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This summer, I had the privilege of participating in the SUMTRAIC 2024 summerschool at the Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) in Prague, thanks to the support ofFuseNet. The event took place from August 26th to September 6th and offered me animmersive experience in nuclear fusion and runaway electrons.

From January to June 2024, I had the great opportunity to conduct my master thesis project at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching, Germany. During my stay I worked on new ways of calibrating of the electron density measurements using the Thomson scattering diagnostic. Since the Thomson scattering system is very sensitive to displacements in the diagnostic setup and the initial calibration takes a lot of time new ways of improving the measured density profiles have been implemented.

On what seemed like a regular class day, I suddenly got an email that changed everything—I had been accepted to undergo my master's thesis internship at the Swiss Plasma Center(SPC), one of the world’s leading institutes in Plasma Physics. A few months later, I packed my bags and headed to Lausanne (Switzerland) to start my project on the characterization of helicon waves in the TORPEX toroidal plasma device. I had never even heard of helicon waves before this. I learned they are essentially bounded whistler waves that can 

My name is Hernan Domingo, and I am a Master's student at Ghent University.

Turbulence measurements in magnetized plasma with Short Pulse Reflectometry

I was among the students who had the opportunity to participate in the Carolus Magnus Summer School (CMSS) 2024 which took place at the Royal Military Academy, Belgium, jointly hosted by DIFFER – Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research and Forschungszentrum Jülich and generously sponsored by Ressainance Fusion from the 24th of June to the 5thof July, 2024. My attendance at CMSS 2024 was also facilitated through the travel and subsistence support from FuseNet. 

This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to attend a series of lectures that intertwined the fascinating fields of oceanography and plasma physics. These lectures not only expanded my knowledge but also deeply enriched my academic journey and professional aspirations.

From July 15 to 25, 2024, I had the pleasure of attending the 61st edition of the Plasma Physics Summer School held at Culham.The Summer School was a unique opportunity to immerse myself in the fundamentals of plasma physics and fusion technologies. Over the two weeks, the program proved to be intensive butexceptionally well-organized. The structure of the school included a first week dedicated to fundamental topics, such as single particle dynamics, MHD theory, kinetic and neoclassical theory. The second 

Fusion IS cool. I mean – despite the fact that it’s one of the hottest things that have ever been reproduced on Earth. During this summer I had the extraordinary opportunity to attend the 61st Culham Plasma Physics Summer School in Oxfordshire. A couple of days loaded not only with exciting lectures on various topics about nuclear fusion but also with inspiring new people from the whole world and unforgettable moments.