On Thursday 24 September 2026, Luis Daniel Lopez Rodriguez brilliantly defended his Phd thesis and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Engineering Physics (UGent) and Doctor of Engineering Sciences (RMA). This work is a joint UGent-RMA doctorate performed under the supervision of Prof. Kristel Crombé (UGent, LPP) and Prof. Maarten Vergote (RMA, LPP). The title of his […]
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce our participation in the upcoming BSBF2026-event in Maastricht, 28-29 Octobre 2026. Our team looks forward to engaging with industry experts, sharing insights, and discussing the latest developments in fusion energy and technology. We hope to see you there! Interested to have a meeting? Send a request to maarten.vergote@rma.ac.be
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that the Belgian Federal Government, following a proposal by Minister Mathieu BIHET, has selected the ICRH-W7X Upgrade project for funding of approximately 2 million EUR over the next 3 years. Press release issued by the Federal Minister of Energy: French/Dutch.
Read MoreDirk Van Eester, Vincent Maquet, and Bernard Reman have published a new letter in the prestigious Journal of Plasma Physics. Their contribution, entitled “Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating wave equation solving using quasimodes”, was published in the Volume 92 , Issue 3 (June 2026), and is available in open access from the journal website.
Read MoreOur colleague Yevgen Kazakov has been nominated by the EuroFusion General Assembly as the new European Experiment Leader for JT-60SA. This comes at an important moment for the JT-60SA programme. Recent meetings in Naka, including researchers from Japan, EUROfusion, F4E and ITER, helped shaping the scientific agenda for the upcoming Operational Phase 2, scheduled to […]
Read More“Applications of FEM tools to electromagnetics: a short overview“, presented by Dr. Philippe Lamalle on 10/06/2026 at the occasion of the RMA webinars, is available on our Webinars page.
Read MoreThe papers submitted to the RFPPC2025 conference have been published in the Volume 346 of EPJ Web of Conferences in open access. In particular several articles were presented by members of LPP as first author:
Read MoreThe 30th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference was held in Chengdu, China from October 13 to October 19. The LPP-ERM/KMS team contributed to the conference with three poster presentations focusing on ICRH and fast-ion physics in leading fusion facilities worldwide, including JET, JT-60SA, and Wendelstein 7-X. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is all about sharing […]
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