April 26-27, 2022
San Francisco, CA
The ARPA-E Fusion Annual Meeting featured ARPA-E’s entire active fusion R&D portfolio, spanning 5 programs (OPEN 2018, Exploratory Topic in Fusion Diagnostics, BETHE, GAMOW, and OPEN 2021). Teams provided updates on the technical progress of 40+ project teams through poster presentations and select oral presentations centered around specific themes. In addition, the meeting featured timely and important presentations and discussions around the topics of (1) public-private partnerships to accelerate fusion RD&D, and (2) international perspectives on social acceptance for new energy technologies.
Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
(All times local to San Francisco, California)
(Subject to updates)
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Start Time |
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8:00 AM |
Badge Pick-Up, Coffee, and Networking
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Italian Room |
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9:00 AM |
Opening remarks Dr. Jennifer Gerbi, Acting Director, ARPA-E (virtual) Dr. Geraldine Richmond, Under Secretary for Science and Innovation, Department of Energy |
Grand Ballroom |
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9:10 AM |
Meeting Overview and Objectives Dr. Scott Hsu, Program Director, ARPA-E FES Perspective Mr. Daniel Clark, Program Manager, DOE Fusion Energy Sciences |
Grand Ballroom
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9:30 AM |
Fusion T2M Overview |
Grand Ballroom |
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9:45 AM |
Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) Perspective: Burning plasma and ignition threshold on NIF, and what it means for aggressive IFE development |
Grand Ballroom
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10:00 AM |
Performer Technical Highlights #1: IFE “Mini-Program” within BETHE (2 x 10 minutes + 5 Q&A) Dr. Steve Obenschain, Research Physicist, Naval Research Laboratory |
Grand Ballroom
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10:25 AM |
Break |
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10:45 AM |
Performer Technical Highlights #2: Example of a Public-Private Partnership (2 x 10 minutes + 5 Q&A) Dr. Brian Nelson, CTO, Zap Energy Dr. Glen Wurden, Magnetized Plasma Team Leader, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Grand Ballroom
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11:10 AM |
Public-Private-Partnerships (PPP) Lightning Round (10 min each)
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Grand Ballroom
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12:10 PM |
Lunch: A buffet will be in the Italian Room, with seating in the Grand Ballroom
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Italian Room |
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1:15 PM |
Fusion PPP Breakout Discussions Group 1: Remain in the Grand Ballroom Group 2: Elizabethan Room A |
Group 3: Elizabethan Room B Group 4: Elizabethan Room C Group 5: Elizabethan Room D |
Grand Ballroom
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2:15 PM |
Break |
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2:30 PM |
Breakout Readouts and Further Discussion |
Grand Ballroom |
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3:10 PM |
Outreach and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Dr. Arturo Dominguez, Head of Science Education, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Prof. Steffi Diem, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin |
Grand Ballroom
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3:30 PM |
BETHE Performer Technical Highlights #3: Return of the Mirror (2 x 10 minutes + 5 Q&A) Prof. Cary Forest, Professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Grand Ballroom
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4:00 PM |
Performer Technical Poster Session and Networking. Cash bar. BETHE, OPEN 2018, OPEN 2021 Concepts |
California West |
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6:00 PM |
Adjourn Day 1 |
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Wednesday, April 27, 2022
(All times local to San Francisco, California)
(Subject to updates)
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Start Time |
Event |
Location |
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8:30 AM |
Badge Pick-Up, Coffee, and Networking |
Italian Room |
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9:00 AM |
Welcome to Day 2, and ARPA-E Recruitment Pitch |
Grand Ballroom |
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9:05 AM |
MFE Perspective: REBCO High-Temperature Superconductors – Why They are a Big Deal for Commercial Fusion |
Grand Ballroom |
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9:20 AM |
Performer Technical Highlights #4: HTS (3 x 10 mins + 5 Q&A) Ms. Elle Allen, Engineering R&D Project Manager, Commonwealth Fusion System Prof. David Anderson, Stellarator Engineering, Type One Energy Prof. Venkat Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson Chair Professor, University of Houston |
Grand Ballroom
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9:55 AM |
Break |
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10:10 AM |
Introduction to the Social Acceptance “Mini-Workshop” Dr. Seth Hoedl, President & Chief Science Officer, Post Road Foundation |
Grand Ballroom |
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10:20 AM |
Social acceptance through participatory co-design (virtual) |
Grand Ballroom |
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10:40 AM |
Achieving widespread public support for a self-limiting mosquito project in the Florida Keys (virtual) |
Grand Ballroom |
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11:00 AM |
Panel Discussion of International Views on Energy and Fusion (virtual) Moderator: Dr. Seth Hoedl Panelists: Mr. Shah Nawaz Ahmad, Senior Advisor, India, Middle East, and South East Asia, World Nuclear Association Prof. Jun Arima, Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policies, University of Tokyo Mr. Saliem Fakir, Executive Director, The African Climate Foundation Ms. Valérie Faudon, Executive Director for the French Nuclear Energy Association (Sfen) and a Vice-President for the European Nuclear Society (ENS) Mr. Julián Gadano, Nuclear Director, Fundacíon Argentina Global Ms. Crystal Pruitt, former Deputy Director, Office of Clean Energy Equity, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Prof. Jürgen Scheffran, Professor, Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg |
Grand Ballroom |
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12:00 PM |
Introduction to Safeguards (virtual) Ms. Laura Rockwood, Director, Open Nuclear Network |
Grand Ballroom |
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12:20 PM |
Lunch: A buffet will be in the Italian Room, with seating in the Grand Ballroom |
Italian Room |
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1:20 PM |
Social Acceptance Breakout Discussions Group 1: Remain in the Grand Ballroom Group 2: Elizabethan Room A |
Group 3: Elizabethan Room B Group 4: Elizabethan Room C Group 5: Elizabethan Room D |
Grand Ballroom
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2:00 PM |
Performer Technical Highlights #5: GAMOW (3 x 10 minutes + 5 Q&A) Dr. Josh Blatz, Plasma Physics Tech. Lead, Phoenix, a wholly owned subsidiary of SHINE Dr. Dalong Zhang, Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
Grand Ballroom
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2:35 PM |
Social Acceptance Breakout Readouts
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Grand Ballroom |
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3:05 PM |
Break |
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3:20 PM |
Performer Technical Highlights #6: OPEN2018 / BETHE (3 x 10 minutes + 5 Q&A) Dr. Derek Sutherland, CEO, CTFusion Dr. Michael Zarnstorff, Chief Scientist, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Dr. Samuel Langendorf, Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Grand Ballroom |
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3:55 PM |
Performer Technical Poster Session and Networking (Cash Bar) GAMOW, Fusion Diagnostics, and OPEN 2021 Enabling Materials/Technology |
California West |
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5:50 PM |
Adjourn Day 2 |
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Poster Information: Day 1, April 26th, 2022
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Prime Recipient |
Project Title |
Principal Investigator or Designee |
Program |
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NK Labs |
Ara Knaian |
BETHE |
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems |
Pulsed high temperature superconducting central solenoid for revolutionizing tokamaks |
Robert Mumgaard |
BETHE |
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University of Wisconsin |
An HTS axisymmetric magnetic mirror on a faster path to lower cost fusion energy |
Cary Forest |
BETHE |
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
David Gates |
BETHE |
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Type One Energy |
Non-planar capability HTS magnet coil with additive-manufactured components |
David Anderson |
BETHE |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Mark Stowell |
BETHE |
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SapientAI |
Craig Michoski |
BETHE |
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Zap Energy |
Brian Nelson |
BETHE |
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University of Rochester |
Petros Tzeferacos |
BETHE |
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University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
Carlos Romero-Talamas |
BETHE |
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Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Target formation and integrated experiments for plasma-jet driven magneto-inertial fusion |
Samuel Langendorf |
BETHE |
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Virginia Tech |
Manaure Francisquez |
BETHE |
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Naval Research Laboratory |
Matthew Wolford |
BETHE |
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University of Rochester |
Advanced IFE target designs with next-generation laser technologies |
Valeri Goncharov |
BETHE |
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Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Glen Wurden |
BETHE |
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
Costing study for ARPA-E fusion portfolio projects/concept |
Michael Zarnstorff |
BETHE |
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CTFusion |
HIT-TD: plasma driver technology demonstration for economical fusion power plants |
Derek Sutherland |
OPEN 2018 |
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Princeton Fusion Systems |
Michael Paluszek |
OPEN 2018 |
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Polymath |
Bedros Afeyan |
OPEN 2021 |
Poster Information: Day 2, April 27th, 2022
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Prime Recipient |
Project Title |
Principal Investigator or Designee |
Program |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Nischal Kafle |
Fusion ET |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Clement Goyon |
Fusion ET |
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Absolute neutron rate measurement and non-thermal/thermonuclear fusion differentiation |
Drew Higginson |
Fusion ET |
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University of Rochester |
LLE diagnostic resource team for the advancement of innovative fusion concepts |
Jonathan Davies |
Fusion ET |
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University of California, Davis |
Calvin Domier |
Fusion ET |
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Caltech |
Diagnostics for imaging and characterizing hard x-rays from fusion relevant experiments |
Paul Bellan |
Fusion ET |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Vittorio Badalassi |
GAMOW |
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Savannah River National Laboratory |
Direct LiT Electrolysis in a Metallic Lithium Fusion Blanket |
Brenda Garcia-Diaz |
GAMOW |
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Colorado School of Mines |
Interfacial-engineered membranes for efficient tritium extraction |
Colin Wolden |
GAMOW |
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
Dalong Zhang |
GAMOW |
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University of California, San Diego |
Renewable low-Z wall for fusion reactors with built-in tritium recovery |
Eric Hollmann |
GAMOW |
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Savannah River National Laboratory |
George Larsen |
GAMOW |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Plasma facing component innovations by advanced manufacturing and design |
Yutai Kato |
GAMOW |
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Stony Brook |
Year 1 of 3: Composite Shielding for Compact Fusion Systems ENHANCED Shield: a critical materials technology enabling compact superconducting tokamaks |
David Sprouster |
GAMOW |
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Princeton Fusion Systems |
Wide band gap semiconductor amplifiers for plasma heating and control: - Poster 1 - Poster 2 |
Michael Paluszek |
GAMOW |
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Shine/Phoenix |
Application of Plasma-Window Technology to Enable an Ultra-High-Flux DT Neutron Source |
Joshua Blatz |
GAMOW |
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University of Houston |
Venkat (Selva) Selvamanickam |
GAMOW |
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University of California, Los Angeles |
AMPERE - Advanced Materials for Plasma-Exposed Robust Electrodes |
Richard Wirz |
GAMOW |
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Advance castable nanostructured alloys for first-wall/blanket applications |
Ying Yang |
GAMOW |
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Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Osman El Atwani |
OPEN 2021 |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Dennis Whyte |
OPEN 2021 |