Reply To: Toshiba's "Micro Nuclear Reactor" – it's not fusion, but it's here now
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JShellAdam Bowman is a sophomore at Montgomery Bell Academy
https://www.montgomerybell.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=204&tn=Adam+Bowman+Wins+Science+Fair&nid=690442&ptid=3265&sdb=False&pf=nop&mode=0&vcm=False
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Adam Bowman Wins Science Fair
3/21/2011
Sophomore Adam Bowman participated in the Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair over spring break at Austin Peay State University. His project, “The Construction of a Small Dense Plasma Focus Using a Novel Experimental Setup”, won one of two grand prizes at the fair, a first place award in the physics category, and seven other awards from various organizations. As a grand prize winner, Bowman will be able to advance to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) this May in Los Angeles. This fair includes over 1600 students from approximately 60 countries. Bowman participated in the ISEF last year as well, winning fourth place in the physics category and a first place award from the American Vacuum Society.
Bowman’s project involved the construction of a small dense plasma focus using simplistic components and systems. He was able to perform preliminary tests establishing the device’s potential utility as an X-ray source and nuclear fusion research tool. In addition, the plasma focus has many potential applications in the microfabrication and materials industries, including X-ray lithography, thin film deposition, and etching. Bowman plans to continue his research with the apparatus this summer, focusing on the device’s nuclear applications as an X-ray source and as an effective fusion-based neutron source.
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My recommendation if you want to find him is to email the chair of the Science Dept. at Montgomery Bell Academy. Perhaps he could do a summer internship with LPP or take a gap year to work with LPP before college. Or, we could communicate with him via email.