The goal of the course is twofold:
• To acquire a thorough level of understanding of low-temperature plasma applications in
• materials technology, environmental technology, biomedical technology and plasma
• medicine.
• To acquire a thorough level of understanding of energy production via nuclear fusion, fusion
• physics, fusion reactor principles, fusion reactor diagnostics and material technology for
• fusion.
Final competences:
1 Understand the working principles and engineering challenges of industrial plasma sources
2 Insight in technological applications of plasmas in different fields
3 Being able to process scientific literature and to make a synthesis/review on a certain subject
4 Being able to report and present scientific findings as a team
5 Knowledge of the physical basis of nuclear fusion
6 Knowledge of technological and engineering aspects of nuclear fusion regarding material
1 requirements, plasma diagnostics and reactor development
