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SEMINAR SERIES

MIPSE sponsors a seminar series, inviting leading international researchers to the UM campus. MIPSE also co-sponsors seminars with departments on topics related to PSE.

Upcoming Seminars

Friday
17 May 2013
4:00 - 5:00 pm 1200 EECS

Prof. Chang Hee Nam
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

Relativistic Laser Science Research at CoReLS

Fall 2013
Winter 2014

Photo Gallery

In appreciation of their wonderful seminars, MIPSE speakers are presented with the official "MIPSE Mug".

Chan Joshi with Alec Thomas, 09/19/2012	Mounir Laroussi with Mark Kushner, 10/10/2012
Chris Ridgers with Alec Thomas, 10/26/2012	Howard Milchberg with Carolyn Kuranz, 11/07/2012
Adam Frank with Carolyn Kuranz, 01/23/2013	Adam Frank, 01/23/2013
Jeff Hopwood with Mark Kushner, 01/30/2013	Merav Opher with Mark Kushner, 02/20/2013
Mike Dunne with Alec Thomas, 03/13/2013	Richard Hofer with Alec Gallimore, 03/20/2013
Michael Shay with Mark Moldwin, 04/10/2013

Fall 2013

Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title, Abstract
Wednesday 18 September 2013	Prof. Sergei Lebedev Imperial College London, UK
Wednesday 25 September 2013	Prof. Edward Thomas Auburn University
Wednesday 9 October 2013	Prof. Michael Brown Swarthmore College
Wednesday 23 October 2013	Dr. Hui Chen Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Wednesday 4 December 2013
Wednesday 11 December 2013	Prof. Thomas Corke University of Notre Dame

Winter 2014

Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title, Abstract
Wednesday 15 January 2014	Prof. Michael Keidar George Washington University
Wednesday 22 January 2014	Prof. Richard Temkin MIT
Wednesday 12 February 2014	Dr. Ned Sauthoff Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wednesday 19 February 2014
Wednesday 26 February 2014
Wednesday 12 March 2014
Wednesday 19 March 2014
Wednesday 26 March 2014
Wednesday 2 April 2014
Wednesday 9 April 2014
Wednesday 16 April 2014

Winter 2013

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Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title, Abstract
Wednesday 23 January 2013 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1017 Dow	Prof. Adam Frank University of Rochester	Stars, Disks and Jets: The View From The Telescope, The Computer and The Lab Watch the lecture Download slides: (PPTX)
Wednesday 30 January 2013 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1017 Dow	Prof. Jeffrey Hopwood Tufts University	Microplasmas Excited by Microwave Frequencies Watch the lecture Download slides (PPTX)
Wednesday 20 February 2013 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1017 Dow	Prof. Merav Opher Boston University	Exploring Plasma Effects at the Edge of the Solar System: Magnetic Reconnection in the Heliosheath and Heliopause Watch the lecture Download slides: (PPTX, 74 MB), (PDF, 14 MB)
Wednesday 13 March 2013 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1017 Dow	Prof. Mike Dunne Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Laser Inertial Fusion Energy (LIFE) Watch the lecture Download slides: (PPTX, 235 MB), (PDF, 36 MB)
Wednesday 20 March 2013 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1017 Dow	Dr. Richard Hofer Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA	Magnetic Shielding in Hall Thrusters: Breakthrough Space Propulsion Technology for the 21st Century Watch the lecture Download slides: (PPTX, 11 MB)
Wednesday 10 April 2013 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1017 Dow	Prof. Michael Shay University of Delaware	Studying the Microphysics of Magnetic Reconnection in the Earth's Magnetosphere and the Solar Wind Watch the lecture Download slides (PPT)

Fall 2012

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Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title, Abstract
Tuesday 18 September 2012 1:30 - 2:30 pm 1017 Dow	Prof. David Graves University of California, Berkeley	Biomedical Applications of Ambient Gas Plasma: The Confluence of Redox Biology and Plasma Science Jointly sponsored by MIPSE and the Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF) Download slides (PPT)
Wednesday 19 September 2012 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1311 EECS	Prof. Chan Joshi UCLA	Shocks and Wakes in Plasmas Download slides (PPTX) (embedded videos may only play on Mac)
Wednesday 3 October 2012 3:15 - 4:15 pm Michigan State University 1345 Engineering Building 428 S. Shaw Ln., East Lansing	Prof. Konrad Gelbke Michigan State University	From NSCL (National Superconducting Cyclotron Facility) to FRIB (Facility for Rare Isotope Beams) at MSU
Wednesday 10 October 2012 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1311 EECS	Prof. Mounir Laroussi Old Dominion University	Plasma Medicine: Low Temperature Plasma as a Transformational Technology for the Healthcare Field Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF)
Friday 12 October 2012 4:00 - 5:00 pm White Auditorium (G906 Cooley)	Prof. John H. Booske University of Wisconsin-Madison	Back to the Future: 21st Century Instruction Innovations Jointly sponsored by MIPSE and the Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Download slides (PDF) Video from the presentation (WMV) Wisconsin Collaboratory for Enhanced Learning (WisCEL)
Friday 26 October 2012 12:00 - 1:00 pm 1121 LBME	Dr. Chris Ridgers University of Oxford, UK	Exploring QED-Plasmas with High-Intensity Lasers Jointly sponsored by MIPSE and the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS)
Wednesday 7 November 2012 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1311 EECS	Prof. Howard Milchberg University of Maryland	The Extreme Nonlinear Optics of Air and Femto-second Optical Filamentation Watch the lecture Download slides (PPT)
Monday 19 November 2012 3:00 - 4:00 pm 1013 Dow	Prof. James Van Dam Department of Energy and University of Texas at Austin	The Scientific Challenge of Burning Plasmas Watch the lecture Download slides (PPT)
Wednesday 5 December 2012 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1311 EECS	Dr. Yevgeny Raitses Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Complex Phenomena in Magnetized Plasmas in the Presence of Electron Emission Watch the lecture Download slides (PPT)

Winter 2012

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Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title, Abstract
Wednesday 25 January 2012 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1017 Dow	Dr. Svetlana Radovanov Varian Semiconductor	Ion Implantation Technology for Precision Materials Modification: Recent Progress in Beamline and Plasma Devices
Wednesday 1 February 2012 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1017 Dow	Prof. Mark E. Koepke West Virginia University	Experimental Verification of the Stationary Alfvén Wave and Its Relevance to Auroral Plasma Physics
Thursday 8 March 2012 1:00 - 2:00 pm 1005 EECS	Dr. Andrew D. Greenwood US Air Force Research Laboratory	Numerical Simulation of High Power Microwave Devices with ICEPIC Watch the lecture
Wednesday 14 March 2012 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1017 Dow	Prof. Mark A. Cappelli Stanford University	The Use of Gas Discharge Plasmas to Control Combustion and Aerodynamic Flows Watch the lecture Download presentation with movies (ZIP)

Fall 2011

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Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title, Abstract
Wednesday 14 September 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1005 EECS	Prof. Igor Adamovich Ohio State University	Nanosecond Pulse Nonequilibrium Discharges for High-Speed Flow Control and Plasma Assisted Combustion Watch the lecture Download slides (PPT)
Wednesday 21 September 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1005 EECS	Dr. Kim Budil Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	High Energy Density Plasma Physics: An Evolving Role on the National Scene Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF)
Friday 30 September 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm White Auditorium Cooley Building	Prof. Yue Ying Lau NERS, University of Michigan	Effects of Surface Roughness on Electrical Contact, RF Heating and Field Enhancement (Joint NERS-MIPSE seminar)
Thursday 20 October 2011 3:30 - 4:30 pm 2246 SRB	Prof. Roberto Mancini University of Nevada, Reno	Experiments and Modeling of Photoionised Plasmas at the Z Facility (Joint AOSS-MIPSE seminar)
Wednesday 26 October 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1005 EECS	Prof. Gary Eden University of Illinois	Microcavity Plasma Science and Recent Applications: Bound-Free Coupling, Transistors and Illumination Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF) For movies, please contact Prof. Eden.
Wednesday 7 December 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1005 EECS	Dr. Tom Mehlhorn Naval Research Laboratory	The Naval Research Enterprise and Plasma Physics Research at the Naval Research Lab Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF)

Summer 2011 - Special Seminars

Date, Time, Location

Speaker (Affiliation)

Title

Wednesday
27 July 2011

Prof. Gerrit Kroesen
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Unraveling Electrical Fields, Ion Densities and Dust Particle Charge in an RF Plasma Sheath by Single Particle Experiments under Hypergravity and Microgravity Conditions

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Centrifuge Movie (WMV)

Zero-G Movie (AVI)

Monday
1 August 2011

Prof. R. Paul Drake
University of Michigan

Status of the National Ignition Campaign (Joint Seminar with AOSS)

Winter 2011

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Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title, Abstract
Wednesday 12 January 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1303 EECS	Prof. David Graves University of California, Berkeley	When Low Temperature Plasmas Meet Surfaces Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF)
Wednesday 19 January 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1303 EECS	Prof. Nathaniel Fisch Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory	Compressing Waves in Plasma Watch the lecture
Tuesday 8 February 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1005 EECS	Dr. Phillip Colella Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	High-Resolution and Adaptive Methods for Plasma Physics (Joint with AOSS and NERS)
Wednesday 16 March 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1303 EECS	Prof. Edl Schamiloglu The University of New Mexico	Mode Switching in Relativistic Magnetrons and Hysteresis Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF)
Wednesday 30 March 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1303 EECS	Prof. John Verboncoeur Michigan State University	Microwave-Driven Breakdown: From Dielectric Surface Multipactor to Ionization Discharge Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF)
Wednesday 6 April 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1303 EECS	Prof. Javad Mostaghimi University of Toronto	Dynamics of Droplet Impact and Solidification in Plasma Spray Process Watch the lecture Download slides (ZIP)
Wednesday 13 April 2011 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1303 EECS	Prof. Warren Mori University of California, Los Angeles	Plasma Based Acceleration: A Path Towards Compact Particle Accelerators Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF)

Fall 2010

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Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title, Abstract
Wednesday 15 September 2010 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1200 EECS	Prof. William Dorland The University of Maryland	Turbulent Plasmas in Astrophysics and Fusion Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF)
Wednesday 29 September 2010 3:00 - 4:00 pm 1200 EECS	Dr. Bruce Remington Inertial Confinement Fusion Program Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	From High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics to Extreme Materials Science: Pushing the Frontiers of Experimental Science (Opening the MIPSE Graduate Student Symposium) Download slides (PDF)
Wednesday 27 October 2010 4:00 - 5:00 pm 2246 SRB	Prof. Earl Scime West Virginia University	Neutral Atom Imaging of the Terrestrial Magnetosphere (Joint with Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences) Download slides (PPT)
Wednesday 17 November 2010 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1200 EECS	Prof. Edgar Choueiri Princeton University	Ion Acceleration by Beating Electrostatic Waves: Theory, Experiments and Relevance to Spacecraft Propulsion Watch the lecture Download slides (PDF)
Wednesday 1 December 2010 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1200 EECS	Prof. Valery Godyak RF Plasma Consulting/University of Michigan	Physics of Low Pressure Inductive Discharges Watch the lecture Download slides (PPT)
Wednesday 8 December 2010 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1200 EECS	Prof. Heather Canavan The University of New Mexico	Plasma Polymerization of Biocompatible Thin Films: Applications of rf Plasmas in Biomedical Engineering Watch the lecture Download slides (PPT) Movie ?Rat heart cell sheets beating in vitro? (MPEG) Movie ?Rat heart cell sheets beating in vivo? (MPEG)

Winter 2010

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Abstract, Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title	Slides
14 January 2010 3:30 - 4:30 pm** 2246 Space Research Bldg.	Prof. Amitava Bhattacharjee University of New Hampshire	Onset of Fast Magnetic Reconnection in Laboratory and Space Plasmas (Joint Seminar with Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences)
22 January 2010 4:00 ? 5:00 pm** White Auditorium Cooley Building	Prof. Frederick Becchetti University of Michigan	Explosive Nucleosynthesis Studied in the Laboratory (Joint Seminar with Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences)
17 February 2010 4:00 - 5:00 pm* 1005 EECS Building	Prof. Mohan Sankaran Case Western Reserve University	Bottom-Up Solutions to Plasma Synthesis of Nanomaterials
24 February 2010 4:00 - 5:00 pm* 1005 EECS Building	Prof. Walter Gekelman University of California at Los Angeles	Three-Dimensional Magnetic Field Line Reconnection Involving Flux Ropes and Alfven Waves
26 March 2010 4:00 - 5:00 pm** White Auditorium Cooley Building	Dr. Glen Wurden Los Alamos National Laboratory	Reactor Engineering Issues for Magnetized Target Fusion (Joint Seminar with Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences)
Refreshments: After Seminar, *Before Seminar

Special MIPSE Colloquium: May 12, 2010

Abstract, Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title
12 May 2010 1:00 pm Baer Conference Room Cooley Building	Prof. Richard Carter University of Lancaster (UK)	Engineering Challenges of Particle Accelerators (Joint Seminar with Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences)

Fall 2009

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Abstract, Date, Time, Location	Speaker (Affiliation)	Title	Slides	Video
4 December 2009 4:00 ? 5:00 pm White Auditorium Cooley Building	Prof. Cary Forest University of Wisconsin	Dynamo Experiments: From Liquid Metals to Plasmas (Joint Seminar with Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences) (Contact author for copy of videos in presentation.)
19 November 2009 3:30 - 4:30 pm 2246 Space Research Bldg.	Prof. Mark Moldwin University of Michigan	Universal Magnetic Structures in Lab to Astrophysical Domains (Joint Seminar with Atmospheric, Oceanic & Space Sciences) (Contact author for copy of videos in presentation.)
19 November 2009 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1005 EECS	Prof. Alex Fridman Drexel University	Plasma Medicine: Physical and Bio-Chemical Mechanisms of Non-Thermal Plasma Interaction with Living Tissue
7 October 2009 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1005 EECS	Dr. Michael Barnes Intevac, Inc.	Plasma Science in Development of Industrial Etching and Deposition Tools: The Presence of Normal Modes Above a Capacitive Plasma Applicator
18 September 2009 12 noon - 1:00 pm 1114 ERB-1	Dr. Mark Sherlock & Dr. Chris Ridgers Imperial College London (Drs. Sherlock and Ridgers will both present "half-seminars".)	Universal Scaling of the Electron Distribution Function in Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interactions (Dr. Sherlock) Insights into Long and Short-Pulse Laser-Plasma Experiments from Vlasov-Fokker-Planck Simulations (Dr. Ridgers) (Joint Seminar with the Center for Ultrafast Optical Science)
16 September 2009 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1005 EECS	Dr. Jean-Luc Vay Lawrence Berkeley Natl. Lab	Novel Particle-In-Cell Simulation Methods in Heavy-Ion Fusion Science and Related Fields
9 September 2009 4:00 - 5:00 pm 1005 EECS	Dr. Gregory Hebner Sandia Natl. Lab.	Energy Transport and Frequency Dependent Ion Kinetics in a Capacitively Coupled Plasma Reactor
28 April 2009 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm 1690 CSE	Dr. Robert Kaita (Princeton Plasma Physics Lab)	Up Against the Wall: Liquid Lithium for the Chamber Technology Challenge in Fusion Energy