Fusion Power: a new CDT

EPSRC has confirmed its largest ever investment into Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs), which has led to the creation of an entirely new CDT in Fusion Power.  

Based at the University of York, this new CDT will address the requirement for safe, sustainable and affordable power across the UK, from powering major industrial plants to keeping your home warm during the winter.  This area of science holds very strong promise, but there are a number of challenges to investigate and overcome, which this CDT aims to achieve.  Professor David Armstrong of this department is the main contact for the projects hosted by the University of Oxford, and he is also a member of the Fusion Power CDT's Management Board. 

Professor Armstrong's work is on the behaviour of materials when put into extreme environments (such as radiation damage, high temperatures and high stresses), and he and his research group are working towards developing alternatives which can cope with such conditions.  The Fusion CDT will welcome its first cohort of students in September 2024, who will have the opportunity to work alongside both Professor Armstrong and commercial partners. 

The list of Fusion CDT projects currently available are online, which include some projects offered by Professor James Marrow, also of this department.