The Plasma Science group is located in the Aerospace and Energetic Research Building. Students and professors from a wide range of disciplines work together to study and develop Plasma Science, eventually leading to economical nuclear fusion. 

HIT-II, the Helicity Injected Torus experiment, is a second generation machine used to study a new and promising method of current drive and plasma heating. 

ZAP, or Z-Axial Pinch, studies axial flow in a plasma column to see if the flow stabilizes the equilibrium, thereby lengthening the confinement time. 

TIP, or Transient Internal Probe is an experimental internal plasma diagnostic. It fires a small probe through the plasma at  approximately 2 km/s (4000 mph) to learn more about the internal conditions of the plasma, with emphasis on the internal magnetic field.