# Bob Kool

**Source**: https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/bob-kool
**Parent**: https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/05-03-2026-control-of-novel-power-exhaust-solutions-in-nuclear-fusion

Doctoral Candidate

# Bob Kool

- [PURE url](https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/bob-kool/ "Research Portal")

##### Contact

[b.kool@tue.nl](#)

##### Department / Institute

[Mechanical Engineering](https://www.tue.nl/en/our-university/departments/mechanical-engineering)

##### Group

[Group Heemels](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/group-heemels)

## RESEARCH PROFILE

I work on developing active exhaust control systems to handle the extreme heat in the exhaust region of nuclear fusion devices.

## Recent Publications

- [See all publications](https://research.tue.nl/en/persons/bob-kool//publications/)

- [### Power exhaust control in novel divertor solutions

  (2026)

  Bob Kool](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/ccbd5d55-8e86-49bb-94c8-b9ca23aee6f5)
- [### From MAST-U to STEP

  Fusion Engineering and Design

  (2026)

  B. Kool,G.L. Derks,Tijs A. Wijkamp,L. Ceelen,Kevin H.A. Verhaegh,Matthijs van Berkel](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/cc2c6951-0ebb-4cfa-a56d-d1dc40e2a248)
- [### Systematic multi-machine analysis of the exhaust time-dependent behavior in tokamaks

  Nuclear Fusion

  (2026)

  Matthijs van Berkel,G.L. Derks,L. Ceelen,T.O.S.J. Bosman,B. Kool,Timo Ravensbergen,Christopher A. Orrico,Loes Jansen,Juan Javier Palacios Roman,Artur Perek](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/a56ed69a-6d3b-4d57-bfbf-2867e129cd47)
- [### Double-null power-sharing dynamics in MAST-U

  Nuclear Fusion

  (2025)

  B. Kool,G.L. Derks,S.S. Henderson,J. Lovell,O.P. Bardsley,M. Lafferty,T.A. Wijkamp,P.A. Figueiredo,S. Silburn,A. Tookey](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/10ed66f7-d980-4998-9523-7becf75a18aa)
- [### Particle transport modelling for D/T ratio control experiments in JET

  Nuclear Fusion

  (2025)

  K.K. Kirov,M. Lennholm,L. Piron,D. Valcarcel,P. Almond,M. Baruzzo,M. van Berkel,T. Bosman,L. Ceelen,P. Fox](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/4f9e0ade-623c-4bd6-a9b1-305c23db6e40)

## Ancillary Activities

No ancillary activities