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Proxima Fusion Awarded €6.5M from BMBF to Partner with the University of Bonn, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and the Technical University of Munich on AI for Fusion Engineering
Proxima Fusion announced today that it has been awarded a grant of €6.5M from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to advance the design and optimization of stellarator fusion power plants using artificial intelligence (AI) in partnership with the University of Bonn, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
The “AI for Fusion Engineering” project partners combine interdisciplinary expertise in plasma physics, machine learning (ML), optimization, and computer science. Together, they aim to create AI-powered simulation tools capable of integrating physics and engineering simulations to optimize critical components of stellarators, including high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets, plasma-facing materials, and cooling systems.