WEB SEMINARS
Upcoming seminars
Past seminars
The Plasma Science Center sponsors a web-seminar series in which Co-PIs of the Center and LTP researchers present their most recent research results. Past presentations can be accessed from this page.
If you are interested in joining or viewing a live web-seminar, please contact doeplsc@eecs.umich.edu for login information.
Upcoming Seminars
Date, |
Speaker (Affiliation) |
Title |
Past Seminars
- Francis Chen, January 17, 2014
Ion Energy Distributions from a Permanent-Magnet Helicon Thruster (PPT) - Marthe Bacal, December 20, 2013
Effect of Caesium Seeding in Negative Hydrogen Ion Sources (PDF, PPTX) - Roman Kompaneets, September 13, 2013
Ion Kinetic Waves in a Weakly Ionized Plasma (PDF) - Sarveshwar Sharma, August 30, 2013
Study of Stochastic Heating in Single and Dual Frequency Capacitive Discharges Using Particle-in-cell Simulation (PDF) - Francis Chen, June 14, 2013
Permanent-magnet Helicon Sources for Etching, Coating, and Thrust (PPT, PDF) - Mikhail Shneider, May 3, 2013
Dynamic Contraction of the Positive Column of a Self-sustained Glow Discharge in Nitrogen/Air Flow (PPT, PDF) - Mikhail Dorf, April 19, 2013
Collective Focusing of a Neutralized Intense Ion Beam Propagating Along a Weak Solenoidal Magnetic Field (PPT, PDF) - Michael Campanell, April 12, 2013
Study of the Formation and Motion of Plasma Globe Filaments with High Frequency Photography (PPTX, PDF) - Alexander Thomas, April 5, 2013
The Power of Light: Next Generation Radiation Sources Enabled by Ultra-Powerful Lasers Interacting with Plasma
(PDF - 35 MB) - Hyo-Chang Lee, March 29, 2013
Electron Energy Distribution Function of the Plasma in the Presence of Both Capacitive Field and Inductive Field: from Electron Heating to Plasma Processing Control
(PDF) - Troy Carter, March 22, 2013
Modification of Turbulence and Transport with Continuous Variation of Edge Flow and Flow Shear in LAPD
(PDF with movies - 57 MB, PDF without movies - 3 MB) - Brandon Weatherford, March 8, 2013
Two-Dimensional Profiles of Electron and Metastable Densities Produced in Helium Fast Ionization Wave Discharges (PPTX, PDF) - Chris Cooper, February 22, 2013
Transport in a Field-aligned Magnetized Plasma and Neutral Gas Boundary: the End of the Plasma (PPTX, PDF) - Paola Diomede, February 8, 2013
Control of Ion Energy Distributions on Plasma Electrodes (PPTX, PDF) - Igor Adamovich, January 25, 2013
Point-to-point Nanosecond Pulse "Diffuse Filament" Discharges for Studies of Energy Transfer and Nonequilibrium Chemical Reaction Mechanisms in Molecular Plasmas (PPT) - Rebecca Anthony, December 14, 2012 (part 1), January 11, 2013 (part 2)
Plasma-produced Silicon Nanocrystals for Light-emitting Devices - part I (PDF, PPTX) - J. P. Sheehan, December 7, 2012
A Kinetic Theory of Planar Plasma Sheaths Surrounding Electron Emitting Surfaces (PDF) -
Francis Chen, November 9, 2012
Use of Permanent Magnets for Laboratory and Industrial Plasmas (PDF) -
Michael Campanell, October 5, 2012
Instability and Disappearance of Debye Sheaths Due to Secondary Electron Emission (PPTX) - Mierk Anne Schwabe, September 21, 2012
Bubbles and Droplets in a Dusty Plasma (PDF) - Predrag Krstic, June 1 and 8, 2012
Tuning Plasma by the Nanoscale Lithium-Dopped Surfaces (PDF) - Pascal Chabert, May 11, 2012
Global Model of Micro-Hollow Cathode Discharges (PPTX) - Peter Yoon, May 4, 2012
Electron Acceleration by Langmuir Turbulence (PPT) - Gregory Nusinovich and Yakov Dimant, March 30, 2012
To Detecting Concealed Radioactive Sources: Propagation of Gamma Rays and Production of Free Electrons in Air (PDF - part 1, PDF - part 2) - David Go, March 16, 2012
Field Emission-Driven Microdischarges (PDF) - David Staack, March 2, 2012
Microplasmas in Liquids (PPTX) - Natalia Babaeva, February 17, 2012
Challenges in Modeling of Plasma Interactions in Medicine and Biology: What Insights Can You Expect? (PDF) - Valery Godyak, January 27, 2012
Electron Temperature Modification in Gas Discharge Plasma (PDF) - Irina V. Schweigert, June 10, 2011
Different Modes of a Capacitively Coupled Radio Frequency Discharge in Methane (PDF) - Natalia Sternberg, May 20, 2011
Patching the Plasma and Sheath Solutions (PDF) - Amy Wendt, April 29, 2011
Optical Diagnostics of Electron Energy Distributions in Low Temperature Plasmas (PDF) - Alex Likhanskii, April 15, 2011
Surface Discharges and Their Applications (PDF) - Ammar Hakim, March 25, 2011
Nautilus: Robust and Accurate Code for Modeling Chemically Reacting Plasma Fluid Flows (PDF) - Scott Baalrud, February 25, 2011
The Bohm Criterion In Plasmas With One or Two Ion Species (PDF) - Vladimir Demidov, February 11, 2011
Probe Measurements of Electron Energy Distributions in Gas Discharge Plasmas (part 2) (PDF) - Valery Godyak, January 28, 2011
Probe Measurements of Electron Energy Distributions in Gas Discharge Plasmas (part 1) (PPT) - Igor Kaganovich, January 14, 2011
Formation of Structures in Plasma With Negative Ions: From Glow Discharges to Ball Lightning (PDF) - Leo Lau, December 17, 2010
From Quantum Chemistry Curiosity Research to Green Technology Innovation and Commercialization - Creation of Tailor-made Molecular Layers by Hyperthermal Hydrogen Induced Cross-linking (PDF) - JP Sheehan, December 03, 2010
A Comparison of Emissive Probe Techniques for Electric Potential Measurements in a Hall Thruster Plasma (PDF) - Vincent Donnelly, October 29, 2010
Plasma-Surface Interactions at a "Spinning Wall" (PPT) - Gottlieb Oehrlein, September 24, 2010
Low-Temperature H2 Plasma Interactions with a-CH Surfaces (PDF) - Vincent Donnelly, April 30, 2010
Initial Measurements and Modeling of a Novel Reactor to Control Plasma Electron and Ion Distribution Functions (PDF) - Igor Adamovich, April 23, 2010
Studies of Fast Ionization Wave Discharge Plasmas Using Optical Diagnostics with Sub-Nanosecond Time Resolution (PDF) - Uwe Kortshagen, April 16, 2010
Charging, Heating and Ion Bombardment of Nanoparticles in Plasmas (PDF) - Iain Boyd, April 09, 2010
Computation of Nonequilibrium Low Temperature Plasma Using Hybrid Particle-Fluid Methods (PDF) - Vladimir Demidov, March 26, 2010
Control of Gas Discharge Plasma Properties Utilizing Nonlocal Electron Energy Distribution Functions (PDF) - Ed Barnat, March 19, 2010
Diagnostic Tools for Multi-Dimensional Plasmas (PDF) - Emi Kawamura, March 05, 2010
2D Fluid Reactor Models using COMSOL (PDF)