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Chris Orrico
DIFFER researcher Chris Orrico receives the 2023 IEEE Technical Committee on Energy Systems (TC-ES) Outstanding Student Paper Prize (OSPP). The prize rewards his Control Systems Letters (L-CSS) publication ‘Mixed-Integer MPC Strategies for Fueling and Density Control in Fusion Tokamaks’.
Virtual tour DIFFER
How does a research institute like DIFFER look like from the inside? With a new virtual tour it is possible to take a look whenever and wherever you want.
Ambrogio Fasoli outgoing EUROfusion CEO and Gianfranco Federici newly elected CEO during the 49th General Assembly, Credit: Joan Barcelo Moyano, Fusion for Energy
At the 49th General Assembly held in Barcelona, December 2024, Dr. Gianfranco Federici was elected to be the new EUROfusion Programme Manager following a rigorous selection process. Dr. Federici succeeds Prof. Ambrogio Fasoli as he returns to EPFL to become its Provost.
Hari Varadarajan
DIFFER researcher Hari Varadarajan receives a 2025 EUROfusion Engineering Grant (EEG). This award is given to outstanding early-stage engineers, working on key technological challenges essential to the European fusion programme. Varadarajan wins this prestigious award for his project ‘Cooperative control for fusion’. 
Tokamak hall CFS
The realisation of a fusion plant faces multiple challenges, for example controlling the heat load on the wall. An expert team of DIFFER is helping Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) to develop the SPARC tokamak.