Dr. Adam Steiner
Research Electrical Engineer Sr.
Sandia National Laboratories

Biography

Adam Steiner received B.S. degrees in nuclear engineering and physics from North Carolina State University in 2010, and he received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences department at the University of Michigan in 2012 and 2016, respectively. From 2016 to 2019, he worked in the Revolutionary Technologies Program at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, where he developed megajoule-class pulsed power drivers for plasma sources, neutral beam accelerators, and magnetic confinement coils on Lockheed’s compact fusion reactor concept. He joined the technical staff in the Advanced Accelerator Physics department at Sandia National Laboratories in 2019. In this role, he has led initiatives to diagnose and mitigate dielectric breakdown failure modes on the Z machine; design a 3 MJ, 10 MV Marx-driven water line module for next-generation pulsed power technology development; and predict component failure rates and maintenance cycles on proposed next-generation pulsed power facility concepts. Dr. Steiner is the principal investigator on multiple recent and ongoing laboratory-directed research and development (LDRD) initiatives focusing on pulsed power component modernization, including the development of flashover-resistant composite insulators and higher reliability plasma closing switches.

Monday, March 3. 2025
10:00 am seminar
Brooks Hall, 318

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