Minh Quang Tran
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Minh-Quang Tran is a professor at the EPFL.
He graduated in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(EPFL) in 1973, where he did his doctoral thesis in 1977, and where he has worked as a professor since 1980. He works at the CRPP, with the Tokamak à configuration variable
.
He was nominated Leader of EFDA
(the European Fusion Development Agreement), the organisation which manages JET
(Joint European Torus), the largest fusion experiment in the world, sited in England
. It also supervises numerous technology programmes in Europe in support of ITER
, the international experimental fusion reactor project, as well as research for future industrial reactors.
He graduated in physics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:...
(EPFL) in 1973, where he did his doctoral thesis in 1977, and where he has worked as a professor since 1980. He works at the CRPP, with the Tokamak à configuration variable
Tokamak à configuration variable
The Tokamak à configuration variable is a research fusion reactor of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Its particularity is that its torus section is three times higher than wide...
.
He was nominated Leader of EFDA
EFDA
The European Union has a strongly coordinated nuclear fusion research programme. At the European level, the so-called is the international legal framework under which member states cooperate in the fields of nuclear fusion research....
(the European Fusion Development Agreement), the organisation which manages JET
Joint European Torus
JET, the Joint European Torus, is the largest magnetic confinement plasma physics experiment worldwide currently in operation. Its main purpose is to open the way to future nuclear fusion experimental tokamak reactors such as ITER and :DEMO....
(Joint European Torus), the largest fusion experiment in the world, sited in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It also supervises numerous technology programmes in Europe in support of ITER
ITER
ITER is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering project, which is currently building the world's largest and most advanced experimental tokamak nuclear fusion reactor at Cadarache in the south of France...
, the international experimental fusion reactor project, as well as research for future industrial reactors.