Christopher Andersen
Undergraduate Researcher
- Email: caander9@ncsu.edu
About:
I am an undergraduate student in the FPAC lab. I am currently pursuing a bachelors degree in Nuclear Engineering with a minor in applied mathematics. My academic focus is on fusion plasmas and radio-frequency (RF) attenuation.
Research Interests:
My research focus is in the area of faraday shield and plasma chamber design. I am driven by a desire to expand the knowledge of the areas I am studying and to increase the accuracy of the results we acquire. I am enjoying to collaborate with my peers to work towards our common goal in fusion research.
Current Projects:
I am working on the construction of an actively cooled faraday shield for use in the LUPIN ion source test stand. My role is to design the slit geometry and perform the thermal and fluid flow simulations. I am also working on construction of the WOLVERINE antenna configuration for LUPIN. My role is to develop methods to characterize the WOLVERINE coils, construct the plasma chamber, and help with the design of the matching network required to create plasmas.
Outside the Lab:
When not doing work, I am an avid sailor, flyfisherman, and gamer. You can find me practicing for the NCSU sailing team at lake Crabtree on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and racing Navy 44s at the US Naval Academy on the weekends. At night, you can find me on various professional player’s twitch.tv streams playing Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds.