Jim Prager

About Jim Prager

As part owner of a precision pulsed power company, I wear many hats. To meet new…

Experience

1. Senior Research Scientist

   Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc

   Jun 2010 — Present

   I design, model, build and test custom power supplies for government, university, small businesses and prime contractors. I successfully write grants to the government SBIR/STTR program, which funds our research and development at EHT. I have played a key role in the following EHT programs: “A Low-Cost, High Power RF Resonance System for Plasma Diagnostics and Heating” DOE Phase I 2015 “Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET-based Full-Bridge for Fusion Science Applications” DOE Phase I/II, 2014 “Compact, Repetitive Pulsed Power Driver Design for Emerging High Power Radio Frequency Sources” Navy Phase I/II 2013 \"High-Resolution and Frequency, Printed Miniature Magnetic Probes,\" DOE Phase I, 2013 \"Development of a Plasma Injector for Supersonic Drag Reduction,\" NASA Phase I, 2013 \"A Variable Pulse Width, Voltage, and Repetition Frequency IGBT-based High Power Radio Frequency Source Driver,\" DOD Phase I 2013 \"High Gain and Frequency Ultra-Stable Integrators for ICC and Long Pulse ITER Applications,\" DOE 20•••••14 Phase I/II/IIB \"Low-Impurity, Electrode-less Pre-ionizer Plasma Gun for Innovative Confinement Concepts,\" DOE Phase I/II 20••••13 \"A Robust Modular IGBT Power Supply for Innovative Confinement Concepts,\" DOE+NASA Phase 20••••13

Education

• University of Washington

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics

  2003 — 2008

• Lehigh University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Physics

  1997 — 2001

• Lehigh University

  Bachelors of Science, Physics (Minor in Astronomy)

  1997 — 2001

• National Outdoor Leadership School

  Certificate, Waddington Range Glacial Mountaineering

  2002 — 2002

• University of Washington

  Masters of Science, Physics

  2002 — 2003