UMERC Faculty Member

William Dorland, Associate Professor
Physics, with appointments in the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP), and the Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modelling (CSCAMM)
Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Phone: 301.405.1608
Email: bdorland@umd.edu  |  website

Statement of energy interests and expertise

My research in energy technology is focused on improving the viability of magnetic confinement schemes for controlled nuclear fusion. More specifically, I am working on developing and testing theoretical descriptions of turbulence in magnetized plasma from first-principles. Turbulence enhances both the transport and absorption of energy in hot, magnetized plasma, and is the most critical remaining physics problem to be solved in the area of nuclear fusion energy research.

Research Projects:

• Astrophysical Turbulence
• Computational Physics
• Simulations of Collisionless Plasma Turbulence