Dr.Robert W. Bussard was the founder and inventor of the Polywell fusion approach. He received his Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University. In the 1950s, Dr. Bussard pioneered nuclear rocket technology at Los Alamos National Laboratory and is credited with inventing the Bussard Ramjet, a spacecraft propulsion method designed for interstellar travel.
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In the 1970s, Dr. Bussard collaborated with Hirsch and Trivelpiece at the Atomic Energy Commission, overseeing the approval of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) project, which achieved 10.7 MW of fusion power in 1993. In 1985, he founded EMC2, driven by the insight that a Polywell device could generate net fusion energy by integrating a high beta magnetic cusp (which he referred to as theWiffle-Ball (WB) effect) with a potential well.
Dr.Bussard served as the technical director of EMC2 until 2007 until his passing, during which time he addressed and resolved numerous complex scientific and engineering challenges in the development and operation of Polywell devices. His scientific ingenuity and steadfast dedication are central to EMC2's core values.
For more information about Dr. Bussard, please visit his Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussard
