Conference Agenda

Spark Gap with integrated triggering Laser

J. C. Pouncey

Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, United States of America

COBRA DANE Radar Transmitter Group Replacement

M. Kempkes, T. Hawkey, L. Jashari, K. Vaughan, Y. Francis, M. Gaudreau, R. Simpson

Diversified Technologies, Inc., United States of America

Microscale Gas Breakdown for Microwave Fields: Theory and Simulation

S. Mahajan¹, A. M. Loveless¹, A. Semnani², A. Venkattraman³, A. L. Garner¹

1: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906 USA; 2: The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606 USA; 3: University of California, Merced, Merced, CA 95343 USA

Synthesis of Pulsed Forming Systems for Electromagnetic Manufacturing Process

D. Kaushik, J. T. Meledath

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India

Acoustic energy from exploding wire generated chemical reaction

T. Frost, B. M. Novac, P. Senior

Loughborough University, United Kingdom

Explosive Pulsed Power: Milling operation limits of PBX 9501 and PBX 9502

E. Weeks¹, J. Williams¹, R. Clark¹, S. Watkins¹, R. Albin¹, J. Dickens¹, J. Mankowski¹, J. Brikman², A. Neuber¹

1: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; 2: CNS Pantex, FM2373 and HWY 60

Pulsed Electric Field Activation of Platelet Rich Plasmas with Different Levels of Platelet Enrichment and Red Blood Cell Content

B. Neculaes¹, A. Garner², E. Longman²

1: GE Research, Niskayuna, NY, United States of America; 2: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States of America

Analysis of the Role of Cellular Heating in Microsecond Irreversible Electroporation

W. J. Milestone¹, Q. Hu², A. M. Loveless³, A. L. Garner³, R. P. Joshi¹

1: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; 2: Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA; 3: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.

Enhanced inactivation of Gram-negative bacteria using Gram-positive antibiotics and nanosecond electric pulses

R. A. Vadlamani¹, A. Dhanabal², D. A Detwiler³, R. Pal^1,2, J. McCarthy³, M. N Seleem^1,2, A. L Garner²

1: Virginia Tech; 2: Purdue University; 3: Nanovis

Using intense pulsed electric fields for the sterilization of solid pre-packed food – the design and preliminary testing of a practical MV-class system

M. Woodyard, B. Novac, P. Senior, J. Stobbs

Loughborough University, United Kingdom

Resonant Charging Circuit for a Semiconductor-based Marx Generator for an Electropoation Device

M. Sack, D. Herzog, J. Ruf, G. Mueller

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Modeling electric-field driven nonequilibrium phenomena for applications to pulsed power, electron beam generation, transport in materials, and electromanipulation for biomedicine

R. P. Joshi, M. Brown, W. Milestone, M. Sanati, J. Mankowski, J. Dickens, A. Neuber

Texas Tech University, United States of America

Influence of Low Pressure on Thermal Limit of MVDC Power Cables Used in All Electric Aircraft

A. Azizi¹, M. Ghassemi¹, J. Lehr²

1: Virginia Tech, United States of America; 2: University of New Mexico, United States of America

An innovative approach to the design of medium voltage power electronics printed circuit-boards

Q. Yang, C. Diendorfer, D. Nath, M. Steurer, G. C. Montanari

Center for Advanced Power Systems, Florida State University, United States of America

Breakdown Characteristics of Printed Circuit Board Based Transformer Windings

R. E. P. Frost¹, P. L. Lewin²

1: QinetiQ, United Kingdom; 2: University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Reliable, Low-Jitter 100-kV Trigger Generator

R. E. Beverly III

R. E. Beverly III and Associates, United States of America

Custom electrostatic probe diagnostics

M. LaPointe¹, B. Esser¹, I. Aponte¹, Z. Cardenas¹, J. Dickens¹, J. Mankowski¹, J. Stephens¹, D. Friesen², N. Koone², D. Hattz², C. Nelson², A. Neuber¹

1: Texas Tech University, United States of America; 2: Pantex, Amarillo Tx. United States of America

Improved Manufacturing Process for High Voltage Pulsed Diodes

A. Usenko¹, A. Caruso¹, S. Bellinger²

1: University of Missouri-Kansas City, United States of America; 2: Semiconductor Power Technologies, Manhattan, KS, USA

Comparison of Particle-in-Cell and Continuum Simulations for RF Microscale Gas Breakdown

A. M. Loveless¹, V. Ayyaswamy², S. Mahajan¹, A. Semnani³, A. L. Garner¹

1: Purdue University, United States of America; 2: University of California Merced, United States of America; 3: University of Toledo, United States of America

Crossed-Field Nexus Theory: Incorporating Collisions, Field Emission, Thermionic Emission, and Space-Charge

L. I. Breen¹, A. M. Loveless¹, A. M. Darr¹, K. L. Cartwright², A. L. Garner¹

1: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906 USA; 2: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

Novel techniques for deriving the space-charge limited current for nonplanar diodes

N. R. Sree Harsha, A. M. Darr, J. M. Halpern, A. L. Garner

Purdue University, United States of America

Assessment of Techniques for Determining Space-Charge Limited Current for Non-planar Crossed-field Diodes

H. Wang, N. R. Sree Harsha, A. M. Darr, A. L. Garner

Purdue University

Optimization of a Set of Electron-Neutral Collision Cross Sections in Fluorinated Nitrile (C4F7N)

M. Flynn, A. Neuber, J. Stephens

Texas Tech University, United States of America