Shane Schweiger
A5020867222- Superconducting Materials and Applications
- Magnetic confinement fusion research
- Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
- Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism
- Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies
- Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
- Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies
- Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
- Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications
- Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes
- 3D IC and TSV technologies
- Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies
- Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys
- Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
- Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2024-2025
Fusion Academy
2023-2025
Fusion (United States)
2023-2025
Plasma Technology (United States)
2023-2025
ETH Zurich
2016-2017
Materials and Electrochemical Research (United States)
2016
Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)
2014
Graz University of Technology
2014
The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) Program was a three-year effort between 2018 and 2021 that developed novel Rare Earth Barium Copper Oxide (REBCO) superconductor technologies then successfully utilized these to design, build, test first-in-class, high-field (∼20 T), representative-scale (∼3 m) superconducting toroidal field (TF) coil. program executed jointly by the MIT Plasma Science Fusion Center (PSFC) Commonwealth Systems (CFS) as technology enabler of pathway fusion energy,...
The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) is the first large-scale (∼3 m), high-field (∼20 T) superconducting fusion magnet based on Rare Earth Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (REBCO). Its objective was to retire risk for toroidal field in tokamak, a burning plasma class magnetic confinement energy device. Weighing 10,058 kg and utilizing 270 km of REBCO, TFMC non-insulated, stack-in-plate style magnet. It has three main components: (1) winding pack; (2) structural case; (3) case extensions, or...
A new superconducting magnet test facility was created at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) for SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) program. The designed constructed in parallel with TFMC between 2019 2021, capabilities design approaches tailored to needs of this project its timeline. major components include a cryostat (outer dimensions, 5.3 m×3.7 m×1.5 m) open bore; novel cooling system circulating supercritical helium closed-loop provide ∼600 W power ∼20 bar-a, K; 50 kA,...
From June 2019 to July 2021, the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center in collaboration with Commonwealth Fusions Systems (CFS) designed, built, commissioned a test facility at evaluate performance of REBCO-based, 2.9-m tall, 1.9-m wide Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) for SPARC tokamak. This paper presents facility's supercritical helium (SHe) circulation system design measured performance. The employed forced-flow SHe-circulation loop cooled by cryocoolers provide nominal cooling power 600...
We report on the influence of Na<sup>+</sup> doping local structure, electronic properties and cyclic redox characteristics alumina-stabilized copper oxide based materials for chemical looping combustion CO<sub>2</sub> capture architectures.
The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) Program was a three-year effort between 2018 and 2021 that developed novel Rare Earth Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (REBCO) superconductor technologies then successfully utilized these to design, build, test first-in-class, high-field (~20 T), representative-scale (~3 m) superconducting toroidal field coil. With the principal objective of demonstrating mature, large-scale, REBCO magnets, project executed jointly by MIT Plasma Science Fusion Center...