The Plasma Sciences Laboratory is supported by research grants from federal and internal (AU) organizations agencies.
Active research grants:
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PHY-0810419 |
E. Thomas, Jr. |
9/1/08 - 8/31/11 |
Effect of ion flows on heating and instabilities in weakly coupled dusty plasmas |
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DE-FG02-00ER54476 |
E. Thomas, Jr. |
11/1/07 - 10/31/10 |
Multiscale investigation of sheared flows in magnetized plasmas |
Past research grants:
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PHY-0354938 |
E. Thomas, Jr. |
7/1/04 - 6/30/07 |
Experimental Studies of Particle Cloud - Plasma Boundaries and Velocity Space Distribution Functions in Glow Discharge Dusty Plasmas |
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DE-FG02-00ER54476 |
E. Thomas, Jr. |
11/1/04 - 10/31/07 |
Asymmetric response of a magnetized plasma column to applied electric fields |
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DE-FG02-00ER54476 |
E. Thomas, Jr. |
11/1/01 - 10/31/04* |
Impact of axial and radial electric field shear on plasma instabilities in a linear plasma column |
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PHY-0096254 |
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(Major Research Instrumentation Award) |
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MRI: Acquisition of a stereoscopic particle image velocimetry system and particle transport diagnostics for dusty plasmas investigations |
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NASA / National Space Science and Technology Center |
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(Y. Lin, E. Thomas, Jr.) |
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Research Studies in Sun-Earth Connection for NSSTC |
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NASA |
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A laboratory investigation of collective grain charging in space dusty plasmas |
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Department of Energy |
DE-FG02-98ER54476 |
E. Thomas, Jr. |
5/1/98 - 10/31/01 |
An investigation of the effects of a driven plasma rotation on fluctuations in a magnetized linear plasma source |
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AU - College of Science and Mathematics |
Dean's Research Initiative |
E. Thomas, Jr. |
11/1/01 - 2/28/02 |
Laboratory simulation of planetary ring formation using dusty plasmas |