Bio
Adam is the Group Leader for the Remote Systems Group (RSG), specializing in robotics and remote systems for extreme and hazardous environments.
The primary foci of RSG are remote tooling to maintain equipment in hazardous environments, such as irradiated vacuum flanges in high energy physics experiments and the design and innovation of methods to make components maintainable in these environments, such as novel approaches to service line connections in fusion reactors.
Adam is also a System Manager for Vacuum Systems and for In-Vessel Components for the Material Plasma Exposure eXperiment (MPEX) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. As the System Manager for In-Vessel Components, Adam oversees the design, testing, fabrication, and procurement of the high heat flux components present in the MPEX Device. As the System manager for Vacuum Systems, Adam oversees the design, fabrication, and procurement of the following subsystems:
- Device Support and Alignment Subsystem
- Plasma Fueling and Impurity Injection Subsystem
- Vacuum Pumping Subsystems
- Vacuum Chamber Subsystem
- On-Device Water Subsystem
- Plasma Material Interaction Chamber Subsystem
- Target Handling and Exchange Subsystem
Each of these subsystems have unique challenges specific to operating the MPEX linear plasma device.
Professional Affiliations
American Nuclear Society
Trademarks and Patents
US11761259B2 Interface gasket for building envelope