While the majority of fusion energy research is focused on magnetic confinement, there have been several alternative confinement methods aimed at the development of smaller and less expensive reactors. A number of these alternative reactors are based on a spherically convergent beam of recirculating ions and include designs such as inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC), multi-grid IEC, and the periodically oscillating plasma sphere (POPS) concept. Our work involves a combination of techniques to improve the level of neutron emission from the fusion reactor in our lab at Portland State University.