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Participating in this educational activity was an eye-opening and deeply motivating experience. Coming from the Nuclear Engineering program at Politecnico di Milano, I am used to working in an international academic environment, but this event took it to another level. The sheer diversity of nationalities represented among the participants was striking, as was the shared passion and competence in the field of nuclear fusion.

Applying to this school has been one of the best choices of the last months. The love for fusion research of all the students literally filled the air at every lesson. The interesting talks and evident expertise of the professors fostered my curiosity and helped me gain a better understanding of the advances in modelling activities for fusion. Furthermore, this week gave me new ideas about what I would like to pursue in my PhD, which will start in a few months. I hope to be able to apply such tools in my future as a researcher in the fusion community.

I attended the ITER International Summer School on Integrated Modelling of Magnetic Fusion Plasmas in Aix-en-Provence, from June 30th to July 4th. It was an amazing experience that enriched me both professionally and socially.In addition to attending lectures on integrated modelling, the summer school gave me the opportunity to connect with people from all around the world who share the same dream as I do: harnessing energy from fusion.

On the far outskirts of a small eastern German town, where a seemingly endless band of GDR-era 5-story housing blocks meets the seemingly endless expanse of Pomeranian fields, stands a building with a peculiar wave-like roof shape. Hidden behind a decrepit stable, surrounded by grazing cows, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) runs a machine called Wendelstein 7-X, as of now the largest stellarator in the world.

I’m a Master's student nearing the end of my academic journey, and I decided to attend IIS2025 to learn more about integrated modeling for fusion plasmas. I found the topic extremely interesting, even though some of the lectures were a bit challenging to follow, as I’m still relatively new to this field.

From May 22nd to August 8th, I had the privilege of working as an intern at the Institute for Astroparticle Physics (IAP) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) [1]. My primary focus was on the conceptualization of a plan to test an ionization chamber (IC) for the Test Blanket Module (TBM) [2] in the ITER project. The IAP, home to the Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe (TLK) [3], provided a perfect environment for work which is directly in line with my interests concerning fusion.

Dear readers,My name is Alice Buzzoni, and I am a student of Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to attend the ITER summer school.

Dynamics in Plasmas with High Wave Intensity: My Internship Experience at DTU’s NORTH Tokamak

14th ITER International School on Integrated Modelling of Magnetic Fusion Plasmas, hosted by Aix-Marseille University, France