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