Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Biomedical and Agricultural Applications
The biomedical and agricultural applications of plasmas and plasma-activated media have been on the rise in the past years. This session welcomes contributions on the fundaments of plasma-living system interactions as well as examples of applications.
Discussion Leader: Adam Obrusnik (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Ek Adhikari (University of Notre Dame, USA)
"Influence of O2 or H2 O in a Plasma Jet and Its Environment on Plasma Electrical and Biochemical Performances"
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:20 pm
V. S. Santosh K. Kondeti (University of Minnesota, USA)
"The Chemical Mechanism of the Inactivation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus by an RF Driven Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Plasma Diagnostics, Modeling and Control / Gas Conversion and Combustion
The session focuses on plasma characterization techniques, both experimental and computational. Contributions focusing on online control, diagnostic methods, and modeling methods are welcome. The second half of this session covers the applications of plasma in gas conversion and combustion. This also includes contributions focusing on the fundamental processes related to these applications.
Discussion Leaders: Zakari Eckert (Sandia National Laboratories, USA) and Dirk van den Bekerom (Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), The Netherlands)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm
Arghavan Alamatsaz (University of California, Merced, USA)
"A Kinetic Study of the Frequency Response and Electrical Characteristics of Argon Microwave Microplasmas"
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Marien Simeni Simeni (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Electric Field Measurements in Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
YangYang Fu (Michigan State University, USA)
"Evolutions of Electron Energy Probability Function in Low-Pressure Discharges Under Various Waveforms"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Alex Steeg (Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), The Netherlands)
"Optimizing the Vibrational Non-Equilibrium of CO2 Microwave Plasma by Fast Pulsing"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Theresa Urbanietz (Institute for Experimental Physics II, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
"Non-Equilibrium Excitation of CO2 in an Atmospheric Pressure Helium Plasma Jet"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Lea Winter (Columbia University, USA)
"Elucidating Plasma-Catalyst Synergies in a Novel In Situ FTIR Low Pressure DBD Batch Reactor with Adjustable Plasma-Catalyst Configurations"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Plasma-Material Interactions
This session covers the applications of plasma in surface processing and material synthesis. This session includes thin film deposition, functionalization, and nanoparticle formation.
Discussion Leader: Katharine Hunter (University of Minnesota, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:20 am
Ezgi Bülbül (EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland)
"Nano-Confined Water Interacting with Chemical Vertical Gradient"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Miroslav Michlícek (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
"Diagnostics of RF CCP Plasma Polymerization from Cyclopropylamine/Argon Mixture"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Tianqi Liu (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
"Metal-Free, Low-Temperature, Plasma Conversion of Printable, Solution-Processed Ammonia Borane to Hexagonal Boron Nitride Films"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:20 am
Yaoge Liu (Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), The Netherlands)
"Atmospheric-Pressure Dual-Frequency Dielectric Barrier Discharge Characterization for Thin Film Deposition"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:40 am
François Loyer (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg)
"Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (AP-PiCVD) Temporally Isolated Discharges Toward Conventional Polymerization"
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Pathways in Plasma Physics
The mentoring session will take the form of a panel discussion with four carefully chosen experts from the fields of plasma physics and plasma chemistry, who have very different background and are, currently, at different stages of their career. The aim of the mentoring session is to mediate the GRS participants different career experiences and perspectives, so that they can make a qualified decision about their future professional path.
Discussion Leader: Amanda Lietz (University of Michigan, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:20 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Pathways in Plasma Physics
Selma Mededovic Thagard (Clarkson University, USA)
Juan Trelles (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Aniruddha Upadhye (3M, USA)
Richard van de Sanden (Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), The Netherlands)
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
Closing Remarks
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
