Talk on a novel plasma device by Dr. Sunil Auluck, Chairman,  International Scientific Committee for Dense Magnetic Plasmas, retired Outstanding Scientist, BARC and Prof., HBNI.  Kindly forward to your group members.

Title - A new kind of versatile plasma device with aerospace, medical and materials science applications

Date & Time - Tuesday Dec 3rd, 11 am

Venue - Bhaskaracharya Room, Aerospace Engineering Office 1st floor

Abstract is attached here Abstract Talk IITB 3rd Dec 2024.pdf.

Bio

Dr. S. K. H. Auluck joined the Neutron Physics Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in 1978, after graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and the BARC Training School. He worked as a Guest Scientist at the POSEIDON plasma focus facility at the Institute for Plasma Research at the University of Stuttgart from 1988 to 1990. He was awarded the Ph.D. degree by Bombay University in 1993 for his thesis "Spontaneous magnetic fields and related finite electron mass effects in fusion plasmas". His interests lie in physics of the plasma focus and z-pinches, power concentration phenomena in various systems and some topics in optics. He has worked on the technological aspects of manufacturing special purpose capacitors, neutron sources and certain energetic devices. He was a member of the onsite BARC team in the 1998 Pokhran tests. He has served as faculty at two Schools on Dense Magnetized Plasmas at ICTP, Trieste in 2010 and 2012. He retired in 2014 on superannuation as a Professor at the Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai (a Deemed University) and Outstanding Scientist at the Physics Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai. He is the Representative of India on the International Scientific Committee for Dense Magnetic Plasmas attached with the International Center for Dense Magnetized Plasmas, Warsaw, Poland set up under an agreement between UNESCO and the Polish National Atomic Energy Agency and is also its current Chairman.