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Adelle Wright

Adelle Wright

Assistant Professor
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Department

Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics

Contact

417, Engineering Research Building
1500 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

  • PhD 2021, Australian National University
  • BS (Honours) 2015, Australian National University
  • BS 2014, Australian National University

  • Fusion energy and stellarators
  • High performance scientific computing
  • Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Nonlinear and dynamical systems
  • Science diplomacy and policy

  • 2023 IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Early career prize
  • 2020 United Uranium Scholarship
  • 2019 Australian National University , Vice-Chancellor’s Higher Degree Research Travel Grant
  • 2017 Australian National University, Gowrie Scholarship
  • 2015 Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering Honours Scholarship

  • Wright, A. M., & Ferraro, N. M. (2024). MHD-induced beta limits in the Large Helical Device. Physics of Plasmas, 31(10), 102509 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0228667
  • Wright, A. M., & Ferraro, N. M. (2024). Investigating nonlinear magnetohydrodynamics in an optimized, reactor-scale quasi-axisymmetric stellarator. Physics of Plasmas, 31(8), 082509 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0215594
  • Imbert-Gérard, L., Paul, E. J., & Wright, A. (2024). An Introduction to Stellarators: From Magnetic Fields to Symmetries and Optimization. An Introduction to Stellarators: From Magnetic Fields to Symmetries and Optimization. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics https://doi.org/10.1137/1.9781611978223
  • Wright, A., Kim, P., Ferraro, N., & Hudson, S. (2022). Modelling the nonlinear plasma response to externally applied three-dimensional fields with the Stepped Pressure Equilibrium Code. Journal of Plasma Physics, 88(5), 905880508 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377822000927
  • Wright, A. M., & Ferraro, N. M. (2021). Mode spectrum characteristics and onset of the low-shear MHD stability regime. Physics of Plasmas, 28(7), 072511 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0053870
  • Kumar, A., Qu, Z., Hole, M. J., Wright, A M,, Loizu, J., Hudson, S. R., Baillod, A., Dewar, R. L., & Ferraro, N. M. (2021). Computation of linear MHD instabilities with the multi-region relaxed MHD energy principle. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 63(4), 045006 https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/abdbd0
  • Wright, A. M., Ferraro, N. M., Hudson, S. R., Dewar, R. L., & Hole, M. J. (2021). Predicting nonresonant pressure-driven MHD modes in equilibria with low magnetic shear. Physics of Plasmas, 28(1), 012106 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0032489
  • Gerathy, M., Lane, G., Dracoulis, G., Nieminen, P., Kibédi, T., Reed, M., Akber, A., Coombes, B., Dasgupta, M., Dowie, J., Gray, T., Hinde, D., Lee, B., Mitchell, A., Palazzo, T., Stuchbery, A., Whichello, L., & Wright, A. (2020). Solenogam: A new detector array for $gamma$-ray and conversion-electron spectroscopy of long-lived states in fusion-evaporation products. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 953, 163136 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163136
  • Wright, A. M., Hudson, S. R., Dewar, R. L., & Hole, M. J. (2019). Resistive stability of cylindrical MHD equilibria with radially localized pressure gradients. Physics of Plasmas, 26(6), 062117 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5099354
  • Wood, R. T., Walker, P. M., Lane, G. J., Carroll, R. J., Cullen, D. M., Dracoulis, G. D., Hota, S. S., Kib'edi, T.,, Palalani, N., Podoly'ak, Zs.,, Reed, M. W., Schiffl, K., & Wright, A. M. (2017). Three-quasiparticle isomer in $^{173}mathbf{Ta}$ and the excitation energy dependence of $K$-forbidden transition rates. Phys. Rev. C, 95(5), 054308 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.054308

  • E C E 922 - Seminar in Plasma Physics (Spring 2025)
  • N E 699 - Advanced Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • N E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • N E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • N E 922 - Seminar in Plasma Physics (Spring 2025)
  • PHYSICS 922 - Seminar in Plasma Physics (Spring 2025)
  • E C E 525 - Introduction to Plasmas (Fall 2024)
  • N E 525 - Introduction to Plasmas (Fall 2024)
  • N E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • N E 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • PHYSICS 525 - Introduction to Plasmas (Fall 2024)
  • E C E 527 - Plasma Confinement and Heating (Spring 2024)
  • N E 527 - Plasma Confinement and Heating (Spring 2024)
  • PHYSICS 527 - Plasma Confinement and Heating (Spring 2024)