Sanjay Gangadhara

Postdoctoral Researcher
Nuclear Engineering Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Resume and Curriculum Vitae

• Resume: [ PDF (36 kB) ]
• Curriculum Vitae: [ PDF (44 kB) ]

Background and Education

• High School Education: California High School, San Ramon, CA 94583
• Undergraduate Education: University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
• Graduate Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
PhD thesis Dissertation: Abstract / Full Text [ PDF (8.4 MB) ]

Professional Interests

• In General: Plasma Physics
• More Specific: Magnetically Confined Fusion
• Even More Specific: Divertor Physics

Recent Presentations

• 15th International Conference on Plasma-Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices, May 27-31, 2002, Gifu, Japan. Poster.
  "Flow Measurements in the Scrape-Off Layer of Alcator C-Mod using Impurity Plumes"
  Abstract: [ PDF (34 kB) ] / Full Poster: [ PDF (3.4 MB) ]


• DPP-APS Annual Meeting, October 29 - November 2, 2001, Long Beach, California. Oral.
  "Results from Impurity Transport Experiments in the Edge Plasma of Alcator C-Mod using Impurity Dispersal Plumes"
  Abstract / Oral Presentation [ PDF (3.6 MB) ]


• 14th International Conference on Plasma-Surface Interations in Controlled Fusion Devices, May 22-26, 2000, Rosenheim, Germany. Poster.
  "Impurity Transport Experiments in the Edge Plasma of Alcator C-Mod using Gas Injection Plumes"
  Abstract / Full Poster: [ PDF (2.4 MB) ] / Paper: [ PDF (610 kB) ]


• DPP-APS Annual Meeting, November 15-19, 1999, Seattle, Washington. Poster.
  "Initial Results from a 3-D Trace Impurity Imaging System for Alcator C-Mod"
  Abstract

Research-related Papers

• S. Gangadhara and B. LaBombard, "Flow Measurements in the Scrape-Off Layer of Alcator C-Mod using Impurity Plumes", J. Nucl. Mater., 313-316 (2003) 1167-1172.
  [ Full Text + Links ]


• S. Gangadhara, B. LaBombard, et al., "Impurity Transport Studies in Tokamak Edge Plasmas using Visible Imaging", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 30, No. 1 (2002) 76-77. [ PDF (244 kB) ]


• Y.J. Yang, "Report of Summer NUF (PPPL) Research on Impurity Transport Experiments in the SOL plasma of Alcator C-Mod", submitted to PPPL (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory) as a requirement for participation in the National Undergraduate Fellowship Program in Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy Sciences, August 2001. [ PDF (1.6 MB) ]


• S. Gangadhara, B. LaBombard, C. MacLatchy, "Impurity Transport Experiments in the Edge Plasma of Alcator C-Mod using Gas-Injection Plumes", J. Nucl. Mater., 290-293 (2001) 598-603. [ Full Text + Links ]


• B. LaBombard, S. Gangadhara, et al., "A novel tracer-gas injection system for Scrape-Off Layer Impurity Transport and Screening Experiments", J. Nucl. Mater., 266-269 (1999) 571-576. [ Full Text + Links ]

Hobbies & Interests

• Following national sports at ESPN, and sports from my alma mater UC Berkeley
• Reading "news" at The Onion