Thesis Documents

This is a list of thesis documents, that are the result of PhD and Master thesis work completed in the 3D-PSI group.

Erik Flom (PhD)

“Characterization of scrape-off layer transport in the island divertor of wendelstein 7-X via helium line ratio spectroscopy” 2023

Funded through the Department of Energy under grant  DE-SC00014210, PI and advisor Prof. O. Schmitz

Link to thesis document.

 

Thierry Kremeyer (PhD)

“Particle fueling and exhaust with the Island Divertor at Wendelstein 7-X” 2019

Funded through the Department of Energy under grant  DE-SC00014210, PI and advisor Prof. O. Schmitz

Link to thesis document

 

Ryan R. Norval (PhD)

“Plasma Neutral Interactions as an Energy Sink in the Madison Symmetric Torus” 2019

Funded through the Department of Energy under grant DE-SC00013911 and DE-SC… for MST, PI Prof. J. Sarff, Advisor: O. Schmitz

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Victoria Robin Winters (PhD)

“Carbon sourcing and transport in the Island Diverter of Wendelstein 7-X” 2019

Funded through the Department of Energy under grant DE-SC00014210and DE-SC00014210, PI and advisor Prof. O. Schmitz

Link to thesis document

 

Jonathan Green (PhD)

“Neutral Dynamics in a Helicon Plasma” 2019

Funded through the National Science Foundation under NSF-CAREER grant  PHY-1455210, PI and advisor: Prof. O. Schmitz

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Florian Effenberg (PhD)

“3D plasma edge transport and power exhaust in limiter an island divertor plasmas at Wendelstein 7-X” 2018

Funded through the Department of Energy under grant  DE-SC00014210, PI and advisor: Prof. O. Schmitz

Link to thesis document

 

Ian Waters (PhD)

 “Particle exhaust and fueling in spherical tokamak plasmas with resonant magnetic perturbation fields” 2017

Funded through the Department of Energy under grant  DE-SC00012315, PI and advisor: Prof. O. Schmitz

Link to thesis document

 

Laurie Stephey (PhD)

“The effects of the edge magnetic structure on particle fueling and exhaust in the HSX and W7-X stellarators” 2016

Funded through the Department of Energy under grant DE-SC00014210 and DE-FG02-93ER54222 for HSX, PI Prof. D. Anderson, O. Schmitz (Technical Advisor)

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Adrian Robert Akerson (PhD)

“Identification of the helical scrape-off layer structure and transport properties in the edge of HSX” 2016

Funded through the Department of Energy under grant DE-SC00014210 and DE-FG02-93ER54222 for HSX, PI Prof. D. Anderson, O. Schmitz (Technical Advisor)

Link to thesis document