West Lafayette, Indiana – Alpha Ring, the global leader in micro-fusion technology, today announced the purchase of one of its Alpha-E tabletop fusion devices by Purdue University’s School of Health Sciences, deepening the partnership between the two organizations and expanding access to practical fusion research for the next generation of emerging talent.
The Alpha-E device is an affordable, safe, and hands-on platform that enables universities, research institutes and other training and educational facilities to conduct plasma physics experiments and fusion diagnostics in a lab or classroom environment. It is designed to give students, educators, and researchers direct experience working with fusion reactions, generating data that can feed into wider research programs and AI-powered modelling systems.
Purdue’s School of Health Sciences plans to integrate the Alpha-E into its radiation instrumentation teaching lab, providing students with unique exposure to emerging fusion technology and practical skills that align with the growing demand for fusion-capable engineers and scientists. Purdue professor Allen Garner in the university’s School of Nuclear Engineering has also partnered with the School of Health Sciences to use the Alpha-E to train students in radiation hardening of electronics and a new plasma and fusion laboratory course.
Charles Gary, CEO of Alpha Ring U.S., said:
“The Alpha-E device is designed to make fusion accessible, so we are thrilled an innovative program like Purdue’s health sciences is opening up the opportunity for students to directly access this pioneering new tool. We want to enable the next generation of researchers to have more hands-on time with fusion devices. It is a crucial way for us to advance critical research and education, and to bring clean fusion energy closer to reality.”
Jason Harris, associate dean for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in Purdue’s College of Health and Human Sciences and professor of radiological health sciences, added:
“This partnership puts Purdue health sciences and nuclear engineering students and researchers at the forefront of fusion innovation. Hands-on experience with Alpha-E doesn’t just advance our research, it equips the next generation with the skills to drive forward this transformative field.”
A student involved in the program also welcomed the arrival of Alpha-E:
“Being able to work directly with a fusion device like Alpha-E is a unique opportunity not many get. It’s exciting to be part of research that’s shaping the future of clean energy,” said
Sharmin Jahan, a second year PhD student studying health physics at Purdue University.
The purchase follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Purdue’s School of Health Sciences and Alpha Ring at the Monaco Clean Fusion Forum in April last year, where several leading universities joined a new initiative to bring fusion technology into their academic research labs around the world.
About Alpha Ring
Alpha Ring is a leading micro-fusion technology company, commercializing scalable solutions for clean energy and offering decentralized solutions for applications in energy, education, healthcare, transport and industry. Unlike traditional large-scale power plants, Alpha Ring’s approach enables localized energy production, much like the shift from mainframe computing to personal computers, reducing transmission losses and enhancing efficiency.
Alpha Ring’s Alpha-F device is focused on the ultimate commercialization of fusion energy using highly specialised aneutronic proton-boron fusion. Supporting this, Alpha Ring’s Alpha-E tabletop fusion device accelerates fusion R&D by providing large data sets to AI models and has immediate commercial applications in the medical field through boron-neutron capture therapy. Alpha-Ring is the first in the world to set up a fusion talent accelerator providing hands-on fusion experience to researchers and students, deploying Alpha-E to universities worldwide and cultivating the next generation of fusion talent.
With headquarters in California and research labs in Taiwan and Europe, Alpha Ring is a global leader in micro-fusion technology. Its world class team and partnerships with institutions like MIT and University of Oxford further strengthen its research capabilities.
About Purdue University’s School of Health Sciences
The School of Health Sciences at Purdue University advances human health through interdisciplinary education and impactful research. Its internationally recognized graduate programs, including those accredited by ABET and CAMPEP, address critical public and biomedical health challenges. Supported by extensive laboratories and advanced instrumentation, faculty lead innovative, transdisciplinary research spanning radiation protection, medical imaging, medical physis, occupational and environmental health sciences, and toxicology, translating scientific discovery into real-world solutions that improve health outcomes and quality of life. Learn more at https://hhs.purdue.edu/hsci/.
