Troy Tyler

Troy Tyler holds a degree in Engineering Physics from Simon Fraser University. He started his career straight out of university working in practical visual effects and animatronics at SFX studio before moving to Kodak, formally Creo Inc, as a design engineer. Troy designed the laser control hardware for Kodak’s most advanced thermal imaging head at the time, as well as the safety system for an LCD color filter machine.

Troy has spent the last 10 years working at General Fusion Inc. pursuing fusion innovation primarily as lead diagnostician for the plasma compression team. He designed and implemented several key plasma diagnostics including a photon Doppler velocimetry system capable of measuring speeds of greater than 13km/s with 50ns timing resolution.

Troy also managed General Fusion’s field operations team of 30 professionals including PhD physicists, engineers, software specialists and explosive technicians to complete 17 successful plasma compression experiments.