With your permission sir, all the scientists on the Doc Brown Mr. Fusion Home Reactor project will be female, single, and gyuh-hot (that's the level above hot where you have to say that gyuh noise before saying "She's hooottt!".) There will be no whipping (unless it's requested and a safe word is in play), but there will be plenty of positive encouragement in the form of frequent special attentions from the Director (me) to the every needs of the scientists (possibly involving baby oil), since they will have to be sequestered from the general population in order to help them stay focused on their work.
As a backup plan, if the scientists can't deliver on the fusion, we'll bring in some enginerds and just use the GHS (Gyuh-Hot Scientists) in a more motivational role. One way or another, there will be fusion.