Dr David Speirs
Research Fellow
Physics
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Publications
- Overview of the MAST Upgrade physics programme : testing novel concepts at low aspect ratio to inform future devices
- , O'Mullane Martin, Phelps Alan, Ronald Kevin, Speirs David
- Nuclear Fusion Vol 66 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ae63e1
- Generation of Sub-THz Super Pulses in Overmoded Two-Dimensional Periodic Surface Lattice Cherenkov Masers
- Wilson Kieran, Robertson Craig, Strachan William, Ronald Kevin, Phelps Alan, Speirs David, MacInnes Philip, MacLachlan Amy Jane
- 52nd IoP Plasma Physics Conference (2026)
- Sub-THz Super pulse generation in highly overmoded Cherenkov masers with two-dimensional periodic surface lattice interaction structures
- Wilson Kieran, Strachan William, Robertson Craig, Speirs David, MacLachlan Amy Jane
- 2026 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) International Conference on Plasma Science 2026 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) (2026)
- Directed energy drilling using high-power microwaves
- Zhang L, Bamford R, Ronald K, Timoshkin I, Konoplev I V, Speirs D C, MacLachlan A J, Whyte C G, Wong T, MacGregor S, Bingham B, Eves S
- 2025 IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science (PPPS) IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference 2025 2025 IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science (PPPS) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ppps56198.2025.11248698
- Plasma channel development in polymineralic and porous rock aggregates
- Wong Timothy, Macpherson Ruairidh Worthy, Timoshkin Igor, MacGregor Scott, Zhang Liang, Speirs David, Whyte Colin, MacLachlan Amy Jane, Ronald Kevin, Bingham Bob, Konoplev Ivan V, Eves Stuart, Bamford R
- IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference 2025 2025 IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science (PPPS) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/PPPS56198.2025.11248476
- Plasma channel development in polymineralic and porous rock aggregates
- Wong T, MacPherson R, Timoshkin I, MacGregor S, Zhang L, Speirs DC, Whyte CG, MacLachlan AJ, Ronald K, Bingham B, Konoplev IV, Eves S, Bamford R
- IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference 2025 (2025)
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Professional Activities
- Generation of Electron Cyclotron Microwave Emissions in a Mirror Discharge,
- Contributor
- 12/9/2021
- Ionospheric Beat-Wave Brillouin Scattering at EISCAT
- Contributor
- 12/9/2021
- International e-Conference on Recent Trends in Plasma Physics
- Contributor
- 19/5/2021
- International School on Physics and Allied Disciplines - 2021
- Contributor
- 9/3/2021
- Brillouin scattering during ionospheric beat wave heating: EISCAT observations and numerical modelling results
- Contributor
- 28/1/2021
- Laboratory modelling of plasma waves excitation and transformation to electromagnetic emission in a mirror-confined plasma
- Contributor
- 28/1/2021
Projects
- EBCD Efficiency Calculations
- Speirs, David (Principal Investigator) Eliasson, Bengt (Co-investigator)
- 23-Jan-2026 - 22-Jan-2027
- Drilling and Integrated GigaHertz-Generated Energy Resource DIGGER
- Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator) MacGregor, Scott (Co-investigator) MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Co-investigator) Timoshkin, Igor (Co-investigator) Whyte, Colin (Co-investigator) Wilson, Mark (Co-investigator) Speirs, David (Research Co-investigator) Zhang, Liang (Research Co-investigator)
- 14-Jan-2024 - 13-Jan-2025
- Vlasov-Maxwell simulation of wave-driven turbulence and novel electron and ion heating schemes
- Speirs, David (Co-investigator) Eliasson, Bengt (Principal Investigator)
- EPSRC awarded EPCC Tier-2 HPC resource access call. Funded 1 year of HPC resources on the CIRRUS Tier-2 HPC system for research.
- 14-Jan-2018 - 14-Jan-2019
- Microwave emission due to kinetic instabilities in an overdense mirror-confined plasma (International Exchanges Cost Share 2018 - Russia)
- Eliasson, Bengt (Principal Investigator) Bingham, Robert (Co-investigator) Phelps, Alan (Co-investigator) Ronald, Kevin (Co-investigator) Speirs, David (Co-investigator)
- 10-Jan-2018 - 09-Jan-2022
- Multiscale turbulent dynamics of tokamak plasmas (EPSRC Turbulence Centre)
- Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator) Phelps, Alan (Co-investigator) Speirs, David (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2024
- Parametric Wave Coupling and Non-Linear Mixing in Plasma
- Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator) Bingham, Robert (Co-investigator) Eliasson, Bengt (Co-investigator) Phelps, Alan (Co-investigator) MacInnes, Philip (Research Co-investigator) Speirs, David (Researcher) Whyte, Colin (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2020