Dr. Carl Weggel

MIT Alcator Program

Fifty years in superconducting magnet design. An MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Lab veteran who designed the Alcator series tokamaks — including Alcator A, which earned a Guinness World Record for the strongest steady-state magnetic field — and led ultra-high-field magnet work at INESCO. He invented the internally-supported ohmic-heating coil.

Education

Magnet Engineer — MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory

Honors & Highlights

Guinness World Record — Strongest Steady-State Magnetic Field

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Content reviewed August 2026 · design-and-simulation stage