DIII-D RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FORUM FOR THE 2015 EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN

DIII-D RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FORUM FOR THE 2015 EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN
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ID	Title	Research Area	Name	Affiliation	Time Req'ed	ITPA Joint Exp	ITER IO Urgent Research Task
1	Welcome to 2015 DIII-D Research Opportunities Forum	General Physics		LLNL	No	No	No
2	Propensity for Detrimental Modes Driven by Energetic Electrons as ECH Power Increases	Heating & Current Drive		GA	No	No	No
3	Investigation of AE Critical Gradient Energetic Ion Transport through Adjustment of Phase Space Grad	Energetic Particles		GA	No	No	No
4	Using Runaway Electron Beams to Commission the Gamma Ray Imager	General Physics		GA	No	No	No
5	Optimization of Counter-current Beam Heating in Steady State Scenarios	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
6	Energetic Ion Interactions with Microturbulence	Energetic Particles		GA	No	No	No
7	Calibrate the Fast Ion Loss Detector System Using Neutral Beam Prompt Losses	General Physics		GA	No	No	No
8	Characterize Energetic Ion Losses as Measured by the Rippled Tile Diagnostic	Energetic Particles		GA	No	No	No
10	Measure counter streaming 3D flows	SOL and Divertor Physics		U of Wisconsin	Yes	No	No
12	Test ZF model with RMPs	LH Physics		The college of William and Mary	No	No	Yes
13	Optimize & test robustness of qmin>1.5, fNI=1 scenario	Steady State		LLNL	No	No	No
14	Effect of pre-existing MHD activity on shattered pellet injection	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	Yes
15	Interaction of neon shattered pellets with post-disruption runaway electron plateaus	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	Yes
16	Thermal quench MHD activity driven by shattered pellet injection	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	Yes
17	Attaining higher Betan with advanced feedback control and external control coils	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
18	Flow or flow shear for m/n=3/2 tearing mode stability?	3D & Stability Physics		Retired from GA	Yes	No	No
19	Detachment Characteristics in H-mode Helium Plasmas	SOL and Divertor Physics		ORNL	Yes	No	No
20	Measuring Divertor Impurity Ion Temperature as a Function of Density and Heating Power	SOL and Divertor Physics		ORNL	Yes	No	No
21	Probability of soft landing success in ITER baseline	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
22	Orthogonal plasma response from ex-vessel coil in ITER baseline scenario	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
23	Diagnosis of n=1 structures during n>1 RMP-ELM suppression	ELM Stability & Control		Columbia U	No	No	No
24	Neoclassical origin of density pumpout	Pedestal Transport & Control		Columbia U	No	No	No
25	Long-pulse stability of low torque ITER baseline plasmas	Inductive Scenarios		Columbia U	No	No	No
26	Comparison of non-dimensionally similar ITER baseline plasmas	Inductive Scenarios		Columbia U	No	No	No
27	Direct measurement of C-coil n=1 sideband during n=3 NRMF	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
28	Probe role of ETG turbulence, TEM turbulence, and non-local transport in LOC/SOC transition	Turbulence & Transport		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	No	No	No
29	Measure edge/core turbulence and model transport in Helium plasmas	Turbulence & Transport		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	No	No	No
30	Clarify snowflake divertor physics	SOL and Divertor Physics		LLNL	No	No	No
31	Optimizing magnetic and rotation shears to mitigate confinement degradation with increasing Te/Ti	Turbulence & Transport		JAEA	No	No	No
32	Momentum transport and intrinsic torque under electron heating; Te/Ti~1	Turbulence & Transport		JAEA	Yes	No	No
33	Electromagnetic turbulence effects at high beta	Turbulence & Transport		CCFE	Yes	No	No
37	Transformative Torque-less ITER similarity discharges in DIII-D with the present gyrotron set.	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
38	Higher betaN, lower torque SS-hybrids	Steady State		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
40	Collisionality-dependence of plasma response in low-torque ITER baseline	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
41	Pedestal transport studies in matched hydrogen and deuterium discharges	Pedestal Transport & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
42	Intrinsic pedestal rotation in hydrogen plasmas	Pedestal Transport & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
43	Time-resolved measurement of plasma response damping rate	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
44	Extend performance of qmin > 2 AT scenario by optimizing MHD stability	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
45	Extend performance of qmin > 2 AT scenario by optimizing MHD stability	Steady State		Columbia U	No	No	No
46	Test of helicon coupling	Heating & Current Drive		GA	Yes	No	No
47	Integrated Current Profile and Beta Control for Development and Sustainment of Advanced Scenarios	Control		Lehigh U	Yes	No	No
48	Development of Rotation Profile Feedback Control Capability	Control		Lehigh U	Yes	No	No
49	m/n=2/1 NTM Control by ECCD in IBS	3D & Stability Physics		Retired from GA	Yes	No	No
50	Kink and tearing stability in low rotation qmin~1.5 scenario using n=2 NTV	Steady State		Department of Energy	Yes	No	No
51	ECCD control of 3/2 NTM in low rotation IBS to avoid locking	3D & Stability Physics		Retired from GA	No	No	No
52	Safety Factor Scaling of Turbulence and Transport in Hybrid Scenario Plasmas	Turbulence & Transport		U of Wisconsin	No	No	No
53	VFI bus voltage control and the True scaled ITER shape at DIII-D	Control		GA	No	No	No
54	Turbulence Response Across Applied low-n Magnetic Islands	Turbulence & Transport		UW-Madison	Yes	No	No
55	Can Radiating Divertor Be Effective for AT Plasmas at Elevated power input?	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
56	Can Flux Expansion Significantly Lower Heat Flux and Control Carbon Influx in High Power AT Plasmas?	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
57	ITER Baseline Scenario in a Radiating Divertor Environment with near-Zero Applied Torque	Inductive Scenarios		GA	No	No	No
58	Why Does the Heat Flux Increase in the Secondary Divertor Under the BetaN = constant Constraint?	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
59	Can the Non-Resonant RMP/Puff and Pump be Effective in Divertor Heat Flux Reduction?	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	No	No	No
60	Density Control and Active Impurity Removal from Double-null H-mode Plasmas	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
61	Active Particle Exhaust of H-mode plasmas in the Snowflake Divertor Configuration	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
62	Can Radiating Divertor Be Effective for AT Plasmas at Elevated Power Input?	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
63	Can Flux Expansion Help Control Carbon Influx in AT Plasmas at Elevated Power Input in Long Pulse?	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
64	n=2 error field correction of TBM-like error fields	3D & Stability Physics		Department of Energy	No	No	No
65	Multi-machine studies of the L-H power threshold dependence on aspect ratio	LH Physics		U of Wisconsin	Yes	No	No
66	Investigate and optimize spontaneous pedestal improvement in low rotation QH-mode	EHO Stability & Control		GA	Yes	No	No
67	Multiple periods of NTM suppression	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
68	Adaptive Error Field Correction	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
69	Adaptive ELM Control	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	No	No	No
70	Spectroscopic studies of W erosion/re-deposition with wide scans of divertor plasma parameters	PMI Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
71	Analysis of ECH Deposition Profile Broadening through use of MECH.	Heating & Current Drive		GA	No	No	No
72	Measurement of Inductive Poloidal Current	3D & Stability Physics		GA	No	No	No
73	Electron Critical Gradient in H-mode	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
74	Test of Turbulence Spreading Using Turbulence Propagation	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
75	Automatic phase controller of slowly rotating 2/1 mode (f<200Hz)	3D & Stability Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
76	Hybrids with co-NBI QH-mode edge	Inductive Scenarios		GA	No	No	No
77	Modulated ECCD stabilization of rotating 2/1 islands with phase control by RMP	3D & Stability Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
78	Continuos High Pressure Pedestal with Lithium and Pedestal Control	Pedestal Transport & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
79	Helicon stabilization of 2/1 rotating or locked modes	3D & Stability Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
80	EC Current Drive Physics	Heating & Current Drive		PPPL	No	No	No
81	Electromagnetic fluctuations and transport during ELM cycles and comparison to theory and simulation	Pedestal Transport & Control		UCLA	Yes	No	No
82	NTM locking avoidance, magnetic island removal and H-mode recovery by spinig-up assisted by ECCD	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
83	Optimal Plasma Shape for High-Beta, Steady-State Hybrid Scenario	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
84	Developing ITER Locking avoidance by EM torque control by comparing NSTX/DIID(C-coil)/RFX-mod	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
85	ELM suppression exploration with n=1 RMP	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
86	The improving the ELM suppression with n=2	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
87	The exploration of EM torque injection unlocking approach in various locking conditions	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
88	Comparing upper and lower divertors to measure the effect of closure on detachment	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
89	Pedestal Pressure Adjustment and ELM Regularization via Real-time LGI control	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
90	Disruption mitigation via Real-time LGI control	Disruption Mitigation		PPPL	Yes	No	No
91	Physics behind the low density branch of the LH power threshold scaling	LH Physics		UCLA	Yes	No	No
92	Evaluate Prospect for ITB in high q-min Steady Scenarios for FNSF	Steady State		Retired	Yes	No	No
94	Control of n=1 Tearing Modes using Off-axis Broad ECCD in Steady State Discharges with qmin > 1.5	Steady State		Retired	Yes	No	No
95	Island seeding with saw teeth pacing: New method to control tearing modes	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	No	No	No
97	Investigating Magnetic Flux Pumping in Hybrid Scenarios	Inductive Scenarios		Oak Ridge Associated Universities	Yes	No	No
98	subcritical beta limit in high-betap regime	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
99	Performance Enhancement via qmin control	Steady State		PPPL	No	No	No
100	wither counter dithers	LH Physics		GA	No	No	No
101	n = 1 ELM suppression access through n=2 RMP	3D & Stability Physics		Department of Energy	No	No	No
102	DELETED	3D & Stability Physics		Department of Energy	No	No	No
103	Sawtooth stabilization with n=1 applied fields	3D & Stability Physics		Department of Energy	No	No	No
104	Pedestal stability at low collisionality	Pedestal Transport & Control		UCLA	No	No	No
105	Separating multiple kink mode responses using I and C-coil for studying nonlinear coupling to n=1	3D & Stability Physics		Department of Energy	No	No	No
106	Error field correction through alignment of drift precession profile with omega_E	3D & Stability Physics		Department of Energy	No	No	No
107	Use of amplitude and phase of fast rotating tearing modes to identify intrinsic error-fields	3D & Stability Physics		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
108	Active Control of the LH power theshold via n=3 magnetic perturbations	LH Physics		UCLA	Yes	No	No
109	Fuel Ion Mass (Isotope) Scaling of Turbulence and Transport	Turbulence & Transport		U of Wisconsin	Yes	No	No
110	Develop MIMO algorithm for detachment and radiation profile control	Control		GA	Yes	No	No
111	Characterization of detachment with MIMO detachment and radiation profile control	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
112	Control of Detachment in Advanced Divertor Configurations	Control		GA	Yes	No	No
113	Characterization of Detachment in Advanced Divertor Configurations	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
114	Cascaded PID control for detachment	Control		GA	No	No	No
115	Stabilization of the detachment front at the secondary X point in advanced divertor configurations	Control		GA	No	No	No
116	Stabilization of the detachment front at the secondary X point in advanced divertor configurations	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
117	Scenario integration: developing a detached, radiating divertor to support an AT core	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
118	I-mode plasmas as a tool to study basic turbulence and the H-mode transition	LH Physics		UCSD	Yes	No	No
119	Super H-mode pedestal with detached divertor	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
120	Identification of culprits behind core/pedestal degradation associated with divertor detachment	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
121	Disruptive 2/1 island width vs. q95	3D & Stability Physics		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
122	Feedback control of detachment using bolometry inversion	Control		GA	No	No	No
123	Fast partial Ip ramp-down to avoid locked mode disruption	3D & Stability Physics		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
124	NBI torque assisted unlocking and spinup experiments	3D & Stability Physics		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	No	No	No
125	Coupled High Performance DivSOL & Pedestal	Integrated Modeling		ORNL	Yes	No	No
126	Co-injected Super H-Mode Physics Exploration	Pedestal Transport & Control		ORNL	Yes	No	No
127	Using Impurity Granule Injection to assist H-mode operation in close-to-threshold scenarios	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	No	No	No
128	Exploring new materials for impurity pellet pacing of ELMs in reactor relevant environment	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
129	Explore Impurity Pellet Induced L-H transitions	LH Physics		PPPL	No	No	No
130	Develop and optimize ELM paced super H-mode	Pedestal Transport & Control		PPPL	No	No	No
131	High Z impurity transport during ELM pacing by impurity pellet injection	Turbulence & Transport		PPPL	No	No	No
132	A Study of Ablation for Tungsten-Alternative PFCs Due to ELMs and Hard Disruptions	PMI Physics		ORNL and NCSU	Yes	No	No
133	Development of Eroding Surface Thermocouples for In-Tile Measurements of Surface Heat Flux	PMI Physics		Sandia National Laboratories	No	No	No
134	Interaction of NTM and broadband turbulence: experiment and comparison to theory	Turbulence & Transport		UCLA	Yes	No	No
136	High fusion yield QH-Mode core based on validated predictive simulations	Turbulence & Transport		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
137	High-power modulated ECRH during QH mode to Assess Transport and ECCD Efficiency	Turbulence & Transport		U of Texas	Yes	No	No
138	Understand return of ELMs in low torque QH-mode at low q95	Inductive Scenarios		GA	Yes	No	Yes
142	Core Optimization of Advanced Inductive Scenario with Strong Electron Heating	Turbulence & Transport		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes	No	No
143	Characterization of QCFs via parity	Pedestal Transport & Control		PPPL	No	No	No
144	Real time stability analysis and disruption avoidance control using DCON	3D & Stability Physics		GA	No	No	No
145	Disruption avoidance control using DCON real time stability analysis	Control		GA	No	No	No
146	Multiple mode phasing shifts with rotating n=1,2,3 fields to access low q95	3D & Stability Physics		Department of Energy	No	No	No
147	High-temperature W morphology changes in the divertor during intense He plasma bombardment	PMI Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
148	Calibration of tungsten erosion rate via W gas puffing in the divertor	PMI Physics		GA	No	No	No
149	Detached divertor with Super H-mode pedestal	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
150	Scenario integration: developing a detached, radiating divertor to support an AT core	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
151	Adaptive ELM control	Control		GA	No	No	No
152	Characterization of marginally suppressed plasmas using adaptive ELM control	ELM Stability & Control		GA	No	No	No
153	Characterization of detachment with variation of bias away from a double null shape	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
154	Adaptive ELM Control with Advanced Divertors	ELM Stability & Control		GA	No	No	No
155	Advanced Divertors with adapative ELM control	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
156	Radiation profile control	Control		GA	No	No	No
157	Off-axis NBCD study based on similarity experiments in DIII-D and ASDEX Upgrade	Heating & Current Drive		U of Wisconsin	No	No	No
158	Midplane Impurity Density Asymmetry	Turbulence & Transport		ORAU	Yes	No	No
159	Piggy-back measurements of helicon antenna loading	Heating & Current Drive		GA	Yes	No	No
160	GPU based RWM feedback control algorithm development(Thursday evening control development)	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	No	No	No
161	Measure Intrinsic Rotation Size scaling in DIII-D alone -III	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
162	The effect of LSN Shape on the q95 windows in RMP ELM Suppression	ELM Stability & Control		GA	No	No	No
163	Tearing mode avoidance using EC in very high betaN, high li discharges	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
164	High li, maximum betaN at reduced q95 (< 7)	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
165	Dependence of confinement and stability on toroidal rotation in high li discharges	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
166	The impact of increased pressure gradient on scenarios for fully noninductive operation	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
167	Produce fNI = 1 discharges at q_min near 1.5 using off-axis injection with varying toroidal rotation	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
168	Beta limit and bootstrap current fraction in ITER steady-state scenario discharges	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
169	Establish the incremental confinement of EC power in high betaN steady-state scenario discharges	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
170	Effect of Fast Ion Loss on L-H Transition	LH Physics		GA	No	No	No
171	Assess the destabilization mechanism for the n = 1 tearing mode in steady-state scenario discharges	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
172	Rho* Scaling of momentum transport in DIII-D	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
173	Scaling of core poloidal rotation	Turbulence & Transport		ORAU	No	No	No
174	Edge poloidal rotation physics	Pedestal Transport & Control		ORAU	No	No	No
175	Divertor ExB mapping attached./detached	SOL and Divertor Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
176	ELM D and C backflow	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
179	Rotation Profile Manipulation using 3D Fields	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
180	Effect of Impurities on momentum transport in IBS plasmas	Inductive Scenarios		Columbia U	No	No	No
181	Radiating mantle + radiating divertor	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
182	Search for Positive NTV Offset Rotation	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
183	ELM control by impurity injection	SOL and Divertor Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
184	Turbulent Ion Thermal Response to Electron Heat Flux and Te/Ti Variation	Turbulence & Transport		LLNL	Yes	No	No
185	High-power helicon antenna characterization (FY16)	Heating & Current Drive		GA	Yes	No	No
187	Net wall pumping in Helium vs. Deuterium H-mode discharges	PMI Physics		CompX	Yes	No	No
188	Steady state ELM free lithium induced enhanced pedestal	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	No	No	No
189	Fully non-inductive current overdrive prospects for ST	Integrated Modeling		PPPL	Yes	No	No
191	Mitigate the VH-mode X-event	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
192	Low torque Li-induced enhanced pedestal for ITER	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	No	No	No
193	Fluctuation measurements in MECH limiter H-modes with RMP fields	ELM Stability & Control		GA	No	No	Yes
194	Neutral Effects on Turbulence in Edge & Pedestal Region	Turbulence & Transport		U of Wisconsin	No	No	No
195	Current Drive Measurements with 1 MW Helicon System (FY16)	Heating & Current Drive		GA	Yes	No	No
196	Characterization of edge plasma in the case of extinguishing ELMs	SOL and Divertor Physics		CompX	Yes	No	No
197	Control of (grad-T_e-driven) TEM in low collisionality QH-mode plasmas	Turbulence & Transport		UCLA	No	No	No
198	ELM suppressed steady state hybrid plasmas	Steady State		GA	Yes	No	No
199	ELM Suppression in Low rotation Deuterium Plasmas	ELM Stability & Control		GA	No	No	Yes
200	Exploring Fast-Ion Critical Gradient Threshold Using ECH	Energetic Particles		ORNL	Yes	No	No
201	Effects of magnetic islands on ECCD	Heating & Current Drive		GA	No	No	No
202	Wall deposition of refraccted ECH power	Heating & Current Drive		GA	No	No	No
205	Another approach to super H-mode?	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	No	No	No
206	Effects of magnetic islands on ECCD	3D & Stability Physics		GA	No	No	No
207	Tomographic Reconstruction of the Full Fast-ion Distribution Function via FIDA Measurements	Energetic Particles		GA	No	No	No
208	Mutual alignment of gyrotrons by mirror-steering and anti-phase modulation	Heating & Current Drive		Columbia U	No	No	No
209	Poloidal rotation of plasma column to simulate rotating wall	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
210	ELM pacing by modulating RMPs at optimal q95, or modulating q95 with RMPs on	ELM Stability & Control		Columbia U	No	No	No
211	Multi-Z Impurity Transport in Regimes without ELMs	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	Yes	No	No
212	Core momentum transport validation: Magnetic shear	Turbulence & Transport		GA	Yes	No	No
213	Main-ion particle transport in the H-mode pedestal	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	Yes	No	No
214	Impact of 3D field perturbations on main-ion rotation	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	Yes	No	No
215	Integrated Disruption Control	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
216	Effect of impurities and wall conditioning on NTMs	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
217	LIBP to probe plasma response to 3D field	Energetic Particles		GA	No	No	No
218	Stabilization of radiatively induced tearing modes (RiTMs) using off-axis-heating	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	Yes	No	No
219	Further XD investigations on DIIID	SOL and Divertor Physics		university of texas	Yes	No	No
220	Low-tech locking avoidance by rotating fields, and measure of their impact on confinement and Q	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
221	Low-tech "controlled locking" (and automatic locked mode suppression by automated NTM control)	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
222	Measure island moment of inertia	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
223	Rutherford equation at fixed beta & rotation	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
224	Locked mode "catch & subdue" for recovery of pre-locking performance	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	Yes	No	No
225	Neutral Beam Model Validation	Heating & Current Drive		GA	No	No	No
226	Power Dependence of the Near Edge Transport Shortfall During the L- and H-mode Phases	Turbulence & Transport		CompX	No	No	No
228	ELM Suppression with Advanced Divertors	ELM Stability & Control		GA	No	No	No
229	Is the plasma response to external 3D fields large in the core of SS hybrids?	Steady State		Consorzio RFX	No	No	No
230	Is the plasma response to external 3D fields large in the core of SS hybrids?	3D & Stability Physics		Consorzio RFX	No	No	No
231	Probing flux pumping mechanisms in SS hybrids using the plasma response to external 3D fields	Steady State		Consorzio RFX	No	No	No
232	Fast Er profile changes at the onset of ELM suppression	ELM Stability & Control		GA	No	No	Yes
233	Prompt torque and zonal flow damping	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
234	Investigate in-out density asymmetry at large toroidal rotation	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
235	Further development of QH-mode with strong co-Ip NBI torque	Inductive Scenarios		GA	No	No	No
236	Investigate angular momentum diffusion and pinch using off-axis torque	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
237	Using intrinsic rotation to lower H-mode power threshold	LH Physics		ORAU	No	No	No
238	Comparison of transport & microturbulence levels in positive & negative triangularity discharges	Turbulence & Transport		U of Texas, Austin	No	No	No
239	Competition between NBI unlocking and ECCD stabilization of locked modes	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
240	Quasi-stationary Modes (QSMs)	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
241	Measure NTV torque profile	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
242	Measure NTV torque profile	General Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
243	Role of emission from deuterium molecules on the radiation shortfall	SOL and Divertor Physics		Aalto U	No	No	No
244	D2 pellet pacing of ELMs in the low-torque ITER baseline	ELM Stability & Control		ORNL	No	No	No
245	Effect of the ablation path length on SPI shutdown	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	Yes
246	Characterization of final VDE during current quench following massive particle injection	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	No
247	Effect of low order rational surfaces on MHD activity during SPI shutdown	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	No
248	Pellet pacing with true 0.9mmx1.9mm D2 pellets	ELM Stability & Control		ORNL	No	No	Yes
249	Return of ELMs during RMP and low torque operation	ELM Stability & Control		UCLA	No	No	No
250	Role of magnetic, n_e, and Te fluctuations in core H-mode confinement & comparison to simulation	Turbulence & Transport		UCLA	No	No	No
251	Off-Axis ECCD in Steady-State Hybrids	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
252	HFS shaping for ELM suppression	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	Yes	No	No
253	Avalanche-triggered LH Transitions	LH Physics		UCLA	No	No	No
254	Role of collisionality and density on rotation	Turbulence & Transport		The college of William and Mary	No	No	No
255	IBS low torque disruption avoidance through modified sawtooth stability	3D & Stability Physics		Department of Energy	No	No	Yes
256	How NTMs affect edge turbulence and transport	Turbulence & Transport		The college of William and Mary	No	No	No
257	Modify ITER baseline scenario shape to increase outer gap	Inductive Scenarios		Columbia U	No	No	No
258	Sawtooth control in low collisionality + low safety factor plasmas	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
259	NTMs �??on demand�??	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
260	Compatibility of pellet fuelling with ELM suppression with I coils.	Pedestal Transport & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
261	Optimum pellet injection geometry for pellet triggering with minimum throughput/PFC power fluxes	Pedestal Transport & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
263	Type I ELMy H-modes and ELM suppression at low Pinp/PL-H with low torque and extension to high beta	ELM Stability & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
264	Pedestal particle transport in ELM suppressed H-modes on medium/high Z impurities and optimization	Pedestal Transport & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
265	QH-mode compatibility with pellet fuelling, radiative divertor and beta Pinput/PL-H	EHO Stability & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
267	Characterization of EHO for the improvement of its saturated kink-peeling mode physics basis	EHO Stability & Control		ITER Organization	Yes	No	Yes
268	Ion Cyclotron Driven Pedestal Relaxation	Torkil Jensen Award		GA	Yes	No	No
269	Active probing of tearing stability	3D & Stability Physics		Consultant	No	No	No
270	Stabilization of radiatively induced tearing modes (RiTMs) using off-axis-heating	Torkil Jensen Award		PPPL	Yes	No	No
271	Pellet ELM Pacing in the Low-Torque ITER Scenario	ELM Stability & Control		ORNL	No	No	Yes
272	Study of runaway plateau impurity assimilation and final loss	Disruption Mitigation		UCSD	No	No	Yes
273	Disruption mitigation with large shell pellet	Disruption Mitigation		UCSD	No	No	Yes
274	Rotating fields should spin plasma even in absence of mode (NTV in a moving frame)	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
275	Modulate NBI for NTM probing	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
276	Rotating n=3 fields by out-of-phase I-coils and C-coils	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
277	Two transients with one stone: ELM and locked-mode-disruption avoidance by n=2 or 3 fields	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
278	Two transients with one stone: ELM and locked-mode-disruption avoidance by n=2 or 3 fields	ELM Stability & Control		Columbia U	No	No	No
279	Poloidal torque injection by off-axis NBI, and its effect on tearing mode physics	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
280	Fast entrainment by sub-harmonic kicks	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
281	Multi-n EFC by rotating fields and modes	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
282	Measure poloidal asymmetry of SPI injection	Disruption Mitigation		GA	No	No	Yes
283	Assess RE suppression in early CQ with less perturbative SPI	Disruption Mitigation		GA	No	No	Yes
284	Implement finite-state Off Normal Fault Response system	Control		GA	No	No	No
285	Disruption mitigation with Li shell pellet	Disruption Mitigation		UCSD	No	No	No
286	DiMES and MiMES exposure of solute enforced tungsten	PMI Physics		U of Wisconsin	No	No	No
287	Prong 3 approach to ELM Control in ITER Baseline Scenario (low torque)	ELM Stability & Control		UCSD	No	No	Yes
288	Viability of ELM Control by Pellet Pacing in the ITER Baseline Scenario	ELM Stability & Control		UCSD	No	No	Yes
289	Optimize RMP ELM control in low torque ITER Baseline at high collisionality	Inductive Scenarios		UCSD	No	No	Yes
290	Develop and benchmark technique to measure ELM-induced peak heat flux in pumped LSN discharges	ELM Stability & Control		UCSD	No	No	No
291	Search for Plasma Response Bifurcation to ELM Suppression in ISS discharges with n = 3 RMP	ELM Stability & Control		UCSD	No	No	No
292	Error field correction at rational surface by measurement of shielding currents �?? ECCD actuator	3D & Stability Physics		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	No	No	No
293	Magnetic measurement of error field induced shielding currents by plasma geometry oscillations	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
294	Rotational Stabilization on NTM, and effect on pedestal and H-mode	3D & Stability Physics		GA	No	No	No
295	Validate entrainment limit of 2/1 slowly rotating modes	3D & Stability Physics		GA	No	No	No
296	Target Lock for more robust NTM suppression	Control		GA	No	No	No
297	Further development of Catch & Subdue	Control		GA	No	No	No
298	Determination of Runaway Electron Parameters by Measurement of Synchrotron Emission Polarization	Disruption Mitigation		UCSD	No	No	No
299	Visualization of Island and Kink Response to RMPs	ELM Stability & Control		UCSD	No	No	No
300	Fast Imaging of Visible Brehmsstrahlung for impurity transport and Zeff	Pedestal Transport & Control		UCSD	No	No	No
301	Hardware test of second SPI	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	No
302	Characterize heat load at injection port for SPI	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	Yes
303	Effect of MHD on radiation asymmetries during SPI injection	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	Yes
304	Test of dual SPI injection for disruption mitigation	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	Yes
305	Sequential SPI injections in runaway plateau	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	No
306	Effect of impurity species on runaway dissipation	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	Yes
307	Analysis of ECH Deposition Profile Broadening through use of MECH.	Turbulence & Transport		U of Texas	No	No	No
308	Quiescent runaway electron studies for 2015	Disruption Mitigation		Columbia U	No	No	No
309	Optimization of runaway electron diagnostic coverage	Disruption Mitigation		Columbia U	No	No	No
310	q95 scaling of the coupled turbulence/zonal flow during LH transition	LH Physics		U of Wisconsin	No	No	No
311	Collsionality scaling in AI plasmas at q95~5	Turbulence & Transport		U of Wisconsin	No	No	No
312	Impact of plasma parameter on SPI performance	Disruption Mitigation		ITER Organization	No	No	Yes
313	RMP ELM suppression in low torque ITER Baselines	Inductive Scenarios		UCSD	No	No	Yes
314	Transient Plasma Interaction, Recycling, and Pedestal Recovery following Type I ELMs	SOL and Divertor Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
315	Origin of runaway electron cutoff energy	Disruption Mitigation		UCSD	No	No	No
316	Penetration of electric field into runaway plateau	Disruption Mitigation		UCSD	No	No	No
317	Disruption mitigation with x-point pre-puff	Disruption Mitigation		UCSD	No	No	Yes
318	VDE upper vs lower heat load study	Disruption Mitigation		UCSD	No	No	Yes
319	Effect of external torque variations on the turbulence-GAM interaction, and gyrokinetic analysis	Turbulence & Transport		KAIST	No	No	No
320	Closed-loop MHD spectroscopy combined with EF correction	Control		Consultant	No	No	No
321	Quantification of model predictive control of flux diffusion	Control		Consultant	No	No	No
322	Turbulence penetration into magnetic island	ELM Stability & Control		National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan	No	No	No
323	Impact of Edge Harmonic Oscillations (EHO) on turbulence	EHO Stability & Control		National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan	No	No	No
324	Magnetic & density turbulence of EHO-broadband transitions, comparison to EPED and gyrokinetics	EHO Stability & Control		UCLA	No	No	No
325	GPU based RWM feedback control algorithm development(Thursday evening control development)	Control		UCSD	No	No	No
327	Edge particle transport and turbulence investigations in different phases of n=3 RMP	ELM Stability & Control		UCLA	No	No	No
328	SOL density and helicon coupling	Heating & Current Drive		UCLA	No	No	No
329	Physics of 3D field perturbation on EHO and edge density profile flattening	EHO Stability & Control		UCLA	No	No	No
330	Multi-Mode n=3 Response	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	No	No	No
331	Inner/Outer ELM Divertor Energy Deposition Comparison	SOL and Divertor Physics		AKIMA Infrastructure Services	No	No	Yes
334	Nonlinear Burn Control Demonstration in ITER-relevant Conditions	Control		Lehigh U	No	No	No
336	Implement finite-state Off Normal Fault Response system	Control		GA	No	No	No
337	Rotation Profile Control	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
338	Adaptive ELM Control	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
339	Adaptive EFC	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
340	Disruption mitigation via Real-time LGI control	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
341	qmin control	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
342	Integrate QH-mode edge into low torque AI scenario with NRMF	Inductive Scenarios		GA	No	No	No
343	Pedestal Control	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
344	Extension of Super H-mode pedestal into co-injected plasma	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	No	No	No
345	Determine density scaling of confinement in QH-mode	Inductive Scenarios		GA	No	No	No
346	Understand mechanisms by which ECH influences NTM stablility	3D & Stability Physics		GA	No	No	No
347	EC Current Drive Physics	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	No	No	No
348	Real-time Reduced Kinetic EFIT	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
349	Real-time Stability Control	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
350	Upgraded Snowflake Divertor Control	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
351	Multiple periods of NTM suppression	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
352	EC Current Drive Physics	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	No	No	No
353	Disruptions, Exponentially Growing Islands and the Radiative Island Growth	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	No	No	No
354	Control/Ops Evening Development Time	Control		GA	No	No	No
355	The balance of C erosion and deposition on high-Z divertor substrates	PMI Physics		GA	No	No	No
358	An attempt to Edge Electro-Magnetic torque injection with feedback	Control		PPPL	No	No	No
359	coupling of rotating magnetic islands	3D & Stability Physics		Los Alamos National Laboratory	No	No	No
360	Develop feedback-controlled 3D equilibria	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
361	DiMES tests of high-Z metal coatings for DIII-D tiles	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
362	Effect of biasing on high-Z material erosion	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
363	Effect of gas pressure on RE plateau mitigation	Disruption Mitigation		GA	No	No	Yes
364	ITER NTM Control Under Radiative Island Growth	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	No	No	No
365	Magnetic ripple effects on particle transport from the comparison between tokamak and helical device	Turbulence & Transport		National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan	No	No	No
366	Far SOL fluxes and link to detachment	SOL and Divertor Physics		UCSD	No	No	Yes
367	Study of high energy (> 700 keV) electrons generated during disruptions and low density QREs	Disruption Mitigation		Oak Ridge Associated Universities	No	No	No
368	Turbulence behavior in high qmin steady state scenario	Steady State		UW-Madison	No	No	No
369	n>1 Island Formation	3D & Stability Physics		ORNL	No	No	No
370	D3d/EAST Joint Exp. on Extending Noninductive Scenario to Higher Beta and Testing Lower NBI Torque	Steady State		ASIPP	No	No	No
371	DIII-D/EAST joint experiment on extending qmin>2 inductive scenario to lower torque and higher Ip	Inductive Scenarios		GA	No	No	No
372	Comparison of the effects of ELM pellet pacing and RMP ELM mitigation on divertor conditions	SOL and Divertor Physics		ORNL	No	No	No
373	Extend the ELM free phase with Li on DIIID while linking to the similar phenomenon on EAST	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	No	No	No
374	Error field correction by measurement of shielding currents �?? rigid body vertical oscillations	3D & Stability Physics		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	No	No	No
375	Effect on SEE on Langmuir probe measurements in the SOL	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
376	Controlled injection of high-Z impurities in DIII-D using DiMES	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
377	Confinement Impacts of Impurity-seeding of H-mode plasmas	Turbulence & Transport		U of Wisconsin	No	No	No
378	Fine scale stepwise q-scan: role of low-order rationales and resonance condition for ELM suppression	ELM Stability & Control		U of Wisconsin	No	No	No
379	Map the maximum performance of the low-torque ITER-similar discharges as a function of stability	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
380	Map the maximum performance of the low-torque ITER-similar discharges as a function of stability	Inductive Scenarios		Columbia U	No	No	No
382	Extending DIII-D�??s operating window to achieve divertor conditions predicted for burning AT tokamaks	SOL and Divertor Physics		U of Toronto	No	No	No
383	Measurements of TQ impurity transport during mitigated disruptions	Disruption Mitigation		ORNL	No	No	Yes
385	Effect of electric biasing on arcing	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
386	Reduced heat flux in highly powered AT plasmas using either carbon or metallic-based divertors	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
387	Dust re-mobilization studies using DiMES	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
388	Control of tungsten surface erosion by in-situ low-Z coatings	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
389	ITER steady-state scenario in USN, +BT	Steady State		ORNL	No	No	No
390	Ideal wall betaN stability dependency on edge pedestal	Steady State		ORNL	No	No	No
391	Steady-state hybrid in scaled ITER shape	Steady State		ORNL	No	No	No
392	Control of Major Disruptions in DIII-D / ITER	Control		Columbia U	No	No	No
393	Edge neutral density through spectroscopy	General Physics		UC, Irvine	No	No	No
394	Applying Phase Space Manipulation of the Beam Ion Distribution to Control MHD and Optimize Beam Heat	Torkil Jensen Award		GA	No	No	No
395	Control of the radiation profile with multi-species puffing	Inductive Scenarios		GA	No	No	No
396	Understanding the radiating divertor in ITER low torque scenarios	Inductive Scenarios		GA	No	No	No
397	Understanding the radiating divertor in QH mode	Inductive Scenarios		GA	No	No	No
398	Control needs for the D3D divertor upgrade	Control		GA	No	No	No
399	Understanding upgrade requirements for successful radiative divertor operation	Integrated Modeling		GA	No	No	No
400	High beta_pol plasmas with enhanced pedestal temperature	Steady State		UCLA	No	No	No
401	Core transport model validation in high-betaP, low-torque, steady-state plasmas	Steady State		UCSD	No	No	No
402	Understanding the Heat Flux modification during RPM ELM Suppression	ELM Stability & Control		PPPL	No	No	No
403	Active probing of tearing stability 2	3D & Stability Physics		Retired from GA	No	No	No
404	Effect of metal test tiles on confinement and turbulence	Integrated Modeling		UCLA	No	No	No
405	Effect of metal test tiles on confinement and turbulence - duplicate of one submitted to BPMIC	Turbulence & Transport		UCLA	No	No	No
406	Upper divertor snowflake studies	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
407	Detachment with strike point on metal tiles	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
408	X divertor in the upper divertor	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
409	Detachment with strike point on metal tiles	PMI Physics		GA	No	No	No
410	Metallic impurity accumulation (due to tiles) differences in ELMing / ELM suppressed plasmas	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
411	Metallic impurity accumulation (due to tiles) differences in ELMing / ELM suppressed plasmas	PMI Physics		GA	No	No	No
412	FY2016 ROF Proposals Update Test	General Physics		LLNL	No	No	No
413	Collection of core W impurities at the OMP due to W shell pellets: A dry-run	PMI Physics		ORNL	Yes	No	No
414	Quiescent runaway electron experiments for model validation in ITER-like parameter regimes	Disruption Mitigation		Columbia U	No	No	No
415	Wind Tunnel Validation of ITER Steady-State Using ELM-Suppressed Hybrid Scenario	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
416	Tearing Mode Magnetic Spectroscopy using ECH	3D & Stability Physics		PPPL	No	No	No
417	Modulated ECH For Transport Analysis in the He Campaign	Turbulence & Transport		GA	No	No	No
418	Divertor Detachment Dynamics	SOL and Divertor Physics		VTT Technical Research Centre	No	No	No
419	Radiative Plasmas for Power Exhaust Predictions	SOL and Divertor Physics		VTT Technical Research Centre	No	No	No
420	Find a better parameter space for the ITER Baseline Scenario	Inductive Scenarios		Columbia U	No	No	No
421	Find a better parameter space for the ITER Baseline Scenario	3D & Stability Physics		Columbia U	No	No	No
422	Quantifying deuterium retention in W-coated regions of the divertor after the metal tile experiment	PMI Physics		GA	No	No	No
423	Toroidally dependent turbulence with applied 3D fields	Pedestal Transport & Control		ORNL	Yes	No	No
424	Beam modulation to measure fast-ion transport by tearing modes	Energetic Particles		UC, Irvine	No	No	No
425	Beam modulation to measure fast-ion transport by 3D fields	Energetic Particles		UC, Irvine	No	No	No
426	Mitigation of AEs in high performance discharges	Steady State		PPPL	No	No	No
427	Investigating Flux Pumping with ELM Suppression in hybrids	Steady State		Oak Ridge Associated Universities	No	No	No
428	ELM Suppression for Investigating Flux Pumping in hybrids	ELM Stability & Control		Oak Ridge Associated Universities	No	No	No
429	H-mode spectroscopic studies of the erosion of W coatings in forward BT	PMI Physics		GA	No	No	No
430	Tungsten thermal shock behavior during helium plasma exposure	PMI Physics		GA	No	No	No
432	Impact of impurities and detachment on AT plasmas	Steady State		GA	No	No	No
433	The balance of C erosion and deposition on tungsten in the divertor	PMI Physics		GA	No	No	No
434	Measuring net W erosion and transport via disruptions on DiMES	PMI Physics		GA	No	No	No
439	Studies of arcing on W coatings in support of W Tile Ring experiment	PMI Physics		UCSD	No	No	No
440	Transport in ITER baseline plasmas	Inductive Scenarios		ITER Organization	No	No	No
442	Divertor closure on impurity seeding detachment	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
443	Comparison the main ion and impurity flow at high-field side	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	Yes	No	No
445	Assessing Tungsten as a Possible Material for a Future Slot Divertor with High Power AT Plasmas	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
446	Detachment thresholds vs. divertor geometry	SOL and Divertor Physics		GA	No	No	No
447	Observation of Kinetic Ballooning Modes in H-Mode Inner Core	Turbulence & Transport		Massachusetts Institute of Technology	No	No	No
448	Advanced tokamak scenarios with metal tiles	Steady State		LLNL	Yes	No	No
449	Further investigation of the QH with high&wide pedestal and how EHO behaves in this new regime	Pedestal Transport & Control		GA	No	No	No
450	Further investigation of the QH with high&wide pedestal and how EHO behaves in this new regime	EHO Stability & Control		GA	No	No	No

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