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LLE’s Cryogenic and Tritium Facility Sets New Record in 2024

December 16, 2024

The Laboratory for Laser Energetics’ (LLE) Cryogenic and Tritium Facility (C&TF) has achieved a remarkable milestone by successfully transferring 51 consecutive cryogenic deuterium–tritium (DT) targets since April 12, 2024. This…

SBIR Phase II with Sydor Technologies and LLE.

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

LLE and Sydor Technologies Awarded $1.15M DOE Phase II SBIR Grant for Fusion Research

November 19, 2024

Photo portrait of Kaan Aytekin.

Kaan Aytekin Receives APS Outstanding Student Poster Award

October 30, 2024

Kaan Aytekin, a junior at the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of Rochester and a member of LLE’s Undergraduate Education Program, has just won an…

An artistic depiction of an accretion disk and an image of a simulation.

OMEGA 60-Beam Laser System Helps Shed Light onto Black Hole Accretion Disks

October 8, 2024

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

LLE Research Team Wins 2024 John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research

September 16, 2024

Two figures from Review of Scientific Instruments by Joseph Katz.

Manuscript on Thomson-Scattering Diagnostics Chosen As Editor’s Pick

September 9, 2024

Group photo of BEST students (top) and High school students program (bottom).

A Summer of Science for Rochester-Area High School Students

August 30, 2024

Congratulations to the students who dedicated their time to gaining invaluable hands-on experience in the fields of science and technology. Through the BEST (Broad Exposure to Science and Technology) and…

Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

LLE and Focused Energy, Part of the INFUSE Network, Secure DOE Grant to Advance Fusion Research

August 16, 2024

Portrait of Jason Puth.

Jason Puth Takes Helm as Omega Facility Division Director

Portrait of JJ Ruby

LLE Alumnus JJ Ruby Supports Houston Astros with Physics and Engineering

Varchas Gopalaswamy Appointed Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Varchas Gopalaswamy, LLE Scientist in the Integrated Modeling Group, has been appointed to the position of Assistant Professor (Research) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Gopalaswamy, who has worked at…

Eddy Wu standing by his scientific poster at a conference booth.

Pittsford Sutherland Graduate Eddy Wu Receives ISEF Award

Congratulations to recent Pittsford Sutherland High School graduate Eddy Wu, who attended the week-long Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles this past May, together with winners…