The 72nd GaseousElectronics Conference (GEC)
October 28th – November 1st, 2019
in College Station, Texas
Hosted by: Texas A&M University

http://apsgec.org/gec2019/https://www.aps.org/units/gec/

Conference Topics
1.

Introduction
The Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), a special meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical
Physics (DAMOP), promotes ideas on the physical and chemical processes and dynamics taking place in partially ionized,
collisional plasma and between the atoms, molecules,
charged particles, photons, waves, and fields. The GEC has along leadership history of presenting fundamental and basic
science contributions on plasma sources, diagnostics, simulation, plasma chemistry, basic phenomena, atomic andmolecular processes. In recent years, GEC has also been aleading venue for reporting on emergent areas of plasma-biotechnology, plasma medicine, multiphase plasmas, environmental applications and atmospheric-pressure plasma
systems. The 2019 GEC will continue its tradition of offering atruly outstanding venue for leading research in low temperature plasma science and collision physics.

Program
The scientific program runs Tuesday – Friday and consist of three to four parallel oral sessions of both invitedand contributed papers, poster sessions, and Prizetalks. Contributed papers will be presented as 15-minute or talks or in poster sessions. Sessions will beorganized around coherent subjects in order to facilitate
useful discussions and focus on appropriate solutions toproblems. On Monday there are instructional andhands-on workshops related to plasma diagnostics,
modeling and sources. There are also organized social
gatherings and non-technical meeting on selectedtopics.

Atomic and molecular processes

1.1. Electron and photon collisions with atoms andmolecules: excitation
1.2.
Electron and photon collisions with atoms andmolecules: ionization
1.3.
Heavy particle collisions
1.4.
Dissociation, recombination and attachment
1.5.
Distribution functions and transport coefficients forelectrons and ions
1.6.
Other atomic/molecular collision phenomena

2.

Plasma science

3.

Plasma applications

2.1.
Non-equilibrium kinetics of low temp plasmas
2.2.
Basic phenomena in low-temp plasmas
2.3.
Boundaries: sheaths, double layers, others
2.4.
Gas phase plasma chemistry2.5.
Plasma-surface interactions
2.6.
Plasma diagnostic techniques
2.7.
Plasma modeling and simulation
2.8.
Glows: DC, pulsed, microwave, others
2.9.
Capacitively coupled plasmas
2.10.
Inductively coupled plasmas
2.11.
Magnetically-enhanced plasmas: ECR, helicon,
magnetron, others
2.12.
High pressure discharges: dielectric barrierdischarges, coronas, breakdown, sparks
2.13.
Microdischarges: DC, RF, microwave
2.14.
Thermal plasmas: arcs, jets, switches, other
2.15.
Plasmas in liquids
2.16.
Negative-ion/dust particle-containing plasma
2.17.
Other plasma science topics
3.1.
Plasmas for light production: laser media, glows,arcs, flat panels and novel sources
3.2.
Plasma etching
3.3.
Plasma deposition
3.4.
Plasma ion implantation
3.5.
Green plasma technologies: environmental andenergy applications
3.6.
Photovoltaic-application plasma processing
3.7.
Biological/biomedical applications of plasma
3.8.
Plasma propulsion and aerodynamics
3.9.
Plasma nanotechnology, flexible electronics, andother emerging applications

Abstracts and Proceeding
Participants will be given a digital APS Bulletin withconference program and abstracts of invited andcontributed talks and posters. Abstracts are digitallyarchived and searchable online as a publication of
the Bulletin of the American Physical Society.

Calendar of Events
GEC abstract deadline: May 31st, 2019Student Travel Applications: June 2nd, 2019Student Excellence Awards Nominations: June
2nd, 2019
Final Program Announced: Sept 2019
Pre-Registration Closes: Oct 6th, 2019

Conference Location
The conference will be held at the Texas A&M Hoteland Conference Center in college station Texas on
the campus of Texas A&M University. Texas A&M is apublic, comprehensive university holding triple
federal designations as a land-, sea- andspace-grant university. It hosts over 65,000
students on its 5,200-acre campus is located inCollege Station. Texas A&M Engineering is a top 10
public programs in the US. The locale of Bryan-College Station - “Aggieland” in a burgeouning smallcity nestled in the heart of rural Texas. Attractions
are Texas A&M University, Texas A&M Athletics, TheGeorge Bush Library, and NASA Johnson Space
Center (2 hrs away). College Station is within a 100
minute drive to Houston, and 2 hr drive of Austin, and3 hr drives to Dallas and San Antonio. Accessible
airports (local or by shuttle) are CLL, IAH, and AUS.

Hotel Reservation Cutoff: Oct 6th, 2019
Conference: Oct. 28th, 2019

GEC Executive Committee
Chair: Edward Barnat, Sandia National Laboratories
Past Chair: Tom Kirchner, York University
Secretary: David Staack, Texas A&M University
Secretary Elect: Kallol Bera, Applied Materials
Past Secretary: Douglas Keil, Lam Research
Treasurer: Sylwia Ptasinska, University of Notre Dame
Katharina Stapelmann, North Carolina State University
Julian Schulze, Ruhr-U Bochum
Nicholas Braithwaite, Open University

Hotel Accommodations
A room block has been reserved at the Texas A&M
Hotel and Conference Center. Rate is $155+taxes
available till October 6th 2019.
https://www.texasamhotelcc.com/

Fumiyoshi Tochikubo, Tokyo Metropolitan University
James Colgan, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alisher Kadyrov, Curtin University

Local Organizing Committee:
David Staack
Kentaro Hara

2019

Tanvir Farouk
Chris Limbach
Kallol Bera
Dick Miles