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Michael Nelson
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Greetings form the North!

Post by Michael Nelson »

Hello,

My name is Michael Nelson. I am going into the senior year of my Applied Physics degree this next year. A quick background of me is that I go to school in Minnesota (St. John's University). I always reserved an awe for the power of nuclear energy, but never expected a project to build a fusor to be feasible. I began to look for topics for my senior project this last year and I stumbled onto your site. My interests lie in electrical engineering and mechanics.

For my senior research I was hoping to build a fusor. I have circuitry experience, which I hope will help me when it comes to building a power supply for my project. Through Army ROTC, I have had an opportunity to work at a couple serious research institutions (MITLL and NVESD), but I still have no lab experience in the area of nuclear physics. I have read through the forums, and as of now it seems that the resources at my university should provide me adequate vacuum systems, but I believe the power source will be a challenge.

I am excited to join this collaborative community, and I hope to develop my knowledge in nuclear physics through this project!

Michael Nelson
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Dennis P Brown
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Re: Greetings form the North!

Post by Dennis P Brown »

Welcome and good luck.

I would expect that there are power supplies that are more than powerful enough that are being used/available at the University - check with the Physics Dept. An X-ray sources power supply (for experiments) could be available; often, unused equipment is sitting around that could also be useful. Possibly a neutron detector (not very likely, through) but a scintillation (for gamma/x-rays) counter and/or a Geiger counter should be available. Finally, it is possible they have a lecture bottle of deuterium.

Suggest you discus with the Chairman at the Physics Dept. your desire for building a fusor and they might be willing to help with available equipment.
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Re: Greetings form the North!

Post by Michael Nelson »

Thanks for the advice, I will need it haha! I have been in some talks with my professors, just waiting to get to campus and see what equipment there is on hand.
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