Auburn physics professors receive nearly $900k in federal funding to develop fusion as energy source
Jun 29, 2020
A worldwide effort to make fusion a reliable energy source could move closer to reality with the help of two Auburn University physics professors who were recently awarded nearly $900,000 in research grant funds from the U.S. Department of Energy. D...
UAB collaboration in non-thermal plasma processing shows promise
May 27, 2020
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has developed a new method designed to improve the surface characteristics of Teflon, or polyhetrafluorethylene (PTFE). This method has the potential to address...
New boron material of high hardness created by plasma chemical vapor deposition
Apr 16, 2020
Yogesh Vohra, Ph.D., uses microwave-plasma chemical vapor deposition to create thin crystal films of never-before-seen materials. This effort seeks materials that approach a diamond in hardness and are able to survive extreme pressure, temperature an...
Special Message from CPU2AL Project Director
Apr 15, 2020
Dear CPU2AL Colleagues, With the closure of our universities now nearly 4 weeks old and with Alabama subject to stay-at-home orders in place, most of us have settled into a routine at home. This is complicated no doubt by the many competing ...
Meet Lori Scott, Auburn University PH.D. Physics Student
Mar 10, 2020
Written by Katherine MacGilvray Lori Scott, a third-year graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in physics at Auburn University, has traveled a lot this year, making trips to Germany and France as part of her doctoral research based on the Plasma Krist...
Meet Taelor Allen, Tuskegee University Student and ALREU Internship Recipient
Nov 07, 2019
Written by Emily McGuire Taelor Allen is a rising junior from Tuskegee University participating in the Alabama Research Experiences for Undergraduates (ALREU) summer internship under the guidance of Dr. Gabe Xu on a project designed to develop,...
Tuskegee student gains industry experiences as a result of CIPPTA program
Nov 04, 2019
Written by Katherine MacGilvray The Corporate Internship Program on Plasma Technology Applications (CIPPTA), open to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, focuses on offering its p...
Dr. Gary Zank and Dr. Edward Thomas, Jr. selected by NAS to participate in Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science
Oct 09, 2019
Written by Emily McGuire Dr. Gary Zank, director of The University of Alabama (UAH) Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and CPU2AL, and Dr. Edward Thomas, Jr., Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate St...
Hambloch joins CSPAR as Program Manager of CPU2AL
Oct 09, 2019
Written by Emily McGuire Patrick Hambloch has joined the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) of the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) as Project Manager of the NSF funded EPSCoR project "Connecting the Plasma Universe...
ALPIP interns make a great impression at The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Jun 24, 2019
This summer CPU2AL sent 12 interns to The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to participate in the one week an intensive, one-week course in plasma physics. Read more about here....