Drexel University : President’s Report 2011

              Universities have a responsibility to increase our understanding of our world, and to translate that understanding into ideas that change people’s lives for the better. Drexel is meeting both those challenges through a growing research enterprise that is particularly adept at translational or “use-inspired” research: discoveries that have [...]

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Dental Plasma Brush Painlessly Cleans out Cavities

Dental Plasma Brush Painlessly Cleans out Cavities by GENE OSTROVSKY on Dec 21, 2011 • 12:22 pm   A team of researchers from University of Missouri, University of Tennessee, and Nanova, Inc (Columbia, MO) have been working on a new dental “plasma brush” for cleaning out cavities and preparing teeth for fillings. The device uses “cool” plasma to affect chemical reactions [...]

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ESCAMPIG 2012 Conference: Viana do Castelo, Portugal 7/10 – 7/14/2012

XXI Europhysics Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics of Ionized Gases (ESCAMPIG) will be held in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, July 10-14, 2012. http://escampig2012.ist.utl.pt/index.html       Submit Abstracts at http://escampig2012.ist.utl.pt/AbsSubTab.html   Deadline for paper submission is February 24th, 2012. Notification of paper acceptance will be sent by email to the contacting authors by March 16th, 2012.   Registration [...]

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2nd Announcement : ICPM4 in Orléans, France from 6/17 – 6/21/2012

ICPM 4 2nd Announcement June 17-21, 2012 It is a great pleasure to invite you to take part in the 4th International Conference on Plasma Medicine which is to be held in Orléans, France, from June 17 to June 21 2012. ICPM4 is an International Society for Plasma Medicine event. SCIENTIFIC TOPICS • plasma cell [...]

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“Effect of Dielectric Barrier Discharge Treatment of Blood Plasma to Improve Rheological Properties of Blood” published in Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing

Effect of Dielectric Barrier Discharge Treatment of Blood Plasma to Improve Rheological Properties of Blood by J M Jung, Y Yang, D H Lee, G Fridman, A Fridman, Y I Cho Abstract The whole blood viscosity (WBV) is one of the major independent indicators for the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and peripheral arterial diseases. Furthermore, [...]

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IPS 2012 Conference: Palaiseau, France 5/13 – 5/16/2012

 The 5th International Workshop on Plasma Spectroscopy will be held in Palaiseau, France from May 13 to May 16, 2012.  http://www.ips2012.erudicio.com/       IPS deadlines  First announcement: November 2011 Second announcement: January 2012 Abstracts submission end: 10th March 2012 Final announcement: 30th March 2012 Early paiement: 15th March 2012 Workshop in Giens Peninsula: 13th-16th May 2012 Abstracts submission Deadlines for abstract [...]

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Transfered arc on water

Please take a look at this new video of transfered arc on (over) water.

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Plasma sterilization article in UC Berkeley News

Using ionized plasmas as cheap sterilizers for developing world By Robert Sanders, Media Relations | November 14, 2011 University of California, Berkeley, scientists have shown that ionized plasmas like those in neon lights and plasma TVs not only can sterilize water, but make it antimicrobial – able to kill bacteria – for as long as a week after [...]

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HTPP-12 Conference: Bologna, Italy on 6/24 – 6/29/2012

The 12th High-Tech Plasma Processes conference (HTPP-12) will be held in Bologna-Italy on June 24-29, 2012 http://www.htpp12.com/   Abstracts for both oral and poster presentations should be sent by e-mail attachment to: Email: paper@htpp12.com not later than March 15, 2012   Papers from plenary and invited talks will be directed to Plasma Sources Science and Technology, while [...]

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Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept. Holiday Party

  On Behalf of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Dr. Moshe Kam Invite All to Attend Annual Holiday Party    Monday, December 19, 2011 @ 3:30 p.m. Bossone Research Center - 3rd Floor Atrium Come Celebrate the Holiday Season with Us Looking forward to seeing you!  

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“Inactivation of bacteria using DC corona discharge” published in New Journal of Physics

Inactivation of bacteria using dc corona discharge: role of ions and  humidity By : Danil Dobrynin et al 2011 Abstract Here we present the results of an experimental study of the effect of ions produced in a dc corona discharge on inactivation of bacteria on the surface of agarose gel. Both positive and negative corona discharges in various [...]

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22nd GRIBOI : Uppsala, Sweden 5/10 – 5/12/2012

The 22nd GRIBOI Conference is to being held in Uppsala, Sweden, from May 10 to May 12, 2012. http://griboi2012.hemsida24.se/   It is therefore MANDATORY that the abstract layout adheres to the template: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TEMPLATE Abstracts must not exceed one page. The page set up must not be modified, nor text size, to [...]

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Defense Announcement : Thomas Nunnally – 11/18/11

 Announcing the Ph.D. Dissertation Defense of: Thomas Nunnally  Date : Friday, November 18, 2011  Time: 1:00PM  Place : MEM Seminar Room (162 Curtis)   Application of Low Current Gliding Arc Plasma Discharges for Hydrogen Sulfide Decomposition and Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction  Abstract Presently, hydrogen sulfide decomposition and carbon dioxide emission reduction are among some of the [...]

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Event : Go Local. Go Camden – 11/9/11

spend it here keep it here CAMDEN CITY BUSINESSES! Please join us at our business networking event. At this event you will learn about an exciting new program geared at helping the Camden City business community do more business with the city’s anchor institutions and other local businesses. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH 5:30 TO 7:30 (REGISTRATION [...]

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Candidacy Announcement : Nathaniel D. Taylor – 11/4/2011

 Announcing the Ph.D. Oral Candidacy  Examination of:  Nathaniel D. Taylor  Time: Friday, November 4, 2011 at 4:00pm  Venue: MEM Seminar Room (Curtis 162)  Advisors: Dr. Y. Cho and Dr. A. Fridman             A Critical Review of Plasma Treatment Methods  of E. coli Contaminated Water Abstract: Electrical plasma discharge has been [...]

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Plasma inside agar gel

New video of plasma inside of agar gel.  This model mimics plasma “bullets” shooting through hollow areas in the patient’s body (lungs? nose? ears? …?).

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ICPM 4 : Orléans, France 6/17 – 6/21/2012

The 4th International Conference on Plasma Medicine is to being held in Orléans, France, from June 17 to June 21, 2012. http://icpm4.sciencesconf.org/ Pre-registration will open on November 1st – Second announcement December 15, 2011 – Call for abstracts December 15, 2011 – Deadline for abstract submission February 29, 2012 – Abstract acceptance notification March 30, 2012 – [...]

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The robosurgeon will see you now

Irish Times: A more recent development is “plasma medicine”. “Plasma is like mini-lightning. When you charge between two electrodes it disrupts the air in between, and it creates all kinds of energy – free electrons, free radicals, UV light, near-infrared light, … Read more, especially Dr. Satava’s quotes on Plasma Medicine: A more recent development [...]

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We are moving to a new server

As we are moving to a new server, please expect delays, site downtime, and a general host of problems associated with any move. Thank you for your patience.

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New movies

I finally got around to posting some videos on Vimeo. These include news videos, videos of plasmas, videos of …  Just take a look and find one you like.

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New Plasmatron movie

I am happy about this one. This took 2 hour of my day today but I very much enjoyed them. Here is a Plasmatron movie for you, hope you like it. Operating in different power modes this is a collection of 1250 photos at 1/8000 second shutter speed. Plasmatrom movie from Greg Fridman on Vimeo. [...]

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Videos from the Ribbon Cutting

Videos from the event are now posted online (thanks to Ivan for videotaping the whole thing!).  We tried to edit them down a little and show them in two separate parts: the initial pre-walkthrough where I show the labs as they now are; and the speeches by the President, the Provost, and the Congressman.

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Photos from the Ribbon Cutting

Yesterday’s event went well and we walked away full of cookies and new interesting ideas.  I hope all the participants enjoyed it (I know we did).  Come again early and often! You can also view more photos from College of Engineering representatives on Flickr and the photo-story thing done by a very cool photographer John [...]

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Ribbon Cutting ceremony in Camden

Dear Friends, Colleagues, Plasma Team, We would like to invite you to the Ribbon Cutting ceremony which will take place on Thursday, April 21st, 2011 at 10:30am in our new Camden facility: A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute 200 Federal Street Suite 500 Camden, NJ 08103 We would appreciate everyone to arrive by 10am. President Fry and [...]

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Plasma Institute students win Drexel’s IEEE poster competition

Pharmacological Effect of Non-Equilibrium Plasma Treatment of Liquids by Natalie Shainsky, Danil Dobrynin, Utku Ercan, Suresh Joshi, Haifeng Ji, Ari Brooks, Gregory Fridman, Alexander Fridman, Gary Friedman wins the First Place in the Drexel’s IEEE poster competition.

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