a Phase II NIAC grant along with two NASA STTRs funding the RF subsystem and superconducting coil subsystem. Directors In 1961 Gottlieb became the first director of the renamed Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. 1951-1961: Lyman Spitzer, director of Project Matterhorn 1961-1980: Melvin B. Gottlieb 1981-1990: Harold Fürth 1991-1996: Ronald C. Davidson 1997 (January–July): John A. Schmidt, interim director 1997-2008: Robert J. Goldston 2008–2016: Stewart C. Prager 2016–2017: Terrence K. Brog (interim) 2017–2018: Richard J. Hawryluk (interim) 2018–present: Sir Steven Cowley, 1 July 2018 Timeline of major research projects and experiments Other experiments International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Plasma science and technology Beam Dynamics and Nonneutral Plasma Laboratory for Plasma Nanosynthesis (LPN) Theoretical plasma physics DOE Scientific Simulation Initiative U.S. MHD Working Group Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) Theory Consortium Tokamak Physics Design and Analysis Codes TRANSP Code National Transport Code Collaboration (NTCC) Modules Library Transportation Tiger Transit's Route 3 runs to Forrestal Campus and terminates at PPPL. See also Project Sherwood National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX) References External links Project Matterhorn Publications and Reports, 1951-1958 Princeton University Library Digital Collections Plainsboro Township, New Jersey Princeton University United States Department of Energy national laboratories Federally Funded Research and Development Centers 1961 establishments in New Jersey Research institutes in New Jersey