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Dr. Robert Pillsbury is a leading authority in electromagnetics and the design and analysis of magnet systems for applications in fusion, maglev and plasma technologies. He has over 30 years of experience developing advanced computational algorithms and programs for the design and analysis of conventional and superconducting magnet systems. Pillsbury presented or published over 50 technical reports and publications in scholarly journals and conference proceedings.
Presently, Dr. Pillsbury is Treasurer and a Senior Consultant at Sherbrooke Consulting. Previously, he was Leader of the Electromagnetic and Structural Analysis Group of the Technology and Engineering Division of the MIT Plasma Fusion Center. The members of this group performed structural and electromagnetic analyses with applications in the areas of fusion, MHD, high energy physics accelerators and detectors, magnetic resonance imaging devices and magnetic levitation. Recent projects include: ITER, TPX, and ALCATOR CMOD tokamaks; design of detector magnets for CERN and SSC; maglev; and design and analysis of magnets for seawater propulsion and coal-fired MHD. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Texas at Austin. | 