I am seeking undergraduate students who have some background in science and engineering and a keen interest in learning new things and an interest to challenge themselves to do new and exciting things. Even the simplest plasma processing tool is very complex. The student will participate in research performed in the Laboratory for Plasma Processing of Materials on the characterization and understanding of the processes at the plasma-material interface that control the properties of the material that is ultimately produced. This research requires a variety of equipment, including reactors which can produce the plasmas, instruments that characterize the plasma gas phase, the electrical, optical and mass aspects, and finally the plasma-treated materials. One focus of the work in our laboratory is plasma processing of nanostructures and nanomaterials, and the student will be introduced to the unique aspects of this.

For additional information, please contact Prof. Gottlieb Oehrlein at (301) 405-8931 or oehrlein at umd.edu.