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This collaborative RENEW project leverages the collective strengths of the ORNL and six educational and research institutions. Together, we are extending the impact of this initiative by offering internship and mentorship opportunities to a broad student body, while also advancing the integration of fusion education and workforce development. The progress of this effort is guided by the expertise of researchers and faculty from ORNL and our partner institutions, whose contact information is provided below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
<\/strong>Yuqiao (Joy) Fan (fany1@ornl.gov)
Arnold Lumsdaine (lumsdainea@ornl.gov)
Rinkle Juneja (junejar@ornl.gov)
Monica Gehrig (gehrigml@ornl.gov)
Louise Ferris (ferrisal@ornl.gov)
Yuchen Jiang (jiangy@ornl.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennessee Tech University
<\/strong>Peng Zhang (pzhang@tntech.edu)
Mohan Rao (mrao@tntech.edu)
Rajni Chahal(rchahal@tntech.edu)
Manish Sharma (mksharma@tntech.edu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennessee State University
<\/strong>Ranganathan Parthasarathy (rparthas@tnstate.edu)
Lin Li (lli1@tnstate.edu)
Mohammad Habibi (mhabibi@tnstate.edu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuskegee University
<\/strong>Firas Akasheh (fakasheh@tuskegee.edu)
Olakunle Harrison (oharrison@tuskegee.edu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southern Adventist University
<\/strong>Sean Walters (swalters@southern.edu)
Vola Andrianarijaona (avola@southern.edu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Missouri University of Science and Technology
<\/strong>Joshua Schlegel (schlegelj@mst.edu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
<\/strong>David Donovan (ddonovan@utk.edu)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Industry Partners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project also benefits tremendously from the involvement of leading fusion companies, including: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Focused Energy Inc., General Fusion, Kyoto Fusioneering America, Realta Fusion Inc., SHINE Technologies, LLC, TAE Technologies, Inc., Thea Energy, Tokamak Energy, Inc., Type One Energy, and Xcimer Energy Corporation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

These companies play a critical role in this project by: <\/p>\n\n\n\n