Jeffrey P. Freidberg

Jeffrey P. Freidberg was head of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1997 to 2003.[1][2][3] He is currently Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering (Emeritus) at MIT,[4] and a collaborator at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.[5] He retired as associate director of MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center and from his academic duties in 2011.[6] He remained involved in the research activities of the PSFC Theory Group and wrote a new textbook on magnetohydrodynamics theory called Ideal MHD that was published in 2014 (a successor to his 1987 book Ideal Magnetohydronamics).[6][7] He is also author of a book titled Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy first published in 2007, that was based on a series of course notes from MIT graduate courses on plasma physics and fusion energy.[8]

He attended the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now New York University Tandon School of Engineering) earning a B.S. in electrical engineering in 1961, a M.S. in electrophysics in 1962 and a Ph.D. in electrophysics in 1964.[4]

  1. ^ "MIT History: Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering". MIT Libraries. MIT. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  2. ^ Freidberg, Jeffrey P. (1987). Ideal magnetohydrodynamics. Plenum Publishing Corporation. ISBN 9780306425127 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Romm, Joe (2012-10-10). "NY Times: Funding For Fusion 'Better Spent On Renewable Sources Of Energy That Are Likely To Be Cheaper And Quicker'". nytexaminer.com.
  4. ^ a b "MIT NSE: Faculty: Jeffrey P. Freidberg". mit.edu.
  5. ^ "New York University > Courant Institute > Department of Mathematics > Magneto-Fluid Dynamics Division: People". nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  6. ^ a b Porkolab, Miklos (2011-08-03). "FPN11-41: Martin Greenwald Named Associate Director, PSFC, MIT". Fusion Program Notes. Fusion Power Associates. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  7. ^ Freidberg, Jeffrey P. (2014-06-26). Ideal MHD. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107006256 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Freidberg, Jeffrey P. (2007-02-08). Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511755705. ISBN 9780521851077.; Freidberg, Jeffrey P. (2008-07-10). Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139462150 – via Google Books.