Derek C. Lamppa

Derek C. Lamppa (M’15) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, USA, in 2004, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, in 2010. He is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of New Mexico, where he has been researching the power flow in the magnetically insulated transmission lines in the Sandia’s Z Machine. Since 2004, he has been a Staff Member with Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA. His current research interests include the design of novel electromagnets for the premagnetization of magnetized liner inertial fusion fuel, electromagnetic launch, and fast-closure shutters. He is also developing new diagnostics to study the influence of magnetically insulated transmission line plasma dynamics on current loss during Z experiments.