Cylindrical Fusion Neutron Source [ pdf ] Kazuyuki Noborio
2:45 PM Negative Ions in IEC devices [ ppt ] [ pdf ] Dave Boris
3:10 PM Group Photo / Posters / Break
Session 4: Kai Masuda, Chair
3:40 PM UW-Madison IEC Laboratory: Continuing Capacity Upgrades and Infrastructure Improvement [ ppt ] [ pdf ] Rich Bonomo
4:05 PM Comments about Current IEC Studies at the University of Illinois [ ppt ] Hugo Leon
4:30 PM Advances on the Six Ion Gun Fusion Experiment [ pdf ] Brian Egle
4:55 PM First steps towards a Polywell fusion device prototype [ ppt ] Matthew Carr
5:20 PM Adjourn
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
7:45 AM Continental Breakfast
8:20 AM Announcements (Jerry Kulcinski)
Session 5: Eiki Hotta, Chair
8:35 AM High Current Operation on IEC [ pdf ] Akihide Maeda
9:00 AM Optical diagnostics and numerical modeling of a gaseous discharge Inertial Electrostatic Confinement device [ pdf ] John Kipritidis
9:25 AM Integral Equation Approach to Modeling IEC Devices at Moderate Pressures [ ppt ] [ pdf ] John Santarius
9:50 AM Spatial and Energy Profiling of D-D Fusion Reactions in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Device [ ppt ] [ pdf ] David Donovan
10:15 AM Posters / Break
Session 6: Joe Khachan, Chair
10:45 AM Effects of Microchannels in IEC devices [ ppt ] S.K. Murali
11:10 AM Experimental Study of Magnetic-assisted Electrostatic Confinement [ pdf ] Kunihiko Tomiyasu
11:35 AM Drawing Out Electrode of Ion Beam for IEC [ pdf ] Kouta Kitagawa
12:00 PM Double-Grid IEC for Recovery of Energy from Escaping Electron Beams [ pdf ] Taiju Kajiwara
12:25 PM Lunch
Session 7: Ray Sedwick, Chair
1:25 PM A Campaign to Study Negative Ion and Fast Neutral Currents Produced by the IEC Device in a Variety of Configurations [ pdf ] Eric Alderson
1:50 PM Neutron Flux Distribution in a Coaxial Double Cylindrical Device [ pdf ] Kai Yokoyama
2:15 PM Helium-Implanted Nano-Grain Tungsten for Fusion Reactors [ ppt ] [ pdf ] Sam Zenobia
2:40 PM Workshop summary [ pdf ] Rick Nebel
3:00 PM Experiment tours
5:00 PM Return to hotels
6:00 PM Reception (at Pyle Center)
7:00 PM Dinner (at Pyle Center)