We just started our latest project for ARPA-E under the ARPA-E GAMOW program in which we will be build power amplifiers for fusion reactors. The goal is to lower the cost and increase the reliability of fusion reactor power electronics. We currently have grants under the DOE INFUSE program and another ARPA-E project that is part of the ARPA-E OPEN 2018 program. We just finished a NASA STTR grant to study the effects of plasma pulses on low temperature superconducting coils.
For those who have been following our work, you know that there are many articles and videos about our work. For your convenience, we’ve collected many of the URLs for them in this blog post.
2020 NJ Edison Patent Award (You’ll need to look for our award on this page. The others are interesting too!)
Popular Mechanics: The Direct Fusion Drive that Could Get Us to Saturn in Just 2 Years, Oct 21, 2020
Universe Today – Titan mission paper from Polito, Oct 19, 2020
ITER article: Space Propulsion: Have Fusion, Will Travel, July 15, 2019
Space Q, August 29, 2019 – Podcast replay of May 29, 2019 FISO
Space.com: Fusion-Powered Spacecraft Could Be Just a Decade Away, Mike Wall, June 11, 2019
PPPL press release: PPPL physicist receives funding to research improvements to unique fusion device, March, 2019
Could Tiny Fusion Rockets Revolutionize Spaceflight? June 12, 2017
Will Mini Fusion Rockets Provide Spaceflight’s Next Big Leap? Charles Choi, June 9, 2017
Video of DFD talk from DPSS 2017 (Facebook)
Essay by John G. Cramer, NIAC external council, June 30, 2016
NASA 360 video on Facebook, Pluto mission, June 13, 2017
Futurism: NASA-Funded Company Wants to Redefine Space Travel With Fusion Rockets, June 13, 2017
Princeton Field Reversed Configuration Fusion Reactor for Space Rocket Propulsion, Federal Lab Consortium award, 2018
Time.com: Going to Mars via Fusion Power, 2013
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