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John Smith

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Dr. Matthew J Moynihan has been working in fusion for 9 years as a researcher and advocate.  He hold a PhD, MS in chemical engineering from the University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics.  He holds a BS in chemical engineering and a minor in mathematics from the University at Buffalo.  His PhD thesis was chaired by Dr. Ricardo Betti, winner of the 2012 Ernest O Lawrence Award and 2009 Edward Teller Medal.  From 2006 to 2013, he was a Horton Fellow working on subsystems for the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Labs.

In 2009, he founded The Polywell Blog - a source for information, analysis and context for the polywell and related fusion research.  He is the author of 35 posts, over a dozen films and has networked the idea across 29 web platforms.  He has over 1.3 million Google+ views and has spoken on fusion topics to a wide range of stakeholders.  

My Interview on The Space Show - May 26, 2015 - discussing alternative fusion

New Polywell Paper in Physical Reviews X (6-11-2015)

My Industry Tap Article - US Fusion Funding: A Call For Change -

My Blog: The Polywell Blog

The Polywell Lecture at Microsoft - Jan 22, 2015

The Polywell in SCIENCE (July 2014)

 

Other Profiles:

Twitter

GitHub

Google+

Quora

Proposals

Energy Supply: Chemosynthetic Management of the Water/Energy/Nutrient Nexus-WENNMar 6, 2015
Teaching Fusion To The Public (On Wikipedia)Mar 9, 2015
Trees for Food SecurityMar 26, 2015
Teaching Fusion To The General PublicMar 29, 2016
Robotic Solar ArmadaMay 5, 2015

Proposal Links

Low Carbon USA the Easy WaySep 4, 2015
Establishment of a sound technical system to distribute emissions reductionsOct 13, 2015
Acacia: Answer to Climate Change, Economic Empowerment & Food Security in ASALsJan 31, 2018
Establishment of a sound technical system to distribute emissions reductionsOct 13, 2015
A Carbon Negative Infrastructure and Economy: A Systems Design/Mngmt ApproachDec 11, 2015
Nuclear-Solar Climate ClubNov 4, 2015

Supporting

It's the 21st Century. Where's My Fusion Reactor?Jun 24, 2013
Biodiversity CorridorsApr 14, 2015
ClimateCoin 2015Apr 14, 2015
Energy Supply: Chemosynthetic Management of the Water/Energy/Nutrient Nexus-WENNJun 10, 2015
Poverty and pollution Free Rice Bran BiodieselApr 14, 2015
Best Adaptation to Water Scarcity caused by Climate Change in Himalayan regionsApr 14, 2015
Teaching Fusion To The Public (On Wikipedia)Mar 9, 2015
The 1 kWh Advantage !Apr 14, 2015
Reclaiming land and irrigation of drought prone areas in western states.Apr 14, 2015
Robotic Solar ArmadaMay 17, 2015
Renewable plus Nuclear Conversation #ReNuLRCJun 24, 2015

Activities

John Smith updated a proposal Teaching Fusion To The General PublicMar 29, 2016
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