👉 Fusion engineering is the interdisciplinary field dedicated to harnessing the power of nuclear fusion, a process that mimics the energy production in the sun. It involves designing and developing technologies to confine and heat a plasma—a state of matter consisting of charged particles—at extremely high temperatures and pressures, enabling the nuclei of light atomic nuclei to fuse and release vast amounts of energy. This engineering encompasses a wide range of scientific and technological challenges, including plasma confinement using magnetic fields (as in tokamaks and stellarators), achieving and maintaining the necessary conditions for sustained fusion reactions, and developing materials that can withstand the extreme environments within fusion reactors. The ultimate goal of fusion engineering is to create a clean, virtually limitless energy source that could revolutionize power generation while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.
