Mini-course information

Summary form only given. A one and a half day mini-course on Non-Thermal Medical/Biological Applications of Ionized Gases and Electromagnetic Fields has been organized by Drs. Mounir Laroussi and Karl H. Schoenbach of Old Dominion University and consists of lectures from various experts in this rapidly evolving field.Course Objective: Recent advances in the generation of non-thermal atmospheric pressure gas discharges and high-power, sub-microsecond, pulsed electric fields have opened the door to a wide variety of non-thermal medical and biological applications. Given the multidisciplinary character of this topic, the proposed mini-course encompasses the full range of applications in biomedical engineering, environmental engineering, biofouling prevention, sterilization, biological and chemical warfare agents’ mitigation, food preservation, biological cell manipulation, and medical diagnostics. One of the main benefits of the course is to stimulate cross-fertilization between the university, healthcare, and industrial sectors. Professionals with backgrounds in Physics, Engineering, Biology, and Medicine will learn new emerging technologies, which directly impact their knowledge base and professional skills. Graduate students coming from different academic backgrounds (science, engineering, medicine) will learn and discover promising research fields open to innovative contributions.