Overview

Associate Professor, UAH Propulsion Research Center (PRC). $143K inaugural LSI Interstellar Initiative Grant. PI of Charger Advanced Propulsion and Power laboratory. 17 years post-PhD in magneto-inertial fusion modeling. Charger-1: 550 kJ, 3 TW pulsed power machine at Redstone Arsenal — repurposed nuclear weapons effects simulator (delivered by DTRA May 2012). Working with NASA MSFC, Boeing, Y-12 National Security Complex. Studying z-pinch fusion of lithium deuteride (no cryogenic storage). Pulsed Fission-Fusion hybrid (PuFF) engine. Mars trip: 2-3 months each way. Collaborating with LANL on PJMIF. APS DPP 2025: 3D fusion yield predictions for reactor-relevant PJMIF. UAH Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year, College of Engineering, 2021. AIAA Best Paper 2014: 'Developing the Pulsed Fission-Fusion (PuFF) Engine.'

Entity Type: Individual — Jason Cassibry is profiled as a key figure in the research network.

Network Relationships

Jason Cassibry connects to 3 entities in the intelligence network:

Experiments (2):

• ← PLX: UAH modeling collaborator
• → Charger-1 (UAH): PI of Charger-1 facility

Organisations (1):

• → Limitless Space Institute: LSI Interstellar Initiative Grant recipient

Research Findings

Jason Cassibry appears in 1 research analysis documents:

HyperJet MagnetizedPlasmaJets 2021:

Findings: Hyperjet Magnetizedplasmajets 2021

Source PDF: HyperJet_MagnetizedPlasmaJets_2021.pdf Date range: 1961-2021 Source org: LANL

Summary

This 2021 final technical report from HyperJet Fusion Corporation details the development and experimental characterization of magnetiz...

Source Documents

Intelligence derived from 4 source documents:

• UAH Engineering — LSI grant announcement
• UAH PRC — faculty directory and capabilities
• APS DPP 2025 — TP13.38
• OSTI.gov — PJMIF technical report (August 2025)