People

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Uwe Kortshagen

Distinguished McKnight University Professor

Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair in Renewable Energy

Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

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Peter Bruggeman

Distinguished McKnight University Professor

Ernst Eckert Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of Mechanical Engineering

Director, High Temperature and Plasma Laboratory

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Marien Simeni

Richard and Barbara Nelson Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

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Emeritus Faculty

Prof. Steven Girshick

Prof. Joachim V.R. Heberlein (1939-2014)

Prof. Emil Pfender (1925-2016)


Postdocs and Visiting Scholars

  • Name: Urvashi Gangal
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Bruggeman
  • Research: Plasma liquid interactions, virucidal effects of radio frequency atmospheric pressure plasma and synthesis of nano particles using plasma.
  • Name: Shreyashi Ganguly
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research:Thin films of ZnO and Al doped ZnO via nonthermal plasma
  • Name: Parth Shah
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Girshick
  • Research: Numerical modeling of pulsed atmospheric and low pressure RF nanodusty plasmas
     
  • Name: Jihua Yang
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Plasma synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals and their application for optoelectronics
     
  • Name: Shurik Yatom
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Bruggeman
  • Research: Plasma diagnostics: optical emissions, fast-framing imaging, laser induced fluorescence, coherent Raman, Raleigh and Thomson Scattering, energetic particles, x-ray-foil and electron-foil spectroscopy, plasma and pulsed power measurements.

Students

  • Name: Chad Beaudette
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Non-thermal plasma synthesis of transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers
     
  • Name: Ben Greenberg
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Nonthermal plasma synthesis of aluminum-doped zinc oxide nanocrystals
     
  • Name: Jesse Greenhagen
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Photoluminescence of silicon nanoparticles
     
  • Name: Samantha Hill
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Luminescent solar concentrators
     
  • Name: Katharine Hunter
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Core/shell nanocrystals from nonthermal plasmas
     
  • Name: Vighneswara Siva Santosh Kumar Kondeti
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Bruggeman
  • Research: Atmospheric pressure non-thermal plasma interaction with liquids for biomedicine and nanoparticle applications.
     
  • Name: Zhaohan Li
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Luminescent silicon nanoparticles
     
  • Name: Sadhana Mishra
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Enhancement of thermoelectric properties of silicon germanium nanoparticles
     
  • Name: Kelsey Mork
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Thermoelectric enhancement of silicon germanium nanoparticles
     
  • Name: Gaurav Nayak
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Bruggeman
  • Research: Disinfection using Atmospheric Pressure Plasma
     
  • Name: Toshisato Ono
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Formation of lithium-silicon-sulfide thin films by non-thermal plasma synthesis
     
  • Name: Romain Le Picard
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Girshick
  • Research: Numerical simulation of capacitively-coupled RF plasma flowing through a tube for the synthesis of silicon nanocrystals
     
  • Name: Yunxiang Qin
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Nonthermal plasma synthesis of TiN nanorods and nanoshells
     
  • Name: Zachary Robinson
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Electron transport in semiconductor nanocrystals
     
  • Name: Qiaomiao Tu
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles
     
  • Name: Yueke Yang
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Advisor: Prof. Kortshagen
  • Research: Enhancement of thermoelectric properties of doped silicon nanocrystal thin film