5th US Low Temperature Plasma Summer School, 2026
Schedule and Speaker List
Monday, 15 June
- 07:45-08:20 | Registration and breakfast
- 08:20-08:30 | Introduction to Summer School
Katharina Stapelmann, Steven Shannon, Peter Bruggeman and Mark J. Kushner
- 08:30-10:00 | 1-Introduction to Plasmas
Scott Baalrud, University of Michigan
- 10:00-10:30 | Break
- 10:30-12:00 | 2-Low Pressure Plasmas
Tiago Dias, Eindhoven University of Technology
- 12:00-13:30 | Lunch
- 13:30-15:00 | 3-High Pressure Plasmas
Katharina Stapelmann, North Carolina State University
- 15:00-15:30 | Break
- 15:30-17:00 | 4-Magnetized Collisional Plasmas and Plasma Wave Interactions
Larry Overzet, University of Texas at Dallas
- 17:30-19:30 | Poster Session and light dinner/refreshments
Tuesday, 16 June
- 08:00-08:30 | Breakfast
- 08:30-10:00 | 5-Plasma Kinetics
Uwe Kortshagen, University of Minnesota
- 10:00-10:30 | Break
- 10:30-12:00 | 6-Dusty Plasmas
Edward Thomas, Auburn University
- 12:00-13:30 | Lunch
- 13:30-15:00 | 7-Plasma Sources and Power System Design
Steven Shannon, North Carolina State University
- 15:00-15:30 | Break
- 15:30-17:00 | 8-Plasma Chemistry
Mark J. Kushner, University of Michigan
- Free night and Group Activities
Wednesday, 17 June
- 08:00-08:30 | Breakfast
- 08:30-10:00 | 9-Fluid Modeling of LTPs
Juan Trelles, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
- 10:00-10:30 | Break
- 10:30-12:00 | 10-Diagnostics
Igor Adamovich, Ohio State University
- 12:00-12:15 | Group Photograph
- 12:15-13:30 | Lunch
- 13:30-18:00 | Lab Tours/Hands-On Experiences
Thursday, 18 June
- 08:00-08:30 | Breakfast
- 08:30-09:45 | 11-Thermal Plasmas
Francois Gitzhofer, Université de Sherbrooke
- 09:45-10:00 | Break
- 10:00-11:15 | 12-Plasma Biotechnology
Stephan Reuter, Polytechnique Montréal
- 11:15-12:30 | 13-Environmental and Agricultural Applications
Selma Mededovic Thagard, Clarkson University
- 12:30-14:00 | Lunch
- 14:00-15:15 | 14-Chemical Conversion
Peter Bruggeman, University of Minnesota
- 15:15-15:30 | Break
- 15:30-16:45 | 15-Electric Propulsion
Mitchell Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology
- 18:00-20:00 | Banquet and Career Panel Discussion
Friday, 19 June
- 08:00-08:30 | Breakfast
- 08:30-10:00 | 16-Materials Processing: High Pressure
Ryan Robinson, Plasmatreat North America
- 10:00-10:30 | Break
- 10:30-12:00 | 17-Materials Processing: Low Pressure
Jane Chang, University of California at Los Angeles
- 12:00-12:15 | School Summary and Farewells
Katharina Stapelmann, Steven Shannon, Peter Bruggeman and Mark J. Kushner
- 12:15-13:00 | Lunch
