Newcomers
This first week of June saw more new arrivals to the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ project: From left to right: Subramanian Rajendran (Tokamak Department), Pascal Romain(Fusion Science), Barbara Calcagno(Tokamak), Alain Guigon(Project Office) and Sonia Barrera-Ordonez (Tokamak).
Francesco Milani
Francesco Milani joined °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ on 4 May as Electro-Mechanical Engineer within the CEP Department where he will deal particularly with the Switching Network Units of the PF coil power supplies. Before coming to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ he worked at RFX (Reversed Field eXperiment), in Padova Italy for more than 13 years. He was involved mainly in power electronics and DC-current interruption systems. Over the last years, he also collaborated with °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ for the design revision of the power supplies of the Heating Neutral Beam Injector.
Francesco lives in Manosque where his wife and his two children (6 and 8 years old) will join him this summer after the end of the school year.
In his spare time he enjoys playing volleyball, swimming and reading.
Bharat Doshi
Bharat Doshi joined °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ on 7 May as Section Leader, Cryostat & Vacuum Vessel Pressure Suppression System (VVPSS) within the Tokamak Department. Before coming to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¸ßÊÖ he worked as Project Manager, Cryostat & VVPSS, for the Indian Domestic Agency at the Institute for Plasma Research in Gandhinagar.
Bharat, his wife and their two sons live in Aix-en-Provence and when he is off work he enjoys going for long walks, watching television and listening to music. He also spends time learning to speak French.