Research Intern at CERN

2023 – 2024

Sina Atalay

After graduating, I spent 14 months at CERN as a technical student (research intern).

I worked with the STEAM Team on FiQuS, a Python and C++ simulation software for superconducting magnets. My focus was on finite element quench simulation of high-temperature superconducting pancake coils: the Pancake3D module of FiQuS.

My contributions are open source on CERN's GitLab: see the CERNGetDP and FiQuS repositories or my GitLab profile. I also have an example repository on GitHub for running FiQuS simulations.

I co-authored three publications from this research, including one as first author:

1. Magneto-Thermal Thin Shell Approximation for 3D Finite Element Analysis of No-Insulation Coils
   10.1109/TASC.2023.3340648, December 2023
2. An Open-Source 3D FE Quench Simulation Tool for No-Insulation HTS Pancake Coils
   10.1088/1361-6668/ad3f83, May 2024
3. Influence of Critical Current Defect on Operation, Quench Detection and Protection of a Conduction-Cooled Pancake REBCO Coil
   10.1109/TASC.2025.3532246, January 2025