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
Probabilistic inference of magnetic equilibria for a DEMO fusion reactor
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
Automatic captioning of fusion physics figures with image-to-text AI
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
Bayesian estimation of the toroidal current distribution in the hybrid plasma scenario in tokamaks
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
Integrated analysis of electron densities and temperatures using probe and interferometry diagnostics on TOMAS
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Geert Verdoolaege, Prof. Dr. Ir. Kristel Crombé
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
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
Resolution study of Vlasov codes
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: Maja Verstraeten, Arthur Adriaens
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
Determination of RF power deposition profiles in a tokamak plasma
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ir. Kristel Crombé
Supervisor: Johan Buermans, Luis Daniel Lopez Rodriguez
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
Experimental study of combined electron and ion cyclotron radio frequency discharges in TOMAS
Promoter: Prof. Dr. Ir. Kristel Crombé
Supervisor: 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 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