We offer master thesis topics in the following areas of fusion research:
Additional topics related to research on fusion materials offered by the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN) are available through the research group Sustainable Materials Science (Prof. Kim Verbeken).
Fusion data science
A Bayesian approach for estimating the kinematic viscosity model in reversed-field pinch fusion plasmas
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Geert Verdoolaege
Supervisor: Jeffrey De Rycke
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics
Location: Technicum, at home
Detection of plasma instabilities in tokamaks with machine learning
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Geert Verdoolaege
Supervisor: Jerome Alhage
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Information Engineering Technology, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Technicum, at home
Explaining the dependence on machine size of the energy confinement in tokamaks using data-driven methods
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Geert Verdoolaege
Supervisor: Joseph Hall
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Information Engineering Technology, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Technicum, at home
Integrated data analysis of electron densities and temperatures, with the triple probe and single probe systems on TOMAS
Promoters: Prof. Dr. Geert Verdoolaege, Prof. Dr. Ir. Kristel Crombé
Supervisor: Hao Wu
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Technicum, Forschungszentrum Jülich, at home
Quantifying the effect of plasma viscosity on confinement in fusion devices
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Geert Verdoolaege
Supervisor: Dr. Yangyang Zhang
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Information Engineering Technology, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Technicum, at home
Survival analysis of first-wall components under thermal loads in a fusion reactor
Promoters: Prof. Dr. Geert Verdoolaege, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Biel
Supervisor: Leonardo Caputo
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Information Engineering Technology, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Technicum, Forschungszentrum Jülich, at home
Magnetohydrodynamics
Analysing simulated plasma turbulence
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Sven Van Loo
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sven Van Loo
Study programs: Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Technicum, at home
Filament formation in an interstellar plasma
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Sven Van Loo
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Sven Van Loo
Study programs: Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Technicum, at home
Ion cyclotron plasma heating and wall conditioning
Application of the ion cyclotron matching algorithm to different plasmas in TOMAS
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ir. Kristel Crombé
Supervisor: Dr. Maja Verstraeten
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology - Campus Schoonmeersen, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology - Campus Kortrijk, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Forschungszentrum Jülich; Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Royal Military Academy (Brussels), at home
Characterization and optimization of IC, EC and mixed IC+EC plasmas on the TOMAS device
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ir. Kristel Crombé
Supervisor: Andrei Goriaev, Luis Daniel Lopez Rodriguez, Johan Buermans
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Forschungszentrum Jülich; Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Royal Military Academy (Brussels), at home
Implementation of a Retarding Field Analyzer as a new diagnostic on the TOMAS device and first tests
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ir. Kristel Crombé
Supervisor: Andrei Goriaev
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology - Campus Schoonmeersen, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology - Campus Kortrijk, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Forschungszentrum Jülich; Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Royal Military Academy (Brussels), at home
In-situ characterization of the ion cyclotron matching system of TOMAS
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ir. Kristel Crombé
Supervisor: Dr. Maja Verstraeten
Study programs: Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Physics and Astronomy, European Master of Science in Nuclear Fusion and Engineering Physics, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology - Campus Schoonmeersen, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology - Campus Kortrijk, Master of Science in Teaching in Science and Technology (Physics and Astronomy)
Location: Forschungszentrum Jülich; Laboratory for Plasma Physics, Royal Military Academy (Brussels), at home