Planning Grant: Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing

激光和等离子体先进制造中心（LPMC）的使命是为材料、设备和系统的激光和等离子体加工开发一个科学、工程和技术基地。材料的激光和等离子体加工用于各种制造部门，如半导体/电子制造，航空航天，汽车，一般制造，生命科学产品，医疗器械制造。该中心在激光和等离子体加工领域的重点将包括：批量加工、表面加工、涂层、表面蚀刻和图案。该中心将以正在进行的大量工业项目和国家支持的应用研究中心等离子体和光子处理中心为基础。该中心还将充分利用位于托马斯杰斐逊国家加速器设施的自由电子激光设施旁边的优势。自由电子激光设备是世界上最强大的可调谐激光器，目前在中红外波段提供千瓦级的平均功率。领导机构是老道明大学，合作机构是克里斯托弗纽波特大学，威廉玛丽学院和诺福克州立大学（历史上的黑人学院和大学）。

The mission of the Center for Lasers and Plasmas for Advanced Manufacturing (LPMC) is to develop a science, engineering, and technology base for laser and plasma processing of materials, devices and systems. Laser and Plasma processing of materials is used in various manufacturing sectors such as semiconductor/electronic manufacturing , aerospace, automotive, general manufacturing, life science products, medical device manufacturing. The focus of this center in the area of lasers and plasma processing will include: bulk processing, surface processing, coatings, surface etching and patterning.The center will build upon the on going large number of industrial projects and state supported center for plasma and photon processing at the Applied Research Center. This center will also take full advantage of being sited next to Free Electron Laser Facility of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility. The Free Electron Laser Facility is the world's most powerful, tunable laser, currently delivering kilowatt average power in the mid-infrared. The lead institution is Old Dominion University and partner institutions are Christopher Newport University, College of William and Mary and Norfolk State University (historically black college and university).