Training
We offer at ISTTOK several training programs from short programs till PhDs in Physics Engineering. In this page Internships are described on detail.
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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:
- evidence to study in the field of nuclear fusion (Master or PhD),
- a recommendation letter from a scholar in the field
- 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
| 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
R. Sharma |
Electric probes
C. Silva |
Magnetic probes B.Carvalho |
|
| 12h15 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 14:00h
17:00h |
Database access and hierarchy A.Duarte |
Students' presentation Data analysis |
Crash course on Python
L.Guimarães |
MHD Activity by HIBD in fusion devices A. Melnikov ISTTOK systems |
Electric probes exp.
H.Figueiredo |
| 17h | Adjourn | Adjourn | Adjourn | Adjourn | Adjourn |
29 July to 31 July
| 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 |
2019 Cohort
In the following participant's table are listed the two shifts for the experimental activities (RED/GREEN). Green members perform the first activity in each paired day.
| Name | Country | Institution | Home Mentor | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessio Mancini | IT | University of Seville – Faculty of Physics | Manuel García Muñoz | C. Silva |
| Andrés Orduña Martínez | MX | Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) | Helvio Ponce de Leon | B. Carvalho |
| David Weldon | US | University of Science and Technology China, Hefei, Anhui province | Xiao Bingjia | B. Carvalho |
| Jakub Čaloud | CZ | Masaryk University, Brno | Eva Macusova | B. Carvalho |
| Javier Garcia Dominguez | ES | Superior School of Engineering, University of Seville | Manuel García Muñoz | H. Fernandes |
| Javier Hidalgo Salaverri | ES | Superior School of Engineering, University of Seville | Manuel García Muñoz | H. Fernandes |
| Lucie Adeline Chloé Bechtet | FR | Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Toulouse | Ian Gerber | D. Ferreira |
| Maksimov Vladislav | RU | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University | Vladimir Rozhansky | H. Fernandes |
| Manuel Agredano Torres | ES | Superior School of Engineering, University of Seville | Manuel García Muñoz | D. Ferreira |
| Mattia Dicorato | IT | University of Milan-Bicocca | Massimo Nocente | C. Silva |
| Óscar Löfgren Amaro | PT | Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon | H. Fernandes | J. Santos |
| Yacopo Damizia | IT | Facoltà di SCIENZE MATEMATICHE, FISICHE E NATURALI, Roma | Franco Alladio | D. Ferreira |
| Guilherme Brites | PT | Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon | H. Fernandes | H. Fernandes |
Previous edition
==2019 Cohort==t 2019 edition toke place on July, 14-31, 2019 including the PlasmaSurf participation (14-19 July). All selected trainees had the PlasmaSurf fee and full accommodation covered by IST during the all period. Meals out of PlasmaSurf were not included.
2019 Agenda
The course toke place at IST / Alameda campus, room C13 at IST Central building, from 22-26 July. Experimental activity has been carried on at ISTTOK, Mechanics I building. There was 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
| 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
R. Sharma |
Electric probes
C. Silva |
Magnetic probes B.Carvalho |
|
| 12h15 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 14:00h
17:00h |
Database access and hierarchy A.Duarte |
Students' presentation Data analysis |
Crash course on Python
L.Guimarães |
MHD Activity by HIBD in fusion devices A. Melnikov ISTTOK systems |
Electric probes exp.
H.Figueiredo |
| 17h | Adjourn | Adjourn | Adjourn | Adjourn | Adjourn |
29 July to 31 July
| 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 |
Cohort
In the following participant's table are listed the two shifts for the experimental activities (RED/GREEN). Green members perform the first activity in each paired day.
| Name | Country | Institution | Home Mentor | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessio Mancini | IT | University of Seville – Faculty of Physics | Manuel García Muñoz | C. Silva |
| Andrés Orduña Martínez | MX | Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) | Helvio Ponce de Leon | B. Carvalho |
| David Weldon | US | University of Science and Technology China, Hefei, Anhui province | Xiao Bingjia | B. Carvalho |
| Jakub Čaloud | CZ | Masaryk University, Brno | Eva Macusova | B. Carvalho |
| Javier Garcia Dominguez | ES | Superior School of Engineering, University of Seville | Manuel García Muñoz | H. Fernandes |
| Javier Hidalgo Salaverri | ES | Superior School of Engineering, University of Seville | Manuel García Muñoz | H. Fernandes |
| Lucie Adeline Chloé Bechtet | FR | Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Toulouse | Ian Gerber | D. Ferreira |
| Maksimov Vladislav | RU | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University | Vladimir Rozhansky | H. Fernandes |
| Manuel Agredano Torres | ES | Superior School of Engineering, University of Seville | Manuel García Muñoz | D. Ferreira |
| Mattia Dicorato | IT | University of Milan-Bicocca | Massimo Nocente | C. Silva |
| Óscar Löfgren Amaro | PT | Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon | H. Fernandes | J. Santos |
| Yacopo Damizia | IT | Facoltà di SCIENZE MATEMATICHE, FISICHE E NATURALI, Roma | Franco Alladio | D. Ferreira |
| Guilherme Brites | PT | Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon | H. Fernandes | H. Fernandes |
2018 Cohort
| 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
| 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 |
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
| 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 |
