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Sam Miller and his thesis committee.

Sam Miller Defends Thesis and Joins LLE

Sam Miller has successfully defended his thesis entitled “Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Inertial Confinement Fusion: Physics, Numerical Methods, and Implementation.” His research highlighted the importance of target defects, both surface and…

Employees gathered in the LLE Lobby to pay tribute to Mike Campbell in an informal retirement gathering.

Employees Gather to Pay Tribute to Retiring Director

Fusion meeting in the White House, participants including Mike Campbell gathered around a table.

White House Fusion Energy Summit

On March 17, LLE Director Dr. Mike Campbell participated in a White House sponsored summit on fusion energy. The summit was motivated by President Biden’s commitment to decarbonize energy production…

Four images of safety inspections in OMEGA EP.

Monthly Safety Inspections

LLE Representation in the Genesee Staff Council

FLASH simulations of the TDYNO platform.

“Strong suppression of heat conduction in a laboratory replica of galaxy-cluster turbulent plasmas” by J. Meinecke et al. to appear on Science Advances

An international team led by Oxford Physics, University of Rochester, and University of Chicago scientists was able to unravel the inner workings of heat conduction in the largest structures in…

Petros Tzeferacos explains FLASH simulations.

The University of Rochester Welcomes the Flash Center for Computational Science

January 18, 2022

We are pleased and excited to announce that, as of October 25, 2021, the Flash Center for Computational Science officially moved from the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the…

Chris Deeney in cleanroom attire standing in OMEGA EP.

Chris Deeney Tours OMEGA EP

January 11, 2022

LLE Deputy Director, Chris Deeney, was recently given a tour of the OMEGA EP Laser and Target Bays. The in-depth tour revealed the quality of engineering and operations, rigorous maintenance…