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Craig Jacobson

MS30 C-Site S211
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
P.O. Box 451
Princeton, NJ 08543

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Education

High School Diploma
    Oregon High School, 2002
    Oregon, WI
    Valedictorian

Bachelor of Science
    University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
    Madison, WI
    Majors: Physics, Astronomy-Physics, Mathematics


Research

University of Wisconsin-Madison

   
Madison Symmetric Torus: Undergraduate Hourly Employee, February 2003 – May 2004

   
Madison Dynamo Experiment: Undergraduate Hourly Employee, May 2004 – July 2006
        Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship, 2004 “Ultrasonic Velocimetry Measurement System”
        American Physical Society 2004 Poster
        American Physical Society 2005 Poster (Recipient of the Undergraduate Student Poster Award)
        American Physical Society 2006 Poster
    
   Hilldale Fellowship Final Report

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Magnetic Reconnection Experiment: Research Assistant,
August 2006 – Present
        American Physical Society 2007 Poster
        Graduate Seminar in Plasma Physics Presentation: November 19, 2007
       


Coauthored Papers

Intermittent Magnetic Field Excitation by a Turbulent Flow of Liquid Sodium
    
M. D. Nornberg, E. J. Spence, R. D. Kendrick, C. M. Jacobson, C. B. Forest
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 044503 (2006) Link

Observation of a Turbulence-Induce Large Scale Magnetic Field

    E. J. Spence, M. D. Nornberg, C. M. Jacobson, R. D. Kendrick, C. B. Forest
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 055002 (2006) Link

Measurements of the Magnetic Field Induced by a Turbulent Flow of Liquid Metal
    M. D. Nornberg, E. J. Spence, R. D. Kendrick, C. M. Jacobson, C. B. Forest
    Phys. Plasmas 13, 055901 (2006) Link

Turbulent Diamagnetism in Flowing Liquid Sodium
   
E. J. spence, M. D. Nornberg, C. M. Jacobson, C. A. Parada, N. Z. Taylor, R. D. Kendrick, C. B. Forest
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 164503 (2007) Link

Inductive sustainment of oblate FRCs with the assistance of magnetic diffusion, shaping, and finite-Larmor radius stabilization
   
S. P. Gerhardt, E. V. Belova, M. Yamada, H. Ji, M. Inomoto, C. M. Jacobson, R. Maqueda, B. McGeehan, Y. Ren
    Phys. Plasmas 15, 022503 (2008) Link