Setthivoine You
Assistant Professor, Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Ph,D. Physics, Imperial College, London
- M.Sci. Physics, Imperial College London
Prior to Dr. You's appointment to the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Professor You worked at the University of Tokyo on research sponsored by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science.
Dr. You's research focuses on the plasma physics of fusion energy and space propulsion. He has worked on density limits and density control of tokamaks using supersonic jet gas-puffing, the formation physics of spheromaks, the interaction between plasma flow and magnetic topology in laboratory astrophysical jets. He is developing a spectroscopic tomographic diagnostic to measure 3D plasma velocities in closed volumes and investigating generalized magnetic relaxation in the laboratory. His research interests include:
- Fusion energy and advanced electric spacecraft propulsion
- Plasma physics of magnetic confinement concepts envisioned for compact fusion power
- Physics and development of variable-thrust and variable-specific-impulse plasma thrusters
- Cellular automata numerical approach to magnetohydrodynamics
His doctoral work was undertaken at the UKAEA Fusion laboratory in Culham near Oxford. In 2002, he became a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Applied Physics Department at California Institute of Technology.
See Setthivoine You's faculty Web page.
New Faculty 2009 by Department
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Antonino Ferrante
Setthivoine You
Bioengineering
Barry Lutz
Kim A. Woodrow
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Linda Ng Boyle (also ISE)
Cynthia Chen
Michael Dodd
Erkan Istanbulluoglu
Andrey Shcherbina
Chemical Engineering
James Pfaendtner
Computer Science & Engineering
Su-In Lee
Anup Rao
Electrical Engineering
M.P. (Anant) Anantram
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Linda Ng Boyle (also CEE)
Mechanical Engineering
Brian Polagye