Justin E. Barton Email & Phone Number

Niskayuna, NY, USA

Bethlehem, PA, USA

I conducted research aimed at advancing the state-of-the-art in optimizing and actively controlling the magnetic and thermal state evolution of the reactant plasma in nuclear fusion magnetic confinement tokamak devices with the goals of enabling the study of desired operating regimes, making operating scenarios more reproducible, controlling the proximity.

Bethlehem, PA, USA

Introduction to Engineering Practice (Instructor): I co-developed a hands-on mini wind turbine design project to provide first year students with an introduction to the many principles utilized in mechanical engineering. We first introduced the students to the SolidWorks 3D computer aided design modeling software and assisted them in designing mini wind.

Centre De Recherches En Physique Des Plasmas (CRPP), Lausanne, Switzerland

I developed a general physics-based modeling approach to convert the physics models that describe the plasma electrical current profile and internal energy dynamics in tokamaks into a form suitable for control algorithm design for general, reactor-relevant, burning (one with a significant number of fusion reactions) plasma scenarios. I then tailored the.

Fusion Energy Research Group, San Diego, CA, USA

Utilizing the Simulink modeling software, I developed a simulation model of the distributed dynamics of the plasma electrical current profile in the DIII-D tokamak. This simulation model was subsequently interfaced with the DIII-D Plasma Control System (PCS) to test the real-time code utilized to control the plasma current profile evolution in the DIII-D.

Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

I designed an application using LabVIEW to map various kinds of temperature calculations onto a 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) model of a test piece as colors in real time. The application was designed to: be computationally efficient for real-time deployment, be easily configurable to any test section with any geometry, provide the end user with a.

Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

I developed an preliminary application using LabVIEW to map various kinds of temperature calculations onto a 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) model of a test piece as colors in real time. Additionally, I completed LabVIEW training courses (Basics I and II, Intermediate I and II and Advanced) at Data Science Automation to enhance my knowledge of LabVIEW.

Research And Development Division, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

I composed process flow diagrams and wrote process descriptions of the subsystems in the Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion Technology-Pilot Test Facility (PFBC-PTF), which is a next generation coal power plant designed to burn waste coal. In order to test the flow of the coal-paste fuel without needing to start the entire plant, I designed a separate.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: American Physical Society (APS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Rossin Doctoral Fellows

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering (Minor In Aerospace Engineering), With Highest Honors

Activities and Societies: Rossin Junior Fellows, Pi Tau Sigma Honorary Mechanical Engineering Fraternity, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor.