IUCRC Phase I GWU: Center for High Pressure Plasma Energy, Agriculture, and Biomedical Technologies (PEAB)

大气压等离子体科学的进步为改善我国的医疗保健、经济繁荣和国防提供了突破性机会。这些科学突破导致了能源、环境修复、水处理和清洁、医药、食品加工和农业等领域的新技术的发展。这些都是高压等离子体能源、农业和生物医学技术中心(C-PEAB)要解决的科学和技术的核心基础领域。德雷克塞尔大学(DU)、密歇根大学(UM)和乔治华盛顿大学(GWU)是科学学科领域的领先机构，作为C-Peab的创始成员，它们正在相互协作，并与它们的工业合作伙伴进行协同合作。这一努力将通过集中招聘妇女和代表性不足的少数群体来支持STEM教育，培养一支跨学科的劳动力队伍，并将新的突破性技术与行业相结合。在与DU和UM在等离子体科学方面长期合作的基础上，GWU对C-Peab团队的独特贡献源于我们在基于等离子体的癌症治疗和适应性等离子体技术方面的专业知识。低温非平衡等离子体(LTP)科学是许多现代工业(如微电子和微制造)的基础。目前等离子体产生电子学的突破使LTP的应用领域扩大到大气和更高的压力。这些发展促进了等离子体在食品加工、农业、燃料转换、医药、水处理和制药等行业的新应用。这些应用领域是高压等离子体能源、农业和生物医学技术中心(C-PEAB)的重点。C-Peab将把诊断、脉冲功率和建模方面的科学突破转化为优化能源、环境修复、食品安全和食品加工以及医疗和生物工程方面的工业应用。C-Peab最初将由德雷克塞尔大学(DU)、密歇根大学(UM)和乔治华盛顿大学(GWU)之间的三个地点的IUCRC组成，随后将增加新的成员大学，这些大学在与C-Peab相关的高压等离子体应用方面拥有强大的行业合作。特别是，GWU C-Peab网站将重点关注等离子体在生物过程中的有效性和安全性，以及开发新的适应和可控制的等离子体技术。这些问题将通过实验和理论努力加以解决。

Advances in the science of atmospheric pressure plasmas have enabled breakthrough opportunities to improve our Nation's healthcare, economic prosperity and defense. These science breakthroughs have resulted in the development of new technologies in energy, environmental remediation, water treatment and cleaning, medicine, food processing, and agriculture. These are the core fundamental areas of science and technology to be addressed by the Center for High Pressure Plasma Energy, Agriculture, and Biomedical Technologies (C-PEAB). Drexel University (DU), University of Michigan (UM), and George Washington University (GWU), leading institutions in the scientific subject area, are synergistically collaborating with each other and with their industrial partners as the founding members of the C-PEAB. This effort will support STEM education with focused recruitment of women and underrepresented minorities, produce an interdisciplinary workforce, and integrate novel breakthrough technologies with industry. Building upon long-term collaborations in plasma science with DU and UM, GWU's unique contribution to the C-PEAB team stems from our expertise in plasma-based cancer therapy and adaptive plasma technologies.Low Temperature non-equilibrium Plasma (LTP) science is the base upon which many modern in-dustries such as microelectronics and micro-fabrication have been built. Current breakthroughs in plasma-generating electronics have made it possible to widen the area of LTP applications to atmospheric and higher pressures. These developments have stimulated new plasma applications in industries such as food processing, agriculture, fuel conversion, medicine, water treatment, and pharmaceuticals. These application areas are the focus of the Center for High Pressure Plasma Energy, Agriculture, and Biomedical Technologies (C-PEAB). The C-PEAB will translate science breakthroughs in diagnostics, pulse power and modeling to optimizing industrial applications in energy, environmental remediation, food safety and food processing, and medical and bioengineering. C-PEAB will initially consist of a three-site IUCRC between Drexel University (DU), University of Michigan (UM), and the George Washington University (GWU) with subsequent addition of new member universities who have strong industry collaborations in high-pressure plasma applications pertinent to the C-PEAB. In particular the GWU C-PEAB site will focus on efficacy and safety of plasma in biological processes and on development of novel adaptive and controllable plasma technologies. These problems will be addressed by experimental and theoretical efforts.