Dr. Robert J. Jones, Jr., Chancellor for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, toured the Center for Plasma-Material Interactions, including the HIDRA plasma/fusion facility, on Tuesday, March 27.
Hosting Jones was David Ruzic, professor of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering and CPMI director, as well as Daniel Andruczyk, NPRE research assistant professor who directs HIDRA's operations. In addition to learning about HIDRA, Jones viewed many of the other laboratory facilities CPMI has to offer, and chatted with NPRE students.