Plasma Meets the Wall — Disruptions, Materials & Simulating Fusion’s Extremes Dr. Ahmed Hassanein

Dr. Ahmed Hassanein of Purdue University joins Priyanca Ford to discuss the “showstopper” problem of transient plasma events — disruptions, runaway electrons, and the intense heat that reaches a reactor’s walls. He describes the world-leading simulation package his group built to model that damage, and how the same plasma physics reaches into everything from EUV chip lithography to cancer-cell treatment.