Events - IPFN

Upcoming Events

ECLIM 2024 - 37th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter

We are pleased to announce the 37th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter (ECLIM 2024), to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on September 16-20, 2024. ECLIM is a biennial conference hosted in Europe representing, since its first edition in 1966, a historic meeting for scientists working on the physics of laser-matter interaction with emphasis on laser fusion, laser-produced plasmas, particle generation and acceleration, laser-driven X-ray and EUV sources. The Conference is aimed to stimulate the development of research in the broad field of laser-matter interactions using high-power lasers, offering the opportunity to present and discuss new results and projects in a rather informal atmosphere.

Place: IST Congress Centre, Alameda Campus, Lisbon
September 16-20, 2024 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa More information

Seminar: From Huygens to ESTHER

Focusing on previous ESA missions and studies, the talk shall illustrate their link with basic research in the field of aerodynamics and plasmas and more specifically of nonequilibrium radiating flows. Huygens mainly, but also IRDT (Inflatable Reentry and Descent Technology Demonstrator), IRENE (Italian Reentry Nacelle Experiment, to test a deployable braking device) and PHOEBUS (a demonstrator for future sample return capsules) shall be presented. The link with the computation of non-equilibrium radiative flows and their validation shall lead to the presentation of selected European facilities that have been involved in the validation of physical-chemical models. The challenges for future development and research shall be outlined. This seminar will be presented by Prof. Lionel Marraffa.

Place: Meeting Room, Physics Department building, 2nd floor, Campus da Alameda
Thursday June 23, 2022, 11h-13h Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa More information

PhD Thesis presentations

Every year, students develop their research with IPFN, and here we announce the dates and subjects of the several presentations regarding our investigation. To find out when and where the presentations will occur, click on the "More Information" button.

At the moment, there are no PhD thesis to announce.

2021 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon

MSc Thesis presentations

Every year, students from the Master’s program in Engineering Physics at IST develop their final thesis with IPFN, and here we announce the dates and subjects of the several presentations regarding our investigation.

At the moment, there are no MSc thesis to announce.

2021 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon

Past Events

Seminar: State-of-the-Art Mobile Radiation Detection Systems for Different Scenarios

In the last decade, new developments in mobile radiation detection systems brought new improvements and challenges in the detection, quantification, localization and identification of radioactive sources or the mapping of a contaminated areas. For this analysis four scenario types will be considered. Small platforms such as unmanned vehicles, in particular unmanned aerial vehicles, requires higher efficient and energy resolution detectors together with other features such as: compactness, reliability, low-cost, low power consumption and less expensive devices. This seminar will be presented by PhD student Major Luís Marques (CIDIUM/AFA), under the supervision of researchers dr. Alberto Vale (IPFN/IST) and dr. Pedro Vaz (C2TN/IST).

Place: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/86515338837
March 24, 2021 - 11:00 am Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa More information

ECPD 2019

The European Conference on Plasma Diagnostics is a biennial event which aims at bringing together physicists or other scientists working on diagnostics for magnetic confinement fusion, beam plasmas and inertial fusion, low-temperature and industrial plasmas, and basic and astrophysical plasmas.

The third edition of the Conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal starting from 6th and finishing on 10th of May 2019.

May 6 to 10, 2019 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa More information

PlasmaSurf 2019

PlasmaSurf is a summer school on plasma physics, intense lasers and nuclear fusion, tailored for BSc/MSc engineering and physics students. It is a great opportunity to get an insight into these topics with a view to a future career, or to complement your curricular training by broadening your knowledge in an exciting and forefront area of physics.

July 14 to 20, 2019 Lisbon More information

Colloquium: Plasma non-equilibrium at work: key to success of energy technologies?

Richard van de Sanden is the Director of the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), seeking to build the interdisciplinary networks capable of solving the score of the scientific questions involved. His research efforts are focused on two themes: solar fuels for sustainable energy storage and transport, and fusion as a clean, safe and inexhaustible power source.

December 9, 2016 - 11:30 am Abreu Faro Auditorium, IST More information

PlasmaSurf Summer Course 2016

PlasmaSurf is a summer school on plasma physics, intense lasers and nuclear fusion, taylored for BSc/MSc engineering and physics students. It is a great oportunity to get an insight into these topics with a view to a future career, or to complement your curricular training by broadening your knowledge in an exciting area of physics.

July 10 to 15, 2016 Oeiras, Lisbon More information

Crash Course on Parallel Computing for Fusion - 24h Tecnico.ULisboa

The Crash Course on Parallel Computing for Fusion - 24h Tecnico.ULisboa is a course intended for Master and PhD students with a fusion-relevant study topic, that have some previous knowledge on programming but want to learn and increase their skills in advanced computing, in particular parallelisation.

June 20 to 23, 2016 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon More information

EFTC 2015

The 16th edition of the European Fusion Theory Conference was held in Lisbon, Portugal, between the 5th and the 8th of October of 2015. The aim of the conference is to provide a discussion forum covering all areas of fusion-oriented theoretical activities.

October 5 to 8, 2015 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon More information

EPS 2015

This conference continues a series of plasma physics conferences organized by the European Physical Society (EPS) covering the wide field of plasma physics, from nuclear fusion research to low temperature plasmas, as well as space and astrophysical plasmas.

June 22 to 26, 2015 Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon More information

ANIMMA 2015

Nuclear instrumentation and measurement methods in nuclear environments are key aspects that contribute to the quality of scientific programmes in the fields of physics, energy, the fuel cycle and waste management. Furthermore, measurements relying on nuclear physics now play an important role in various fields of application such as biology, medicine and the environment.

April 20 to 24, 2015 Lisbon Congress Center More information

ICPP 2014

The International Conference on Plasma Physics (ICPP 2014) took place in Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal. The scope of ICPP is to discuss the recent progress and to establish a view of the future of Plasma Science.

September 15 to 19, 2014 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon More information

20th European Fusion Physics Workshop

The 20th European Fusion Physics Workshop (EFPW20) took place from 3 to 5 December 2012 at the Hotel Vila Galé in Ericeira, Portugal, and was hosted by the Association EURATOM - Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). The title of the workshop was "Power Exhaust in Fusion Devices: from Conventional to Innovative Solutions".

December 3 to 5, 2012 Ericeira, Lisbon More information

SOFT 2010

The objective of the Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT) is to exchange information on design, construction and operation of fusion experiments and on the technology for present fusion machines, the next step and power plants.

September 21 to October 1, 2010 Porto More information

RT10

RT10 is a multidisciplinary conference devoted to the latest developments on real time techniques in the fields of plasma and nuclear fusion, particle physics, nuclear physics and astrophysics, space science, accelerators, medical physics and any radiation instrumentation.

May 24 to 28, 2010 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon More information

RadHard2010

The first topical Workshop on "Radiation Hardness Measurement, Testing and Materials" – RadHard2010 - was held from 16 to 18 March 2010, at Instituto Superior Técnico. The main purpose of the workshop is bringing the various experts together from all EIRO's and allowing for exchange between them on methodologies and experiences in this specific field, and providing some seeds for future cooperation.

March 16 to 18, 2010 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon More information

9th International Reflectometry Workshop

The 9th International Reflectometry Workshop for fusion plasma diagnostics was organized in co-operation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by the Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear (IPFN) of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). The workshop was held in Lisbon, Portugal, at the IST premises from 4th to 6th May 2009.

May 4 to 6, 2009 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon More information

Ação de Formação em Lasers 2018

O IPFN organiza mais uma Ação de Formação em Lasers, destinada para professores de Física-Química do Ensino Secundário e do 3º Ciclo do EB.
A formação irá decorrer de 5 a 7 de Setembro, no Instituto Superior Técnico, em Lisboa. Será uma formação em experiências de óptica e lasers, que inlcui a oferta de um kit. Esta formação é acreditada pelo CCPFC, e é gratuita.

5-7 Setembro 2018 Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa Mais informação

PlasmaSurf 2018

PlasmaSurf is a summer school on plasma physics, intense lasers and nuclear fusion, tailored for BSc/MSc engineering and physics students. It is a great opportunity to get an insight into these topics with a view to a future career, or to complement your curricular training by broadening your knowledge in an exciting and forefront area of physics.

July 8 to 14, 2018 Lisbon More information

ICPIG 2017

The International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG), has been since 1953 the forum for discussion of nearly all fields in plasma science, covering both modelling and experiments. The XXXIII edition of ICPIG, to be held in Lisbon from 9 to 14th of July 2017, is a natural continuation of the last three editions held Belfast (UK, 2011), Granada (Spain, 2013) and Iasi (Romania, 2015).

July 9 to 14, 2017 Estoril Congress Centre, Lisbon More information

AOP 2017

The III International Conference on Applications in Optics and Photonics (AOP 2017) will be held in Faro, Portugal, from the 8th to the 12th of May 2017. It will be the major optics conference in Portugal next year and one of the most important at world level, aiming at discuss the recent progress and to establish a view on the future of all fields of optics and photonics.

May 8 to 12, 2017 Faro More information