{"id":85579,"date":"2022-12-14T14:19:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T19:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=85579"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:18","slug":"carleton-experts-available-nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2022\/carleton-experts-available-nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Experts Available: Nuclear Fusion Energy Breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton Experts Available: Nuclear Fusion Energy Breakthrough\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have announced a major breakthrough in the pursuit of nuclear fusion \u2014 a historic milestone that could eventually pave the way for abundant clean energy in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carleton experts are available to discuss this announcement including its importance in the context of net-zero transition and the challenges facing fusion as an energy source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in speaking with an expert below, please feel free to reach out to them directly. If you require other assistance, please email Jena Lynde-Smith, Communications Officer, at jena.lyndesmith@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ahmed Abdulla<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: ahmed.abdulla3@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdulla is available to speak to the importance of this announcement in the context of the net-zero transition, how fusion might play a role in deep decarbonization, and the engineering challenges that remain to realize its potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abdulla co-leads the Alternative Pathways for the Energy Transition (APEX) research group at Carleton, a group of highly interdisciplinary engineers devoted to accelerating the transition to a deeply decarbonized energy system in Canada and across the world in order to avert the worst consequences of climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information on Abdulla: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/profile\/ahmed-abdulla\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mustafa Bahran <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructor, Department of Physics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: mustafa.bahran@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahran available to speak on the nuclear fusion energy announcement and what it means for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahran is an international expert in nuclear energy and scientist by training. He is a previous member of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna 2004-2006), a former minister of electricity and energy in Yemen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information on Bahran: https:\/\/physics.carleton.ca\/people\/contract-instructor\/dr-mustafa-bahran<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kristen Schell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: kristen.schell@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schell\u2019s area of expertise includes studying and modeling the alternative sustainable energy generation options we have to speed the net-zero transition of our energy system. She teaches the nuclear energy processes (fission and fusion) to Carleton\u2019s Sustainable Energy Engineering students and is co-lead of the Apex lab with Abdulla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schell is available to speak on the engineering challenges facing fusion as an electricity source, in the context of our historical experience with fission power. She can also discuss the difference between fission and fusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information on Schell: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/profile\/kristen-schell\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Media Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jena Lynde-Smith (she\/her)
\nCommunications Officer
\nCarleton University
\n613-325-6330
\njena.lyndesmith@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have announced a major breakthrough in the pursuit of nuclear fusion \u2014 a historic milestone that could eventually pave the way for abundant clean energy in the future. Carleton experts are available to discuss this announcement including its importance in the context of net-zero transition and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":85580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-experts-available"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85587,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85579\/revisions\/85587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}