Type One Energy

David Anderson is Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he directed the Helically Symmetric eXperiment (HSX) — the world's first optimized stellarator — for decades. His research demonstrated that mathematically optimizing magnetic field geometry dramatically improves stellarator plasma performance, the core physics insight behind Type One Energy's commercial approach. Anderson co-founded Type One Energy to commercialize stellarator fusion using high-temperature superconducting coils, and serves as VP Systems Engineering, applying his decades of experimental stellarator operation at UW-Madison to the company's reactor design.

Chris Hegna is a professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has conducted theoretical and computational research on stellarator stability and confinement for many years. His expertise in MHD equilibrium and stellarator optimization theory complements David Anderson's experimental HSX work and underpins Type One Energy's plasma physics modeling. Hegna co-founded Type One Energy to transition UW-Madison's stellarator expertise into a commercial fusion program and contributes to the stellarator coil optimization and plasma scenario work that forms the basis of the company's reactor design.