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Good Afternoon,<br>
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Following the recent discussion about <i>Laudato Si</i> and
sustainability that I have been trying to encourage within the Tech
Catholic Community; and the vibrant discussion we had at Theology on
Tap. This being MIT and all, I thought it might be a good idea to
encourage a better understanding of some of the cutting edge
technologies out there that are being studied here at MIT. IAP is a
good time for this! I work on fusion energy and my lab is scheduling
a <b>TOUR</b> next week! I would like to invite anybody interested
to come have a look! Who said science and religion aren't related!!!
One of my Professors often describes the sun as God's fusion
reactor! Based on previous year's experience, the tours normally get
pretty full pretty quickly so don't miss out on this opportunity!<br>
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A bit more info, I work on Alcator C-Mod one of three main tokamaks
here in the US. The Tokamak is seen as the current front runner for
a working fusion based power plant. It is nonetheless a very
difficult piece of machinery to work around and has many flaws.
Below are two talks I would recommend and there is a link to the
full seminar series being offered.<br>
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Between the two, I would personally recommend<i><b> SPARC: A Small
Tokamak for Changing Climates. </b></i>It will be a discussion
about concepts to achieve the smallest, fastest and cheapest route
to building a net power producing machine, to '<i>light a lightbuld</i>'
or so to say and it is immediately followed by the tour of the lab.<br>
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Don't forget too Fr. Dan's crash course Catholicism IAP Seminar - <i>Catechism
of the Catholic Church, Jan 25-29, 1-4pm! </i>A reminder will be
sent out closer to date.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Adam<br>
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<img shrinktofit="true" src="cid:part1.07060104.08040800@mit.edu"
name="Image1" height="451" width="261" align="left" border="0"><br>
***Monday, January 11, 2016, 11:00 AM<br>
<i><b>Magnetic Fusion Energy: A Vision for Getting There Sooner</b></i><br>
Earl Marmar, Head of the MIT Alcator C-Mod Project<br>
Room 1-190 (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?q=1-190" target="_blank">http://whereis.mit.edu/?q=1-190</a>)<br>
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***Thursday, January 14, 2016, 11:00 AM***<br>
<i><b>SPARC: A Small Tokamak for Changing Climates</b></i><br>
Brandon Sorbom, Zach Hartwig, Robert Mumgaard, and Daniel Brunner,
MIT PSFC<br>
NW17-218 (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://whereis.mit.edu/?q=NW17-218" target="_blank">http://whereis.mit.edu/?q=NW17-218</a>)<font
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Followed by a tour of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak<br>
Meet in NW17-218 at 12:45pm on Thurs., 14 Jan.<br>
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*</font><font style="font-size:8pt" size="1">CAD model of MIT's
ARC tokamak conceptual reactor design</font><br>
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For a complete list of seminars and activities, please visit<br>
<a href="http://www.psfc.mit.edu/events/series/iap-seminars"
target="_blank">http://www.psfc.mit.edu/events/series/iap-seminars</a><br>
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