The Physics of Heat — Nanoscale Thermal Transport & Fusion’s Toughest Engineering Problem Dr. Patrick Hopkins

Dr. Patrick Hopkins of the University of Virginia joins Priyanca Ford to explain how energy really moves through materials — one electron, phonon, and photon at a time. From the heat crisis that once threatened Moore’s law to cooling technology in the vacuum of space, he connects the science of nanoscale heat transfer to one of fusion’s hardest engineering challenges: managing enormous heat loads inside a reactor.