Thomas R. Barrett

Thomas R. Barrett received a master’s degree (Hons.) in mechanical engineering, and in 2007 a Ph.D. degree in computational engineering from the University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K. Since 2007, he has been working with the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, U.K., on a range of projects, notably leading a crucial upgrade of the neutral beam injection systems for the Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST) facility and leading research on the fusion reactor divertor and other high-heat flux plasma-facing technologies for the EU DEMO concept. He is currently the Technical Lead for a new facility for testing fusion technology named CHIMERA, under design and to be constructed at a new UKAEA site in South Yorkshire, U.K. He is also a Chartered Engineer and a member of the U.K. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. His research interests are design for high-heat flux, fusion plasma-facing components, and digital engineering.