Training

We offer at ISTTOK several training programs from short programs till PhDs in Physics Engineering. In this page Internships are described on detail.

Short training

The short training programs normally follow the IST PlasmaSurf summer scholl and is a 2-week internship on Tokamak Engineering and Operation. This internship take place at ISTTOK premises in IST Alameda campus, Lisbon with the support of IAEA.

Objectives

The proposed training activity is oriented to develop experimental skills in tokamak engineering and operation. It is based on courses and live training actions. During the courses, the trainees will become acquainted with most diagnostics and techniques for tokamak operation and control algorithms for assisted discharges. Those courses will be complemented with practical sessions on ISTTOK, in view of the discharge set-up and plasma performance evaluation.

The course focus on engineering aspects, namely on the actuators such as the power supplies, gas inlet systems, vacuum grading and technical diagnostics. A general introduction to some popular diagnostics systems will be addressed both theoretically and practical, covering magnetic probes, Langmuir probes, spectroscopy, tomography, bolometry, interferometry and residual gas-analyzer techniques.

Application

Qualified students from all over the word ending a master on fusion science and engineering or any related scientific field field are encourage to apply. PhD students should be developing studies in fusion science and engineering.

Those students need to provide:

1. evidence to study in the field of nuclear fusion (Master or PhD),
2. a recommendation letter from a scholar in the field
3. a motivation letter.

Only accommodation will be granted during the training. No stipend and meals are due per participant.

Particularly in 2019 if you need a VISA, please contact at your early convenience our services to issue the corresponding invitation letter, stating your student's full name, address and passport number. Please note that due to Brexit we expect great delays on VISAs because of overload in the foreign services.

Current edition

Next edition will take place on July, 14-31, 2019 comprising PlasmaSurf participation (14-19 July). All selected trainees will have the PlasmaSurf fee and full accommodation covered by IST during the all period. Meals out of PlasmaSurf are not included. If you are from a country outside Schengen, needing for VISA you can contact us asap.

2019 Agenda

The course will take place at IST / Alameda campus, room C13 at IST Central building, from 22-26 July. Experimental activity will be carried on at ISTTOK, Mechanics I building. There will be 2 laboratory shifts grouping 5 trainees each. Besides those two groups, each trainee will be member of a "paper redaction team", according to her/his particular interests.

22 to 26 July

Course Timetable

Time	Monday 22/7	Tuesday 23/7	Wednesday 24/7	Thursday 25/7	Friday 26/7
9h00 10h30	ISTTOK research activities H.Fernandes	Tokamak engineering I H.Fernandes	Tokamak engineering II H. Fernandes	Data acquisition in fusion devices J. Sousa	Tomography D.Ferreira
10h45 12h15	ISTTOK diagnostics C. Silva	Heavy Ion beam diagnostic A.Malaquias	Electric probes H.Figueiredo	Magnetic probes B.Carvalho
12h15	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14:00h 17:00h	Database access and hierarchy A.Duarte	Students' presentation Data analysis B.Carvalho	Crash course on Python L.Guimarães	MHD Activity by HIBD A. Melnikov Visit to ISTTOK H. Figueiredo	Electric probes exp. H.Figueiredo
17h	Adjourn	Adjourn	Adjourn	Adjourn	Adjourn

29 July to 31 July

Course Timetable

Time	Monday 29/7	Tuesday 30/7	Wednesday 31/7
9h00 10h30	Plasma control D. Corona	Interferometry / HIBD J. Santos/I.Nedzelskiy	Interferometry / HIBD J.Santos/ I.Nedzelskiy
10h45 12h15	Tokamak operation H.Figueiredo
12h15	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14h 17h	Magnetic probes/Tomography diagnostic B.Carvalho & D.Corona / R. Cardoso & H.Fernandes	Magnetic probes/Tomography diagnostic B.Carvalho & D.Corona / R. Cardoso & H.Fernandes	Course conclusions/Draft papers H.Fernandes
17h	Adjourn	Adjourn	Closing session

Previous edition

2018 Cohort

2018 Selected Trainees

Name	Country	Institution	Home Mentor	Supervisor
Rodrigo Rodrigues Cardozo	BR	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande	Magno Collares	H. Fernandes
Daniel Costa	PT	Instituto Superior Técnico	D. Ferreira	H. Fernandes
Diogo Carvalho	PT	Instituto Superior Técnico	D. Ferreira	H. Fernandes
André Torres	PT	Instituto Superior Técnico	B. Carvalho	H. Fernandes
Ruben Valentim	PT	Instituto Superior Técnico	D. Ferreira	H. Fernandes
Fubin Zhong	CN	Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences	Xiang Gao	B. Goncalves
Yuliia Volkova	UA	Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology	Dmytro Solyakov	R. Gomes
Anamarija Abu el Rub	RS	University of Belgrade, Faculty of Physics	Martin Imrisek	A. Malaquias
Jaime Mora Meléndez	CR	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica	Ivan Vargas Blanco	H. Fernandes
Mona Ahmadi	IR	Dept. of Physics, Islamic Azad University	Pejman Khorshid	D. Ferreira
Enrico Aymerich	IT	University of Cagliari	Alessandra Fanni	B. Goncalves
Xiaoliang Li	CN	Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Science	Guosheng Xu	J. Santos
Caterina Cavallini	IT	Padua University/RFX-ENEA	Piergiorgio Sonato	A. Ferro
Matteo Iafrati	IT	Padua University/FTU-ENEA	Giuseppe Mazzitelli	R. Gomes

2018 Agenda

The course tooke place at IST / Alameda campus, physics department, room 2-8.11 ("Sala Formação Avançada"), second floor, from 16-27 July. Experimental activity will be carried on at ISTTOK, Mechanics I building. There will be 2 laboratory shifts grouping 5 trainees each. Besides those two groups, each trainee will be member of a "paper redaction team", according to her/his particular interests.

16 to 20 July 2018

Course Timetable

Time	Monday 16/7	Tuesday 17/7	Wednesday 18/7	Thursday 19/7	Friday 20/7
9h00 10h30	ISTTOK research activities H.Fernandes	Tokamak engineering I H.Fernandes	Tokamak engineering II H. Fernandes	Tokamak operation H.Figueiredo	Tomography D.Ferreira
10h45 12h15	ISTTOK diagnostics R.Gomes	Heavy Ion beam diagnostic A.Malaquias	Electric probes H.Figueiredo	Plasma spectroscopy R.Gomes	Magnetic probes B.Carvalho
12h15	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14:00h 17:00h	Database access and hierarchy A.Duarte	Students' presentation Data analysis B.Carvalho	Crash course on Python L.Guimarães & L.Gil	Applied spectroscopy/Electric probes R.Gomes / H.Figueiredo	Applied spectroscopy/Electric probes R.Gomes / H.Figueiredo
17h	Adjourn	Adjourn	Adjourn	Adjourn	Adjourn

23 to 27 July

Course Timetable

Time	Monday 23/7	Tuesday 24/7	Wednesday 25/7	Thursday 26/7	Friday 27/7
9h00 10h30	Plasma control D. Corona	Interferometry / HIBD I.Nedzelskiy/J.Santos	Interferometry / HIBD I.Nedzelskiy / J.Santos	Diagnostics installation H.Figueiredo & H.Alves	Research formulation H.Fernandes
10h45 12h15	Data acquisition in fusion devices J. Sousa				General discussion All
12h15	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
14h 17h	Magnetic probes/Tomography diagnostic B.Carvalho & D.Corona / J.Fortunato & H.Fernandes	Magnetic probes/Tomography diagnostic B.Carvalho & D.Corona / J. Fortunato & H.Fernandes	Machine shutdown H.Figueiredo & H.Alves	Machine restart H.Figueiredo & H.Alves	Course conclusions/Draft papers R.Gomes & H.Fernandes
17h	Adjourn	Adjourn	Adjourn	Adjourn	Course ends