IUCRC Phase I Drexel University: 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的机会。这些科学突破导致了绿色能源、环境修复、水处理和清洁、医药、食品加工和农业等新技术的发展。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，它们相互之间以及与它们的工业伙伴进行协同合作。这项努力将支持STEM教育，重点招聘女性和代表性不足的少数民族，培养跨学科的劳动力，并将新颖的突破性技术与工业相结合。德雷塞尔大学与华盛顿大学和亚利桑那大学在等离子体科学方面有长期合作，但德雷塞尔大学对C-PEAB团队的独特贡献是基于DU？在等离子医学和等离子农业方面取得了开创性的研究成果，并在大气压等离子装置从实验室到工业规模方面取得了科技经验。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。目前在等离子体产生电子学方面的突破使LTP的应用范围扩大到大气和更高的压力成为可能。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、医疗和生物工程等领域的工业应用。C-PEAB最初将由德雷塞尔大学（DU）、密歇根大学（UM）和乔治华盛顿大学（GWU）组成的IUCRC三所分校组成，随后将加入新的成员大学，这些大学在与C-PEAB相关的高压等离子体应用方面有着强大的行业合作。德雷塞尔大学在等离子体科学方面与华盛顿大学和亚利桑那大学有着长期的合作经验，德雷塞尔大学对C-PEAB团队的独特贡献尤其基于DU？(1)纳秒和亚纳秒脉冲介质阻挡放电；(2)在龙卷风流动中稳定的非平衡滑翔弧。

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 green 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. While having long-term collaborations in plasma science with GWU and UM, Drexel University's unique contribution to the C-PEAB team is based upon DU?s pioneering research achievements in plasma medicine and plasma agriculture as well as scientific and technological experience in scaling up atmospheric pressure plasma devices from laboratory to industrial scale.Low Temperature non-equilibrium Plasma (LTP) science is the base upon which many modern industries 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 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 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. While having long-term collaboration experience in plasma science with GWU and UM, Drexel University site's unique contribution to the C-PEAB team is especially based upon DU?s core expertise in science and engineering of atmospheric and higher pressure (1) nanosecond and sub-nanosecond pulsed dielectric barrier discharges, and (2) non-equilibrium gliding arcs, stabilized in tornado flow.