Technological Plasma Workshop

Programme

Wednesday 14 October

12:00
Registration opens in the atrium

13:30
Welcome and Introduction: Adrian Cross / John Simmons

13:45
Ian T. Chapman, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, UK
Opportunities for UK universities to be involved with the MAST-U experiment (invited)

14:35
Paul W. May, University of Bristol
Recent Progress in Diamond-based Microplasma Devices

15:00
Tea/Coffee in Exhibition area + Posters

16:15
Harry Leck Memorial Medal Presentation

16:30
Poster Prize Presentation (Day 1)

17:00
Exhibition closes

Thursday 15 October

09:05
Jonathan Smith, Tech-X UK Ltd
Modelling capacitively coupled plasmas and RF plasma sheaths with the VSim Plasma discharge module

09:30
Adrian W. Cross, University of Strathclyde
Pseudospark sourced beam-wave interaction experiments

09:55
Declan A. Diver, University of Glasgow
Progress in the charging of aerosols laced with bacteria

10:20
Tea/Coffee in Exhibition area

10:55
Alan Sykes, Tokomak Energy Ltd
Opportunities and challenges on the quest for compact fusion (invited)

11:45
David Shaw, York Plasma Institute, University of York
Surface modification of polymer films using atmospheric-pressure plasma jet

12:10
Daniel A.L. Loch, Sheffield Hallam University
Plasma Analysis of Inductively Coupled Impulse Sputtering (ICIS) by Investigation of Cu, Ti and Ni Species

12:35
Exhibition and Lunch Break

13:35
Heqing Li, Gencoa Ltd
Circular Ion Sources for Plasma Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition Applications

14:00
Alex Shaw, Loughborough University
Characterisation of an Atmospheric-Pressure Air DBD Discharge and Protocol for Comparing the Biocidal Properties of Plasma Devices

14:25
Strategic planning for future TPW meetings

14:45
Meeting ends. Poster Session and Vacuum Expo exhibition continues.

15:00
Poster prize presentation (Day 2)