Dr. Kerstin Weis "Plasmas around Stars"
The next lecture in the series All Plasma was given by Dr. Kerstin Weis on the topic "Plasmas around Stars".
The motivation for the topic was described as follows: When we look into the cloudless sky at night, the stars all appear to us as whitish points of light - yet they are very different. The celestial bodies differ in mass, surface temperature and color. The sun is also a star, and - like all other stars - it consists of hot plasma. Stars, however, not only emit light, but also steadily emit plasma: as stellar wind or solar wind. Under certain conditions, the stellar wind can become visible as a colorful nebula surrounding the star.
Dr. Simon Hübner "Plasmas in the Atmosphere".
Plasmas are natural phenomena that have always held a great fascination for people. Be it the dreaded lightning, mysterious auroras or the warming sun, Dr. Simon Hübner presented many interesting backgrounds and details in his public lecture "Plasmas in the Armosphere". After the lecture there was a lively discussion and many questions were asked.
Imagefilm des SFB-TR 87
The SFB-TR87 is concerned with research into the synthesis of nanostructured functional layers using high-performance plasmas. The goal is to find a knowledge-based approach that covers the whole chain from energy supply to plasma properties to material and to understand the dependencies in detail. The SFB-TR87 has now released its first image film to give more insight into how it works. Dr. Christian Maszl was involved in writing the script and explains his contribution to the SFB in the video.
Start of the lecture series Alles Plasma with Dr. Christian Maszl "Plasma to go".
The new lecture series "Alles Plasma!" started at the event center "BlueSquare" of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Moderated by Jun.-Prof. Jan Benedikt, researchers from the Research Department Plasma present current research to the interested public.
Dr. Christian Maszl started the series with his lecture "Plasma to go". In a humorous way, the audience was taken on a tour through the world of plasmas. In passing, people learned where we encounter plasmas more or less hidden in everyday life.
SCHÜLERPRAKTIKANT JAKOB RAFFLER
Within the framework of the Austrian Matura (high school diploma), a pre-scientific paper is required. Jakob Raffler, student at the Bundesrealgymnasium GRG 23 Altererlaa, Vienna also supervised by Renate Stingl writes in his thesis about "Research on pulsed high power plasmas at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum". In order to get first-hand information, he is therefore a guest at the SFB-TR87 for one week (6.7.-10.7.2015) and together with Christian Maszl (Project C3, Institute of Experimental Physics II) is working both experimentally and theoretically on plasmas and their applications. In March 2016, he will hand in his work and give a presentation at his school. We wish him a lot of fun in Bochum and success with his work!
MAE MOURNS LOSS OF PROFESSOR WALTER LEMPERT
The Research Department Plasma is deeply saddened by the passing of Prof. Walter Lempert on April 11, 2015. He collaborated closely for many years with Prof. Uwe Czarnetzki and his group at EP5. He will be greatly missed.
"The department was deeply saddened by the passing of Walter Lempert on April 11, 2015.
Lempert was a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and co-director of the Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics Laboratory (NETL), a major research laboratory containing state-of-the-art computational and experimental facilities among the most advanced at any U.S. university.
The NETL thrust area is energy, fluid and thermal systems, studying effective fuel use, reduced emissions, improved performance and cost effectiveness – critically important industrial and societal goals. Lempert and his colleagues led research and education focused on analytical, computational and experimental techniques for achieving these goals.
Lempert’s primary research was on the application of atomic and molecular spectroscopy to problems of engineering interest, inherently interdisciplinary, combining such diverse subjects as nonlinear optics, fluid mechanics, plasma physics and energy transfer. He is a notable author of numerous publications, papers and presentations helping to enhance the department’s reputation in energy, fluid and thermal systems.
Lempert left an indelible mark at Ohio State and a legacy of dedicated excellence in education and research. His cheerful personality, friendliness and warmth among faculty, staff and students will be greatly missed."
link to obituary Walter Lempert
COSI2ME 2014 - EXCHANGE WITH GREMI CONTINUES
The exchange with GREMI continues: "CoSi2Me", the DAAD PPP France Procope application, was approved for the years 2015 and 2016 (8.300 Euro travel funds), like this the close cooperation between Dr. Volker Schulz-von der Gathen (RUB) and Dr. Remi Dussart (GREMI, Orléans) can be continued. Congratulations!
JAN BENEDIKT AT THE SCIENTIFIC KICK OFF MEETING OF THE COST ACTION: BIO-PLASMA MP1101
The scientific kick off meeting of the COST Action: Bio-Plasma MP1101 has been organised in Bari, Italy, on February 16th/17th, 2012. The main goals of this action are to intensify the knowledge base relevant to medical and biomedical applications of atmospheric pressure plasma technology within Europe, and to raise the general awareness of the potential of this technology via the establishment of a communication platform. The network is looking towards early exploitation of plasma treatment techniques with enormous potential for patient care, particularly to reduce infection, enhance the speed of wound healing and treat cancer. The COST Action is divided into four workgroups: WG1: Plasma Therapeutics, WG2: Functional Coatings for Biomaterials, WG3: Bio-Plasma Interactions, and WG4: Plasma Sources for Biomedical Applications. The group of Jun.-Prof. Benedikt is with its unique atmospheric pressure X-Jet involved in the analysis of plasma sources for biomedical applications. This research is performed in close collaboration with Jun.-Prof. Julia Bandow and Prof. Peter Awakowicz, both located at RUB, and Dr. Ralf Möller (German Aerospace Centre in Cologne).
COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH NAGOYA UNIVERSITY
Prof. Dr. Uwe Czarnetzki, as Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, extended the cooperation agreement with Nagoya University in Japan on behalf of Ruhr-Universität Bochum in early March in Japan. This is an agreement between the RUB, the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology with Nagoya University and the Faculty for Electrical Engineering. This involves the now indefinite continuation of a framework agreement for the exchange of students and scientists. In recent years, more than 20 students and scientists have been exchanged under the old agreement.
13th WELTPP in Kerkrade (NL): a forum for young plasma scientists
On November 25-26, the thirteenth Workshop on the Exploration of Low Temperature Plasma Physics was held in Kerkrade (NL). This workshop is aimed at young scientists with a research focus on low-temperature plasma physics and, in particular, at young scientists in the diploma and master's phase, PhD students and post-docs. In particular, the WELTPP is intended to provide these young low-temperature plasma researchers with a forum for getting to know each other, learning from each other, and exchanging knowledge. Therefore, in addition to presenting research results and establishing contacts, the main focus is on integrating newcomers into this research community.
The international orientation of the workshop is reflected in both the organization and the origin of the participants. Organized and sponsored by the Research Department "Plasmas with complex interactions" of the Ruhr-University Bochum, the Centre for Plasma Physics of Queen's University Belfast and the Dutch Centrum voor Plasmafysica en Stralingstechnologie (CPS) of Eindhoven University of Technology, a large part of the 73 workshop participants also come from the Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Germany. The day's schedule will focus on the shared experience in the historic ambience of the former monastery complex of Rolduc. Therefore, the scientific program is rounded off with the common meals: a typical Dutch lunch and a coffee break. The social highlight will be the evening dinner followed by an informal and enjoyable bar atmosphere in the vaults of Rolduc. Finally, the program of the second day of the workshop is also broken up by a joint breakfast, a coffee break and lunch.
This community-oriented course of the day contributed once again to the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere during the workshop. In addition, new research findings were gathered on a scientific level and further collaborations were created. The thirteenth WELTPP has thus once again proven to be a success all along the line.
Computational Plasma Physics at the RUB and in Copenhagen
From 22.09. to 24.09.2010 an informal meeting on Computational Plasma Physics between the working group of Prof. Dr. Rainer Grauer and Prof. Dr. Åke Nordlund (Computational Astrophysics) has been held in Copenhagen at the Niels Bohr Institute. In particular, the progress of the use of graphics card clusters in this field was discussed.
On this occasion, Martin Rieke gave an introductory talk on CUDA and solving 2D EMHD equations on graphics cards. Dr. Christian Schwarz reported on his new framework cudaHYPE and its use in parallel solving of 3D MHD equations on a GPU cluster. From the Copenhagen group, Dr. Troels Haugbølle told us about his experiences with PIC (Particle in Cell) simulations on graphics cards.
In Prof. Grauer's talk, he explained strategies for coupling kinetic and fluid systems (Vlasov/MHD coupling). Last in the lecture series, Prof. Nordlund reported on new simulation results in the field of solar physics.
