Center for Plasma-Material Interactions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Welcome to TUFCON

cpmi — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:16:42 +0000

Helicon Plasma Generation

Under the leadership of Peter Fiflis, CPMI has begun research looking into the effect of radiation on tungsten material. The TUngsten Fuzz by heliCON (TUFCON) project is currently exploring tungsten surface fuzz formation in hopes of understanding and minimizing its presence for application as a potential divertor material in fusion devices. Current published works suggest that fuzz formation occurs at He energies of less than 150 eV which is the sputtering threshold of W. CPMI intends implement new methods in exploring this phenomenon.

Congratulations to Zihao Ouyang, Liang Meng and John Sporre!

cpmi — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:42:56 +0000

Every generation wishes to see the young and developing succeed. As CPMI is a closely knit family, we are proud to announce that, through hard work and dedication, a few of our PhD candidates (soon to be PhD graduates) are heading toward a bright future. Zihao Ouyang, Liang Meng, and John Sporre have acquired positions at Lam Research and IBM. We wish them good luck.

CPMI gains affiliate faculty member.

cpmi — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:15:06 +0000

CPMI is pleased to welcome Dr. Logan Liu from the Electrical Engineering department. Dr. Ruzic, CPMI’s Director, and Dr. Liu will be submitting a joint SRI proposal.

26th Annual Ruzic Chili Cookoff

cpmi — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:00:15 +0000

On February 16th, CPMI Director Dr. David Ruzic held his 26th annual Chili Cookoff. Over 95 people were in attendance and over 33 different chilis were served. A good time was had by all.

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab comes to Champaign.

cpmi — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:02:16 +0000

Daniel Andruczyk, one of CPMI’s Research Engineers employed at Princeton’s Plasma Physics Lab returned to Champaign this week. He brought along a fast framing camera, which was extremely useful in additional experiments. We look forward to future visits from Dan.

Alumnus Stops By.

cpmi — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:00:49 +0000

CPMI was visisted by one our alumni this week, as Shailendra Srivastava now employed at Cymer/ASML stopped by our laboratory.

CPMI Family Grows Larger

cpmi — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:07:24 +0000

The CPMI family would like to extend their congratulations to Liang Meng who became a proud father on Tuesday, November 6th with the birth of his daughter, Evie Lu Meng.

David Ruzic awarded “The Plasma Prize” at AVS Conference

cpmi — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:34:20 +0000

Last week the CPMI Director, David Ruzic, was awarded the prestigious “Plasma Prize” from the Plasma Science and Technology Division of the American Vacuum Society. It is awarded once per year to a recognized leader in the field. The citation reads, “For his pioneering contributions to the science of processing plasmas and the societal benefits of plasma technology.” Congratulations to Professor Ruzic for garnering such an honor.

Fiflis Gains DOE Fellowship for Plasma/Fusion Studies

cpmi — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:47:13 +0000

Congratulations to CPMI graduate research assistant Peter R. Fiflis, awarded with an Office of Science Graduate Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy!

http://npre.illinois.edu/news/fiflis-gains-doe-fellowship-plasmafusion-studies

New CPMI Paper Published in the Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS and MOEMS

cpmi — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:25:26 +0000

John Sporre and David Ruzic, “Debris transport analysis at the intermediate focus of an extreme ultraviolet light source“ J. Micro/Nanolith. MEMS MOEMS 11(2), 021117 (Apr–Jun 2012).

(2012) J.R. Sporre and D. Ruzic