Research

Research Interests

• Nuclear Fusion & Tokamaks; Scalar & Profile Control of Tokamak Plasmas; Integrated Control & Actuator Management in Tokamaks; Tokamak Scenario Optimization; AI-Driven Fusion Solutions
• Nonlinear Control; Adaptive Control; Optimal & Robust Control; Adaptive Dynamic Programming; Nonparametric Estimation; RKHS Embedding Methods; Reinforcement Learning

Research Experience

Experimental Campaigns at Major International Fusion Research Facilities

• Optimal Actuator Allocation for Integrated Control, TCV, Swiss Plasma Center, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Dec 2025, planned)
  • Working on an actuator allocation framework for integrated plasma control that optimizes the distribution of control authority across multiple actuators.
  • Collaborating with the Swiss Plasma Center team and ITER researchers on implementing the framework within the TCV digital plasma control system.
  • Designing experiments to validate the efficacy of the proposed allocation algorithm during various plasma control test cases.
• Advanced Density Control in DIII-D for ITER and Beyond, DIII-D National Fusion Facility, General Atomics, San Diego, CA, USA (April 2025)
  • Supervised the development of a model reference adaptive plasma density controller that incorporates gas puffing delays.
  • Collaborated with researchers at DIII-D, General Atomics, USA, and KSTAR, KIFE, Korea.
  • Demonstrated the ability to adaptively regulate plasma density in real-time using pellet injection and delayed gas puffing.
• Advanced Density Regulation for ITER and Future Reactors by Simultaneous Gas Puffing and Pellet Injection, KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research), Korea Institute of Fusion Energy, Daejeon, South Korea (January 2025)
  • Assisted in the development and validation of plasma control system (PCS) infrastructure to mimic ITER-like delayed gas puffing.
  • Partnered with KIFE specialists in plasma control and pellet injection systems.
  • Validated the robustness of the PCS in replicating ITER-like delayed gas puffing conditions.