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THE DEAN'S MESSAGE

2000-2001 HIGHLIGHTS

COLLEGE DEPARTMENTS


Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Physics
Engineering Professional Development
Industrial Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

INTERDISCIPLINARY DEGREE PROGRAMS

COLLEGE CONSORTIA

COLLEGE CENTERS

COLLEGE SERVICES

PRIVATE SUPPORT

2000-2001 FINANCIAL SUMMARY

FACULTY AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY

2001-2002 INDUSTRIAL ADVISORY BOARD

CREDITS

CENTER FOR PLASMA THEORY AND COMPUTATION

James D. Callen (Director)
  E-mail: callen@engr.wisc.edu

John E. Scharer (Co-Director)
  E-mail: scharer@engr.wisc.edu

503 Engineering Research Building
1500 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1687

Tel: 608/263-8142
Fax: 608/265-2438
www.cptc.wisc.edu

  • Develops analytical and computational models of plasma equilibrium, waves, instabilities, radio-frequency wave heating, turbulence and transport for applications to toroidal magnetically confined plasmas and controlled fusion.

  • Analyzes space plasma wave propagation and heating, and computes and designs millimeter wave amplifiers and radio frequency plasma sources for materials processing.

  • Administers cluster of workstations and local network interface to NERSC supercomputers for plasma/fusion research.

  • Involves faculty, staff and graduate students in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Engineering Physics and Department of Physics.

 



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