Press ReleaseAug. 24, 2021
Association of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS)
Division of Plasma Physics (AAPPS-DPP)

AAPPS-DPP Plasma Innovation Prize– Dr Anthony (Tony) Murphy is selected as Third Laureate –The Division of Plasma Physics (CEO: Mitsuru Kikuchi, Chair: Baonian Wan) under the
Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (President: Jun’ichi Yokoyama) selected Dr. Anthony(Tony) Murphy of CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) in
Australia as the third Laureate of AAPPS-DPP Plasma Innovation Prize, which is awarded toscientists who have made seminal / pioneering contributions in the field of plasma applications,focusing on impacts on industry.
Citations
Anthony (Tony) Bruce Murphy: “For his outstanding contributions to research and development
in computational modelling of thermal plasmas, in particular, for critical contributions to theworld’s first commercial plasma waste treatment process - PLASCON; for development of arc
welding software – ArcWeld - that has been transferred to automotive and rail manufacturers; andfor calculation of thermophysical properties, including a new treatment of diffusion, of thermal
plasmas that have been adopted internationally in computational models of industrial plasmaprocesses."Certificate, medal and cash prize will be given at the 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics in Sept 27, 2021
Contact points：
AAPPS-DPP Representative Director and CEO, Mitsuru Kikuchi (AAPPS-DPP Association Inc.)
TEL: +81-80-115-3482, E-mail: aapps.dpp.ceo@gmail.com
AAPPS-DPP Executive Officer, Haruo Nagai TEL: 080-1096-4575
AAPPS-DPP Homepage Address：http://aappsdpp.org/AAPPSDPPF/index.html

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On the achievements of Dr. Anthony (Tony) MurphyDr Tony Murphy was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1960. Hewas awarded a PhD in physics from the University of Sydney in1987 and was a Postdoctoral Research at the Max Planck
Institute for Plasma Physics in Munich, Germany, from 1987 to1989. He then took up a position as a Research Scientist at
CSIRO in Sydney, Australia. Dr Murphy is currently a Chief
Research Scientist and leads the Materials and Process ModellingTeam.
Dr Murphy has worked mainly on the physics, chemistry andapplications of thermal plasmas, which are high-temperatureplasmas used for applications ranging from arc welding tonanoparticle production. His research has included computational
fluid dynamic modelling, calculating the thermophysicalproperties of plasmas, and optical diagnostics. He hascollaborated with major international companies, including
General Motors, CRRC (China Rail and Rolling Stock Corporation), LS Electric, Boeing andSiemens, and several smaller Australian companies.
Highlights of Dr Murphy’s research and development include:•An essential role in the development of the PLASCON plasma waste treatment process.
This was the first commercial process to employ a thermal plasma to destroy hazardous
chemicals. PLASCON (now renamed PyroPlas®) plants have been operating around theworld for almost 30 years, destroying ozone-depleting substances, greenhouse gases andtoxic organic chemicals. Dr Murphy’s contributions included detailed computational
simulations that paved the way for the successful destruction of ozone-depleting
substances and fluorocarbon greenhouse gases.

•The development of the “ArcWeld” welding simulation software for industrial use. Thesoftware, which runs on a standard desktop computer, is unique in that it explicitly
incorporates the arc plasma in the computational model. This increases the reliability of theresults and allows a dramatic reduction in the experimental benchmarking required
when welding parameters are changed. The software has been transferred to automotive andrail manufacturers. Dr Murphy is currently working on extending this software to simulate
the wire-arc additive manufacturing process.

•The calculation of thermophysical properties of thermal plasmas used in a wide variety ofapplications, including arc welding, circuit breakers, plasma spraying, plasma cutting, arclamps and waste treatment. Accurate values of these properties, such as thermalconductivity, specific heat and electrical conductivity, are essential for computationalmodelling of plasma processes. Dr Murphy’s data have been adopted by more than 60
companies and research groups in over 25 countries. Recently they have played an
important role in the development of new high-voltage circuit breakers that use
environmentally friendly gases to replace sulfur hexafluoride, which is being phased out
because of its high global warming potential.

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Dr Murphy has published over 300 papers in refereed scientific journals, which have been citedalmost 10,000 times. He has presented over 100 invited, keynote and plenary lectures atinternational scientific conferences and summer schools. Previous awards for Dr Murphy’s research
include medals from the Australian Academy of Science, the Institute of Physics (UK), theAustralian Institute of Physics and the Royal Society of NSW. He is a Fellow of the American
Physical Society, the Institute of Physics (UK) and the Australian Institute of Physics. He holds
editorial positions with five international journals, including Editor-in-Chief of Plasma Chemistry
and Plasma Processing and Associate Editor of Journal of Manufacturing Processes.

PLASCON

Arc-weldingAppendix: AAPPS-DPP Plasma Innovation Prize
AAPPS-DPP Plasma Innovation Prize was founded by the AAPPS-DPP in 2019. This prize isgiven to a plasma physicist/engineer annually to recognize outstanding contributions toexperimental and/or theoretical research in all fields of plasma applications, focusing on impacts onindustry. The 2021 Selection Committee composed of leading physicists of plasma application in
Asia-Pacific region. 1st Laureate (2019) is Prof. Roderick Boswell (Australian National University)and 2nd Laureate (2020) is Prof. M. Hori (Nagoya University).
2021 Selection committee:
Chairman: Prof. Wonho Choe (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Members: Prof. Masaharu Shiratani (Kyushu University)
Prof. Tomohiro Nozaki (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Prof. Yi-Kang Pu (Tsinghua University)
Prof. Jiajun Shi (Donghua University)
Prof. Aryasomayajula Subrahmanyam (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras)
Prof. Ashish Ganguli (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
Prof. Bong Guen Hong (Chonbuk National University)
Prof. Rajdeep S. Rawat (Nanyang Technological University)
Prof. Paul K. Chu (City University of Hong Kong)
Prof. Matthew Hole (Australian National University)
Prof. Jang-Hsing Hsieh (Ming Chi University of Technology)3