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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 - Download Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule

Abstract, Date,
Time, Location

Speaker (Affiliation)

Title

19 November
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)

4 December
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)

Refreshments: *After Seminar, **Before Seminar

Past Seminars

Abstract, Date,
Time, Location

Speaker (Affiliation)

Title

Slides

Video

29 October
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
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
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)

Dr. Mark Sherlock

Dr. Chris Ridgers

16 September
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
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