Part I – Scientific Activities

    Tokamak ISTTOK

    Summary and highlights of research achievements

    Participation in the COMPASS programme

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    Part II – Scientific Output

    A. Publications  

    Books and book chapters

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    Papers in international refereed scientific journals

     


    Author(s)

    R.B. Gomes, R.Mateus; E. Alves, H. Fernandes, C. Silva, P. Duarte

    Paper title

    Hydrogen retention in gallium samples exposed to ISTTOK plasmas

    Journal name

    Fusion Engineering and Design

    Volume, page

     

    Year

    2011

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    Author(s)

    Carlos G Silva et al

    Paper title

    Characterization of the poloidal asymmetries in the ISTTOK edge plasma

    Journal name

    Plasma Physics and Controled Fusion

    Volume, page

     

    Year

    2011

     

    Author(s)

    R.B. Gomes, R.Mateus; E. Alves, H. Fernandes, C. Silva, P. Duarte

    Paper title

    Hydrogen retention in gallium samples exposed to ISTTOK plasmas

    Journal name

    Fusion Engineering and Design

    Volume, page

     

    Year

    2011

     

    Author(s)

    I.S. Nedzelskiy, C. Silva, P. Duarte, and H. Fernandes

    Paper title

    Ion temperature fluctuation measurements using a retarding field analyzer

    Journal name

    Review of Scientific Instruments

    Volume, page

    82, 043505

    Year

    2011

     

    B. Publications and contributions in conferences and workshops

    Papers in conference proceedings

     

    Author(s)

     

    Paper title

     

    Conference

     

    Volume, page

     

    Year

     

    Invited talks

     

    Conference

    Encontro Brasileiro de Física 2011

    Start-end date

    5 a 10 de junho de 2011

    Location

    Foz Iguaçu

    Author(s)

    Fernandes, H.

    Talk title

    The growth of physics

     

     

    Conference

    21º Encuentro Ibérico para la enseñanza de la física

    Start-end date

    19-23 Setembro de 2011

    Location

    Santander, Spain

    Author(s)

    Fernandes, H.

    Talk title

    Laboratorios remotos y virtuales de Física

     

     

    Oral contributions  

     

    Conference

    1st Experiment@ International Conference

    Start-end date

    17-18 Nov, 2011

    Location

    Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

    Author(s)

    J. Loureiro, H. Fernandes, C. Silva

    Talk title

    Plasma Experiment for e-lab

     

    Conference

    1st Experiment@ International Conference

    Start-end date

    17-18 Nov, 2011

    Location

    Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

    Author(s)

    R. B. Henriques, A. S. Duarte, H. Fernandes, T. Pereira, J. Fortunato, J. Pereira

    Talk title

    Generic protocol for hardware control @ e-lab

     

    Conference

    1st Experiment@ International Conference

    Start-end date

    17-18 Nov, 2011

    Location

    Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

    Author(s)

    S. Leal, J. P. Leal, H. Fernandes

    Talk title

    A blended-learning approach to the Boyle-Mariotte law

     

    Conference

    1st Experiment@ International Conference

    Start-end date

    17-18 Nov, 2011

    Location

    Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

    Author(s)

    V. Monteiro, A. Pereira, H. Fernandes

    Talk title

    “FQ em rede” and “e-lab”, Openning the school laboratories

     

     

     Posters

     

    Conference

     

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    C. Other publications and outputs  

    Patents

    "SEGUIDOR SOLAR DE BAIXO PERFIL", INPI nº 106068, 21/12/2011.

     

    Laboratorial prototypes

    Adaptation of the high resolution spectrometer (CIII line) for doppler measurements on the COMPASS tokamak.

    2-D probe array (W/BN) for the tokamak ISTTOK.

    Ball-pen probe adaptation for the tokamak ISTTOK.


    D. Education and training

    H. Fernandes was the local coordinator of the European Doctorate in Fusion Science and Engineering at IST and member of it's academic council.

    H. Fernandes was member of the Erasmus Mundus Doctorate Steering Commitee (lead by Ghent).

    H. Fernandes was the coordinator of the Athens course (http://www.athensprogramme.com/) on "E-lab - Remotely controlled Physics laboratories " for foreigner students.

    Doctorate theses completed  

    A. Neto, "The JET Vertical Stabilisation Controller Framework", IST/UTL, Lisbon (May 2011), supervised by H. Fernandes.

    Master’s theses completed

    N. Silva, "SYNCHRONOUS WOUND-ROTOR ELECTRICAL MACHINE CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC AIRPLANE TAXIING",  IST/UTL, Lisbon (October 2011), supervised by H. Fernandes.

    J. Barcia, "Human electrooculography interface", IST/UTL, Lisbon (March 2011), supervised by H. Fernandes.

    Short training courses

    H. Fernandes was supervisor of Marcin Gębski, Technical University of Lodz, Poland, 2011 during its 3 months activity at IPFN.

     

    E. Distinctions and awards

    Scientific committees of conferences and workshops

    Horácio Fernandes was member of the 21º Encuentro Ibérico de Enseñanza de la Física scientific committee, held at Santander, Spain, 19-23 de September 2011.

    Horácio Fernandes was member of the 1st Experiment@ International Conference scientific committee held at Fundação Caloust Gulbenkian, Portugal,17-18 November 2011.

    Management activities

    H. Fernandes was a member of the IPFN management board.

    H. Fernandes was the treasurer of Sociedade Portuguesa de Física.

    H. Fernandes was IST physics department vice-president (treasurer).

    H. Fernandes served as a consultant specialist on the Fusion4Energy Techinal Advisor Panel (TAP).

    H. Fernandes served as member of IST School Assembly.

    H. Fernandes was the Tokamak ISTTOK project coordinator.

    Refereeing of scientific publications

    H. Fernandes served in 2011 as referee for Review of Scientific Instruments 

    H. Fernandes served in 2011 as referee for Fusion Engineering and Design

    H. Fernandes served in 2011 as referee for Transactions on Nuclear Science

    H. Fernandes served in 2011 as referee on the International Conference on Nuclear Engineering

    H. Fernandes served in 2011 as referee on the Experiment@ International Conference 2011.

     Projects/funding awarded

    H. Fernandes was nominated principal investigator of the IAEA No. 17003/R0 concerning Research Project: “Tokamak Diagnostics, Plasma Control and Data Analysis”.

    H. Fernandes was granted principal investigator for the FUSENET remote lab project.

    E. Public Information activities

    Media accounts of research

    H. Fernandes was  interviewed for the EFDA magazine about the MARTe aplication to wind turbines ("Fusion software used for wind turbines")

    H. Fernandes published an article on Gazeta de Física intitle "e-lab: o laboratório online" VOL. 33 - N . 3 / 4, 2010.

    Science communication to the public 

    H. Fernandes served as a professor in coaching activities for secondary teachers (IPFN course on Nuclear Fusion for secondary professors).

    H. Fernandes maitain a regular activivity in visit support to ISTTOK tokamak.

    H. Fernandes was an activity coordinator in the "UTL in summer" for secondary students related with renewable energy (solar tracking devices)

    H. Fernandes maintain regular webinars (e-lab for secondary teachers) within the FQ network community.

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