[IGPP Everyone] Register for Plasma Fest Symposium at UCLA, Tuesday 9/22/15: astrophysical plasmas, fusion energy, advanced accelerators and radiation sources, plasma-materials interactions, and space propulsion

[Emmanuel V. Masongsong]

Dear Colleagues from Space Plasma Physics, 




Plasma Fest is an excellent opportunity for faculty, researchers, postdocs, and graduate students to celebrate the breadth and depth of plasma research at UCLA - with space plasma physics playing a vital role. Therefore, it will be important to give your research area the appropriate "weight" in attendance. It will be held Tuesday Sept. 22, 2015, 8:30am-5:30pm, in Physics PAB 1-434. 




Plasma Fest is also meant to help initiate new collaborative links on campus and beyond, via a symposium, poster session, and focus-area discussions. The attendance of postdocs and graduate students is of utmost importance, since t hey are often the ones actually carrying out the research and benefiting most from some kind of networking. 




Note that registration is FREE but required due to limited seating. In case you haven't done that yet, please register now at: http://psti.ucla.edu/plasmafest/register.html 



Frank Jenko 
Director, Plasma Science and Technology Institute 








About Plasma Fest 




Plasma Fest is a celebration of the outstanding breadth and depth of UCLA-based research related to the fourth state of matter known as plasma. This includes space and astrophysical plasmas, fusion energy, advanced accelerators and radiation sources, plasma-materials interactions, and space propulsion. Join us at our symposium, poster session, and focus-area discussions. 




Plasma Fest is hosted by the Plasma Science and Technology Institute (PSTI), an Organized Research Unit at UCLA spanning seven departments in the Division of Physical Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. 




AGENDA 

8:30-12:30 Symposium 
Location: Physics and Astronomy Building (PAB) Room 1-434 




After a welcome by Joseph Rudnick, Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences, and opening remarks by Frank Jenko, Director of UCLA's Plasma Science and Technology Institute (PSTI), there will be several overview talks highlighting the outstanding breadth and depth of UCLA-based plasma research. This includes space and astrophysical plasmas, fusion energy, advanced accelerators and radiation sources, plasma-materials interactions, and space propulsion. 




12:30-5:30 Lunch, Poster Session, and Focus Area Discussions 
Location: Covel Commons 3rd Floor 




During the lunch break (lunch will be provided), there will be a Poster Session, serving as an opportunity (also for graduate students and postdocs) to present and discuss current research projects with colleagues from other groups and departments within the PSTI. 




This will be followed by two discussions, which are meant to help establish Focus Groups. One of them will center on "Bounded Plasmas," i.e., issues related to relatively cold plasmas in contact with material walls; this includes, for instance, the edge region of fusion plasmas, plasma thrusters, and a variety of basic plasma science experiments. The other one will deal with important aspects of "Plasma Astrophysics," i.e., physical processes is space and astrophysical plasmas linked, for instance, to black hole accretion disks, cosmic magnetic fields, cosmic rays, or turbulent dissipation in the solar wind, as well as laboratory experiments shedding light on the dynamics in these systems. 




Throughout these sessions, there will be an emphasis on close interactions between observation, experiment, theory, and simulation, as well as on exploring cross-departmental collaborative opportunities involving applied mathematics, space and astrophysics, plasma physics, and engineering. 


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