Rima J. Hajjar
Ph.D. Student — University of California San Diego
Rima Hajjar, a Ph.D. student in Engineering and Plasma Physics, developed numerical simulations and predictive models to describe impurity transport and dynamics of plasmas. In her research, Ms. Hajjar designed algorithms, analyzed "big data," and employed verification tests to compare data to experimentally available results. She also studied drive–waves and flow dynamics in plasmas.
"Using statistics and database analysis to improve scientific understandings is the most satisfying aspect of my research."
Ms. Hajjar found an interest in electricity and electronics early in her career, but it wasn't until her master's degree studies in Beirut that a fascination with electromagnetism led her to the field of plasma physics. After earning a master's degree in Computational Physics from American University of Beirut, Ms. Hajjar began studies at UC San Diego to strengthen her research training and gain exposure to scientific culture in the United States. Currently, she holds positions as a Graduate Research Assistant for the Center for Energy Research and a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC San Diego. During the summer of 2016, Ms. Hajjar also taught fluid mechanics to pre-college students through UCSD's Academic Connections program.
Ms. Hajjar is a member of the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and American Physical Society (APS). She is also involved with organizations that promote the involvement of women in science and engineering, including the Association of Women in Science and Society of Women Engineers. In 2012, she co-founded UC San Diego's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Women Group and served as Co-President until 2015.
Ms. Hajjar was co-advised by Professor Pat Diamond (CASS, Department of Physics) and Professor George Tynan (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering).
Publications
Dynamics of Zonal Shear Collapse with Hydrodynamic Electrons
Hajjar, R.J., P.H. Diamond, and M.A. Malkov
Phys. Plasmas 25, 062306, 2018; doi:10.1063/1.5030345
[pdf, author's final version]
Ecology of Flows and Drift Wave Turbulence: Reduced Models and Applications
Hajjar, Rima
Ph.D. Dissertation, Engineering Physics, UC San Diego, 2018
[pdf, author's version]
The Ecology of Flows and Drift Wave Turbulence in CSDX: A Model
Hajjar, R.J., P.H. Diamond, and G.R. Tynan
Phys. Plasmas 25, 022301, 2018; doi:10.1063/1.5018320
[pdf, author's final version]
Modelling Enhanced Confinement in Drift-wave Turbulence
Hajjar, R.J. and P.H. Diamond
Phys. Plasmas 24, 062106, 2017; doi:10.1063/1.4985323
[pdf, author's final version]
Tracing the Pathway from Drift-Wave Turbulence with Broken Symmetry to the Production of Sheared Axial Mean Flow
Hong, R., J.C. Li, S. Chakraborty Thakur, R. Hajjar, P.H. Diamond, and G.R. Tynan
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 205001, 2018; doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.205001
[pdf, publisher's version]
Generation of Parasitic Axial Flow by Drift Wave Turbulence with Broken Symmetry: Theory and Experiment
Hong, R., J.C. Li, R. Hajjar, S. Chakraborty Thakur, P.H. Diamond, and G.R. Tynan
Phys. Plasmas 25, 055710, 2018; doi:10.1063/1.5017884
[pdf, author's final version (accepted manuscript)]
Modeling of Aluminum Impurity Entrainment in the PISCES-A He+ Plasma
R.J. Hajjar, E.M. Hollmann, S.I. Krasheninnikov, and R.P. Doerner
Journal of Nuclear Materials 463, 664-667, 2015; doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.11.040
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