Conduct an independent fusion physics research project under senior mentorship. Responsibilities include literature reviews, simulations, data analysis, stellarator design support, collaboration with mechanical and electrical engineers, translating modeling results into engineering specifications, tracking research goals, and presenting findings. Projects may involve plasma confinement, stellarator optimization, divertor and edge physics, plasma-material interactions, diagnostics, energetic particles, or fusion neutronics.

Perform reduced-physics and engineering model implementation, build coupled integrated-model workflows, run constrained numerical optimization of designs, and train surrogate models on high-fidelity simulation outputs. Work focuses on stellarator plasma confinement and leveraging ML/surrogates to accelerate design exploration.