The European master of science in nuclear fusion and engineering physics (FUSION-EP): 15 years of experience

Oost, G. Van; Beyer, Peter; Devitre, A.; Guirlet, R.; Noterdaeme, Jean-Marie; Thienpondt, H.

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“…Legacy of SUMTRAIC. The success of the SUMTRAIC event first inspired the FUSION-EP [7] coordinators to create a similar event but for the students of the master (see next section about EMTRAIC). It has also inspired other countries afterwards, see here a non exhaustive list: • France with the Winter event for French and FUSION-EP students in Cadarache, organized annually for several years when the TORE SUPRA and WEST tokamaks were out of operation.…”

Section: Accommodation In Praguementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Note that the students (up to 15) usually come from all around the world and are enrolled in one of the eight partner universities of the European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics. The interested reader is referred to [7] to learn more about the master organization.…”

Section: Emtraic Eventmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several local programs in different countries have been created to teach fusion science and technology at the universities at master or bachelor levels. A joint European effort, called the European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics program or Fusion-EP in short, has even been established to teach on the master level [7]. PhD students are generally enrolled at universities but working on existing fusion devices in laboratories in order to get practical experience.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In European fusion education, IPP Prague is unique in the community as it has been hosting two annual student workshops: one called SUMTRAIC (SUMmer TRAIning Course) for more than 15 years and one called EMTRAIC (Erasmus Mundus TRAIning Course) involving master students from the Fusion-EP master [7]. Both workshops are two weeks events (one at the end of August, beginning of September, usually, the other one in December) and aim at showing and teaching students what a real scientific researcher does.…”

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confidence: 99%

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More than 30 years of experience in fusion education at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences

Ştöckel¹,

Cavalier²,

Mlynář³

et al. 2021

Eur. J. Phys.

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The complexity of making magnetic confinement fusion a suitable source of energy for mankind imposes long lasting investigations. To accompany these efforts, new generations of physicists have to be trained over the years to ensure continuity of the research. These scientists must have very versatile profiles as fusion inquiries are multiphysics (magnetohydrodynamic, plasma-wall interactions, cutting edge technologies...) and require skills in both experimental and theoretical physics. The Institute of Plasma Physics IPP Prague of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IPP Prague) has contributed to the education and training of a non-negligible number of students in this area, one reason being the good accessibility of its fusion facility, the other being its strong connection with universities. This article shows the views and achievements of IPP Prague on education. In particular, we insist on the fact that to keep students in the field they have to be acquainted with practical plasma physics as early as possible (on the bachelor level if possible). We also show that a strong integration of PhD candidates within the scientific staff is an important factor for their training and serves them to be autonomous. Last, we present two experimental 2 weeks training courses, called SUMTRAIC and EMTRAIC, that are annually organized by IPP Prague and that have acquainted more than 300 participants to the practical physics of tokamaks.

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Section: Accommodation In Praguementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Emtraic Eventmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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