John Verboncoeur
Contact Information
Phone:
(517) 355-5133
Email:
johnv@msu.edu
Senior Associate Dean for Research
Engineering Dean's Office
Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Professor
Biography
Computational plasma physics, electromagnetics, beam physics, high field effects including sheath formation, field emission, multipactor, and breakdown, laser-plasma interactions, plasma edge effects, transport, numerical methods, object-oriented techniques applied to scientific computing, visualization, plasma waves and boundary phenomena. Applications include microwave-beam devices, charged particle beam optics, fusion and other energy applications, accelerators, plasma thrusters, low pressure discharges for plasma processing, and high pressure discharges including plasma display panels and fluorescent lamps.
Education
- Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of California - Berkeley 1992
Research Interests
- Computational Plasma Physics
- Electromagnetics
- Beam Physics
- High Field Effects Including Sheath Formation
- Field Emission
- Multipactor
- Breakdown
- Laser-Plasma Interactions
- Plasma Edge Effects
- Transport
- Numerical Methods
Selected Publications
- J.-M. jeong, J.-H. Kim, H. Wang, D.-J. Jiu, J.-H. Koo, E.-H. Choi, J. P. Verboucoeur, H.S. Uhm, and G. Cho, "Propagation of a Light-Emitting Wave-front in a Fine Tube Positive Column Discharge", Japan. J. appl. Phys. 49, 026001 (2010).
- S. K. Nam and J. P. Verboucoeur, "Global Model for High Power Microwave Breakdown at High Pressure in Air", Comp. Phys. Comm. 180, 628-635 (2009).
- B. Ragan-Kelley, J. Verboncoeur, and Y. Feng, "Two-Dimensional Axisymmetric Child Langmuir Scaling Law", Phys. Plasmas 16, 103102 (2009).
- S.K. Nam and J. P. Verboucoeur, "Theory of Filamentary Plasma Array Formation in Microwave Breakdown at Near-Atmospheric Pressure", Phys. Rev. Ettt. 103, 055004 (2009).
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Awards
- Senior Member, IEEE (2008)
