GEC 2023 Workshops - Monday, October 9, 2023
Four workshops will take place at GEC 2023:
Alternative Propellants for Electric Propulsion
Organizer:
Prof. Benjamin Jorns, University of Michigan
Invited speakers:
Trevor Lafleur, UNSW Canberra
Iodine as a propellant for electric propulsion systems: Current state-of-the-art and remaining challenges
Thomas Underfoot, University of Texas
Overview, Opportunities, and Challenges of Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion
James Szabo, Busek Co.
Metal Propellant Space Propulsion
Kristina Lemmer, Western Michigan University
Ionic liquid monopropellants for electric propulsion: species, decomposition, and implementation
Josh Rovey, University of Illinois
Electrospray of HAN-based Monopropellant
Elaine Petro, Cornell University
Theoretical and experimental studies on water discharges for electric propulsion
Justin Little, University of Washington
Challenges with diagnostics and facilities for alternative propellant testing
Dan Goebel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Poisoning of Thermionic Cathodes with Alternative Propellants
John Foster, University of Michigan
RF Cathodes for Alternative Propellants
Opportunities for Plasma Science and Engineering in Microelectronics Fabrication
Organizers:
Prof. Mark Kushner, University of Michigan
Prof. Steven Shannon, North Carolina State University
Invited speakers:
David Graves, Princeton University and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Overview
Aaron Wilson, Micron
Chip Manufacturer Perspective
Alex Paterson, Lam Research
Equipment Developer’s Perspective
Sang Ki Nam, Samsung
International Perspective
Gottlieb Oehrlein, University of Maryland
Plasma Surface Interactions
Satoshi Hamaguchi, Osaka University
Role of Machine Learning
Du Zhang, Tokyo Electron America
Feature Profile Modeling
Lax Raja, University of Texas
High Performance Computing for Reactor Scale Simulations
US DOE-Funded Collaborative Low Temperature Plasma Research Facilities
Organizers:
Dr. Yevgeny Raitses, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Dr. Shane Sickafoose, Sandia National Laboratory
Invited speakers:
Nirmol Podder, Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
Yevgeny Raitses, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ
Overview of Princeton Collaborative Research Facility (PCRF)
Shane M. Sickafoose, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
Overview of Sandia Plasma Research Facility (PRF)
Katharina Stapelmann, North Carolina State University
Atomic oxygen densities in the gas and liquid phase: utilizing ps- and fs-TALIF to interrogate the transport of O from the gas into the liquid phase
Shahid Rauf, Applied Materials, Inc, Santa Clara, CA
Collaborative research on particle-in-cell modeling of materials-processing plasmas
Peng Zhang, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Pulsed laser induced photoemission and its effects in plasma discharge
Scott Walton, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
The characterization of Ar metastables in electron beam generated plasmas
Deanna Lacoste, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Temperatures and methyl radical measurements in NRP glow discharges for combustion enhancement
John Foster, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Addressing the plastic waste problem through plasma assisted depolymerization
Scott Baalrud, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Advancing sheath physics using particle-in-cell simulations
Don Madison Memorial Workshop on Atomic and Molecular Collisions
Organizers:
Prof. Allision Harris, Illinois State University
Prof. Tim Gay, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Prof. Sandra Ward Quintanilla, University of North Texas
Invited speakers:
Esam Ali, University of Benghazi, Libya
“Don Madison's role in advancing our understanding of atomic/molecule collisions by electron impact”
Michael Schulz, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Non-PCI Higher-Order Contributions to Fully Differential Ionization Cross Sections
Dave Schultz, Northern Arizona University, USA
Few-body atomic interactions and their application in plasma science: Echoes of Don Madison’s influence as a mentor on a subsequent career of research
James Colgan, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
Perturbative and non-perturbative methods for electron-impact ionization
Alexander Dorn, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Germany
Multi-particle imaging techniques for studying electron and positron impact ionization
Kathryn Hamilton, University of Colorado Denver, USA
Where to find, or how to generate, electron collision data for plasma applications
Klaus Bartschat, Drake University, USA
Electron Collisions with Atoms and Ions — A Solved Problem?
Joan Dreiling, Quantinuum, USA
Asymmetric Interactions between Spin-Polarized Electrons and Chiral Molecules
Josh Machacek, Australian National University, Australia
Title TBA
Liam Scarlett, Curtin University, Australia
Convergent close-coupling approach to electron-molecule collisions
