Building Networks and Engaging with the Boston Innovation Community

In this episode we discuss...

• Bob's background in fusion and personal journey in the nuclear industry
• Bob's day-to-day as Chief Executive Officer at Commonwealth Fusion Systems
• Bob's graduate work at MIT researching new technologies to solve fundamental challenges with fusion
• Superconductors, their applications, and how Bob has significantly contributed to their productization
• The mechanisms that enable superconductors to operate at very high temperatures
• Why only 3 of over 100,000 superconductors have been commercialized
• How collaboration between academics and industrialists is helping to drive fusion technology into the marketplace
• Bob's mission to expedite superconductivity commercialization so that it can be deployed globally