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Duccio Testa

duccio.testa@epfl.ch +41 21 693 35 68

EPFL SB SPC-II
PPB 216 (Bâtiment PPB)
Station 13
1015 Lausanne

Education

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1988 – 1988 Liceo Classico Vincenzo Gioberti, Torino, IT

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1994 – 1994 Universita di Torino, IT

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1995 – 1995 JET-Joint Undertaking, Oxford, UK

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1995 – 1998 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK

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1998 – 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Boston, USA

Professionals experiences

1988–1995

Soprintendenza Archeologica per l’Etruria Meridionale, Rome, IT

1994–1995

Astronomical Observatory of Pino Torinese, Torino (Italy)

Supply teacher of mathematics, physics and computing

1994–1995

various high schools in Torino (Italy)

1995–1998

JET – Joint Undertaking (Oxford)

1998–2002

Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA

2002–2002

Centre de Recherche en Physiques des Plasmas (now Swiss Plasma Center), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH

Teaching & PhD

Past Phd As Codirector

Theodoros Panis, Lorenzo Stipani

Courses

Sustainable energy innovation

HUM-292

This course provides an introduction to the technical, social, and economic fundamentals of energy. The course examines the concrete case of nuclear fusion. How could this energy reshape our world? How can we ensure its acceptability, structural integration, and economic viability?