About us: IST and IPFN

The IST (Instituto Superior Técnico) is the School of Engineering of the Technical University of Lisbon, founded in 1911. Actually, IST has more than 10300 students (BSc, MSc and PhD), where 15% are PhD students and 15% are foreigners. There are 1030 faculty members and several Education Programmes (19 BSc, 24 MSc and 28 PhD) are offered. IST is organized in 8 Departments (Civil Engineering and Architecture, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Engineering and Management, Physics and Mathematics) and hosts 33 Research Units and Research Laboratories.

The IPFN (Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear) is a Research Laboratory with 90 researchers with PhD and 141 grant holders (PhD and MSC students). The main intervention areas are control and data acquisition, microwave diagnostics, remote handling, plasma theory and modeling.

A short summary of IPFN main indicators can be found here.

IPFN has been developing ATCA systems for nuclear fusion experiments. Extensive Research and Development capabilities have allowed IPFN to play a significant role in this field. Through intensive collaborations with several research institutions, our solutions have always been at the forefront of technology. Focused on the needs of our customers, IPFN products have achieved a maturity level on which your physics community or your company can leverage. Should you want to know more about ATCA instrumentation or about our products do not hesitate to contact us.

IPFN has also been involved in the development of microwave diagnostics for fusion devices since 1988 leading to the signature of the contract for the development of the ITER Plasma Position Reflectometry System. Please see the short movie below with an overview of the activities leading to the signature of the contract for the development of the ITER Plasma Position Reflectometry.