… both as a scientist and as programme director. Thanks for all you’ve done and the help you’ve given me and many others … contributions to fusion research, and for your inspiring term as EUROfusion Programme Manager (especially during the … led the EUROfusion programme with remarkable success and determination, with a great deal of respect for all involved. …
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… Terms and conditons for using DIFFER's facilities for an … Version 2026 1. Agreement - Parties The acceptance of these terms and conditions along with the quotation offer … Institute and the User. The Institute and the User individually referred to as a “Party” and collectively as the …
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… Marco de Baar appointed for second term as DIFFER director: “Connection at an early stage … NWO-I has appointed Marco de Baar for a second five-year term as director of DIFFER. The first five years were marked … years. To me, being director of DIFFER is very exciting, challenging and interesting. In the next five years, a lot …
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… the work and the people, so he stayed. Van de Pol can tell all about the history of DIFFER’s experimental facilities. … the linear plasma generator Plexus. We started to install this machine and make it operational again. After doing … huge job. What are the modifications you made to UPP? “Actually, apart from the red frame that you can see in the …
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… government officials. One thing was crystal clear: we're all eager to get into action to bring fusion energy to a … parties (TU/e EIRES, BigScienceNL and DIFFER) gathered all relevant parties together. Besides participating in … to get acquainted. There was a rich mix of visitors from all kinds of Dutch and international organisations, like …
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… decided to step down several months before the end of his term as a director of the DIFFER institute for fundamental … would you describe the soul of current-day DIFFER? “We are all living and breathing energy research. First and foremost … transition to a carbon neutral society? “Fusion is a long term endeavour aimed at providing baseload power. Since the …
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… tokamak Petula. RTP ran for ten years and was scientifically one of my best times. We had a club of some 25 people … engineers—and many good ideas for advanced diagnostics that allowed us to look into what the plasma was doing in great … shifts, ate dinner together, worked through the night. And all in a great close-knit team. I think back to it with …
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… departments features a more inclusive name, for the long term. Although Solar Fuels has been a suitable name for many … Head Süleyman Er: “Searching for a new name was quite a challenge, but I’m really happy with this new name. We were looking for a name that fits for the long term. Lots of names have been suggested and considered. With …
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… design of nuclear fusion systems involves many complex challenges. Lots of aspects need to be solved concurrently, … © DIFFER What is your research about? “We see many challenges in the different fields of fusion energy systems engineering, e.g. in terms of physics, materials, control, maintenance and …
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… facility can make, analyse, and optimise thin films from small (1 inch) to large (4 inch) diameter for energy … films on a solid substrate by ablating material from a so-called target material. Image The pulsed laser deposition … anywhere in the world.” High level research project Normally, a PLD facility offers one or two types of in-situ …
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… not the tech-workplace so much that is lagging behind, but all of the Netherlands." Interview: Mariette Huisjes On … not the tech-workplace so much that is lagging behind, but all of the Netherlands. We think that we are so tolerant and … DIFFER present. Support from senior management and straight allies is very important. NK: I hope that this event …
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… fusion to take place but, to avoid damage to the reactor wall, the heat should not come too close to the wall. Van Berkel: ‘A standard approach is to optimise the … science is about the truth, if I may briefly use grandiose terms.’ Yet despite this respect for the fundamentals of …
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… June 21, 2021 Marco de Baar always knew that he would eventually hold a senior position in research. But he never … would be possible at DIFFER, the institute that he has called his home since 2007. Nevertheless, he is now DIFFER’s scientific director, albeit in a challenging year. Scientific director Marco de Baar It seemed …
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… this. In 2016, the university had 123 part-time professors, all of whom have their main function in business or with … connected to the DIFFER research institute. Not only physically with a walkway and students conducting research for the … the problem that you cannot always use the energy electrically, at that moment and location. Then you need a …
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… BSc in Physics and his MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering, all at the University of Patras. Tsampas did his first … in very diverse places. Is there a common thread after all? "The common theme is that I combine physics, chemistry, … disciplines at DIFFER." Your start at DIFFER was quite challenging. "I started in 2014, right in the middle of DIFFER …
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