Splash Biography

Find out what scientists and engineers are doing with the variety of plasmas that we've learned to produce in the lab, the factory, and (coming soon?) the hospital. We will give a brief introduction to... 1 Electron plasmas 2 Dusty plasmas 3 Antimatter plasmas 4 Electronic device etching 5 Advanced radiation sources 6 Hall thrusters 7 Water purification 8 Medical applications

A graduate student answers the following questions: Theoretical (First Hour): What are we sure we know about nature? What are the necessary consequences? What do we pretend to know? How do we use that? Practical (Second Hour): What questions can you investigate at a desk or in a warehouse? What questions do you need money from governments or industry to investigate? Of these, what is actually being done today? Where does the money come from, and why? Limited by my background, I'll focus the second part of this talk mostly on particle (quarks), atomic (lasers), and statistical (plasma/hydro/bio) physics.