Rishabh Datta is a PhD candidate in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a research assistant at MIT's Plasma Science & Fusion Center, Rishabh works on high-energy-density pulsed-power driven plasmas. His area of focus is radiative processes in magnetic reconnection and shocks. Click here for Rishabh's CV.
Rishabh Datta is a PhD candidate in the department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a research assistant at MIT's Plasma Science & Fusion Center, Rishabh works on high-energy-density pulsed-power driven plasmas. His area of focus is radiative processes in magnetic reconnection and shocks. Click here for Rishabh's CV.
June 2024 (Award): I was awarded the IEEE Igor Alexeff Outstanding Student in Plasma Science Award. [link]
May 2024 (News): My work was featured as an AIP (American Institute of Physics) Science Highlight (Scilight). [link]
May 2024 (Paper): My paper on the experimental details of radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection on Z now published as Editor's Pick in Physics of Plasmas. [link]
April 2024 (News): My work on radiatively cooled magnetic reconnection was featured as a Research Highlight in Nature Astronomy. [link]
April 2024 (Paper): My paper radiative cooling in magnetic reconnection was highlighted in Physical Review Letters as an Editors' Suggestion. "Only about one Letter in six is highlighted as a Suggestion due to its particular importance, innovation, and broad appeal." [paper] [arxiv]
Feb 2024 (Paper): Paper on spectroscopy analysis using machine learning published in IEEE T. Plasma Science. [paper] [arxiv]
Feb 2024 (Paper) Preprint on radiatively-cooled magnetic reconnection experiments on the Z machine (submitted as an invited paper to Phys. Plasmas) now available. [paper]
Jan 2024 (Paper) Preprint of our paper on radiatively-cooled magnetic reconnection (submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.) now available. [paper]
Jan 2024 (Paper): Preprint of our computational paper on radiatively-cooled magnetic reconnection (submitted to J. Plasma Phys.) now available. [paper]
Dec 2024 (Award): My proposal to characterize adiabatic index in magnetized HED plasmas was funded through the ZNetUS program. The adiabatic index is important for shock compression in inertial confinement fusion.
Nov 2023 (Talk): Invited talk on radiatively-cooled magnetic reconnection at APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, Denver, CO. [video]
Sep 2023 (Paper): Preprint of paper on spectroscopy analysis using machine learning (submitted to IEEE T. Plasma Science) now available. [paper]
Sep 2023 (Paper): Paper on pulsed-power-driven planar wire arrays was published in Phys. Plasmas. [paper]
Aug 2023 (Talk): Plenary talk on magnetic reconnection experimental results at the Z Fundamental Science Workshop.
Jul 2023 (Talk): Contributed talk at the Dense Z Pinch conference (DZP), Ann Arbor, MI.
Jun 2023 (Talk): Contributed talk at the International Magnetic Reconnection Workshop, Japan.
May 2023 (Award): Awarded the 2023 College of Engineering Exponent Fellowship.
May 2023 (Award): Awarded the 2023 Wunsch Foundation Silent Hoist and Crane Outstanding Student Award.
May 2023 (Award): Awarded Runner-up for best student paper at International Conference of Plasma Science (ICOPS), Santa Fe, NM.
Apr 2023 (News): My research on laboratory astrophysics featured on MIT news. [article]
Dec 2022 (Award): Awarded Best Poster at the MIT AI and ML in Engineering Expo.
Nov 2022 (Paper): Paper on magnetized bow shocks published in J. Plasma Phys. [paper]
Oct 2022 (Paper): Paper on velocity and Mach no. measurements from bow shocks published in Rev. Sci. Instrum. [paper]
Aug 2022 (Award): Awarded the MIT MathWorks fellowship.
Jan 2022 (Thesis): Masters thesis on HED magnetized plasma shocks now available. [thesis]
Sep 2021 (Award): Awarded the Keck Award in Thermal Sciences.
Aug 2021 (Award): Awarded the MIT GSC Conference Grant.