2018 Plasma Processing Science: Fundamental Insights in Plasma Processes

CBET-1824150PI: Bruggeman, Peter J.该基金将为研究生、博士后研究人员和早期职业科学家提供部分支持，以参加将于2018年8月5日至10日在美国RI州史密斯菲尔德布莱恩特大学举行的2018年戈登等离子体处理科学研究会议（GRC-PPS）。本次会议旨在为强调等离子体处理科学前沿的科学进展提供一个论坛。会议将讨论新出现的主题和趋势，重点讨论有助于等离子体现有和未来应用的机制。等离子体加工广泛应用于能源、先进材料、人类健康和环境可持续性等领域的成熟和新兴应用。戈登会议的特殊形式，安排了讨论环节，并在下午和晚上为非正式聚会提供了充足的时间，将为所有与会者提供一个头脑风暴和创造性思维的肥沃氛围。2018年GRC-PPS的重点是确定不同等离子体亚群体的共同点，并将知识转化为实现技术突破和加速创新。几场会议将重点讨论不同等离子体过程的转化共性，并强调等离子体过程支撑应用的基本机制。在科学会议中，将讨论等离子体诊断、建模、材料相互作用和多相等离子体的新发展。介绍了等离子体催化、等离子体燃烧与流动控制、探索等离子体新体制和等离子体农业四个新主题。计划中的活动侧重于探索等离子体加工科学中的创造性和原创性概念以及变革性概念。参加会议的科学影响将是重大的初级研究人员支持这项资助。对社会的进一步好处包括等离子体处理科学的下一代科学家的教育和利用等离子体技术的重要技术领域的进步。会议将包括研究生和博士后的指导会议，与来自不同背景的专家讨论就业机会。会议还将首次举办“力量时刻”，旨在支持PPS科学界妇女的专业成长，并提供一个公开的讨论和指导论坛。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

CBET-1824150PI: Bruggeman, Peter J. This grant will provide partial support for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early career scientists to attend the 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Plasma Processing Science (GRC-PPS) that will be held from August 5 to 10, 2018, at Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, USA. This conference aims to provide a forum for highlight the scientific advances at the cutting edge of plasma processing science. During the meeting, new emerging topics and trends, with a focus on the mechanisms that contribute to the existing and future application of plasmas will be discussed. Plasma processing is used in a wide range of established and emerging applications in the areas of energy, advanced materials, human health and environmental sustainability. The special format of the Gordon Conferences, with programmed discussion sessions and ample time for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, will provide for a fertile atmosphere of brainstorming and creative thinking among all attendees. The focus of the 2018 GRC-PPS is to identify common threads in different plasma sub-communities and to translate knowledge to enable technological breakthrough and accelerate innovations. Several sessions will focus on the translational common thread of different plasma processes with a strong emphasis on the fundamental mechanisms of plasma processes underpinning applications. Among the scientific sessions are sessions addressing novel developments in plasma diagnostics, modeling, material interactions and multiphase plasmas. Four new topics have been introduced: Plasma Catalysis, Plasma Combustion and Flow Control, Exploring New Plasma Regimes, and Plasma Agriculture. The planned activities focus on exploring creative and original concepts as well as transformative concepts in plasma processing science. The scientific impact of attending the Conference will be significant for the junior researchers supported by this grant. Further benefits to society include the education of the future generation of scientists in plasma processing science and the advancement in technological important areas utilizing plasma technology. The Conference will include a mentoring session for graduate students and postdocs about career opportunities with experts from diverse backgrounds. The Conference will also feature for the first time a "Power Hour" intended to support the professional growth of women in the PPS scientific community and provide an open forum for discussion and mentoring.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.