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Patrick Kim

• Program Year: 2
• Academic Institution: Princeton University
• Field of Study: Plasma Physics
• Academic Advisor: Felix Parra
• Practicum(s): Practicum Not Yet Completed
• Degree(s):
  B.S. Electrical Engineering, and B.S. Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, 2023

Publications

P. Kim, S. Buller, R. Conlin, W. Dorland, D. W. Dudt, R. Gaur, R. Jorge, E. Kolemen, M. Landreman, N. R. Mandell, and D. Panici, "Optimization of Nonlinear Turbulence in Stellarators," 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Denver, CO, Oct. 2023.

P. Kim, S. Buller, R. Conlin, W. Dorland, D. W. Dudt, R. Gaur, R. Jorge, E. Kolemen, M. Landreman, N. R. Mandell, and D. Panici, "Direct Optimization of Nonlinear Turbulence in Stellarators," Simons-CIEMAT Joint Meeting on Stellarator Turbulence Optimization, Madrid, Spain, Sept. 2023.

A. M. Wright, P. Kim, N. M. Ferraro, and S. Hudson, “Modelling the nonlinear plasma response to externally-applied 3D fields with SPEC,” Journal of Plasma Physics, 88(5), 905880508. Oct. 2022.

P. Kim, R. Jorge, and W. Dorland, “The on-axis magnetic well and Mercier’s criterion for arbitrary stellarator geometries,” Journal of Plasma Physics, 87(2), 905870231, May. 2021.

P. Kim, R. Conlin, D.W. Dudt, D. Panici, and E. Kolemen, “Constrained Optimization Methods in DESC”, 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Spokane, WA, Oct. 2022.

N. Mandell, W. Dorland, I. Abel, N. Barbour, B. Buck, R. Gaur, P. Kim, and T. Qian, “GX: a GPU-native gyrokinetic turbulence code for tokamaks and stellarators”, 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Spokane, WA, Oct. 2022.

T. Qian, B. Buck, R. Gaur, N. Mandell, P. Kim, and W. Dorland, “Stellarator profile predictions using Trinity3D and GX”, 64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Spokane, WA, Oct. 2022.

P. Kim, W. Dorland, R. Jorge, N. Mandell, and M. Barnes, “Stellarator Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Simulations Using Near-Axis Magnetic Fields”, 23rd International Stellarator-Heliotron Workshop, Warsaw, Poland, June. 2022.

P. Kim, A. Wright, N.M. Ferraro, and S. Hudson, “Prospects for Efficient Calculation of the 3D Plasma Response to RMPs using Equilibrium Principles”, 2022 Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Santa Rosa, CA, Apr. 2022.

P. Kim, W. Dorland, R. Jorge, N. Mandell, and M. Barnes, “Stellarator Nonlinear Gyrokinetic Simulations Using Near-Axis Magnetic Fields”, 2022 US-EU Joint Transport Taskforce Workshop, Santa Rosa, CA, Apr. 2022.

P. Kim and A. Wright., “Exploring dynamical accessibility in MHD relaxation models”, 63rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 2021.

P. Kim, R. Jorge, and W. Dorland, “The On-Axis Magnetic Well for Arbitrary Stellarator Geometries”, 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Virtual, November 2020.

R. Jorge, W. Sengupta, M. Landreman, and P. Kim, “Near-Axis Framework for the Construction of Analytical Stellarator Equilibria,” 62nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, Nov. 2020.

Awards

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship 2022

Student Poster Award, Sherwood Fusion Theory Conference, Santa Rosa, 2022

President's Scholarship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2019-2023

Dean's List, University of Maryland, College Park, 2019-2023

National Merit Scholar, 2019