USask Engineering Guest Lecture with Dr. Dennis Whyte

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Join us at the College of Engineering in the Learning Commons (Eng 1B08) for a guest lecture.

A leader in fusion research - USask Engineering alumnus DENNIS WHYTE is returning to campus for a guest lecture.

Dennis is paving an innovative and faster path forward in the production of fusion energy. Joining us from the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT, as he discusses the power of stars and the potential of fusion energy development.

"State of Energy Fusion Development and Acceleration with Technology Innovation"

Guest Lecture from Dennis Whyte

Monday, May 9, 2022  |  10 AM

Learning Commons at the USask College of Engineering

10 AM - Lecture and in-person audience Q&A

11 AM - Refreshments and reception

This event is open to all USask Students, staff and faculty, and the general public.

Dr. Dennis Whyte

Director, Plasma Science and Fusion Center

Hitachi America Professor of Engineering

A recognized leader in fusion research, especially in the magnetic confinement of plasmas, Whyte has paved an innovative and faster path to producing fusion energy. He leads the fusion project, SPARC — a compact, high-field, net fusion energy fusion device — in collaboration with private fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS). The core of the SPARC project was formed over eight years ago during a design course led by Whyte to challenge assumptions in fusion. Many of the ideas underpinning the high-field approach — including the use of HTS for high-field, demountable magnets, liquid blankets, and ARC (a fusion power plant concept) — have been conceived of or significantly advanced in his design courses. Whyte has over 300 publications, is a fellow of the American Physical Society, and has served on panels for the National Academies, the United States government, and the Royal Society. In 2018 Whyte received The Fusion Power Associates (FPA) Board of Directors Leadership Award which is given annually to individuals who have shown outstanding leadership qualities in accelerating the development of fusion. Whyte earned a BS from the University of Saskatchewan, College of Engineering, and an MS and PhD from Université du Québec. Learn more about Dennis - https://www.psfc.mit.edu/whyte

This lecture is presented in part through the Ross and Muriel Cheriton Distinguished Visitor Fund. Within the USask College of Engineering, we strive to host alumni guest lectures for not only our students, but our faculty, University community and the general public. We do so through the Ross and Muriel Cheriton Distinguished Visitor Fund, which allows the college to highlight those individuals with an engineering degree that have found success, in life and career, that is founded in some way through their degree.