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Mohamed A. Bourham |
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Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Associated Faculty, Department of Biomedical Engineering
office: 1110 Burlington Engineering Laboratories
phone: 919.515.7662
fax: 919.515.5115
e-mail: bourham@ncsu.edu
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| education: |
B.Sc. (Electrophysics Engineering) 1965, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
M.Sc. (Electrical Engineering-Plasma Physics) 1969, Cairo University,
Cairo, Egypt.
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering-Plasma Physics) 1976, Ain Shams University,
Cairo, Egypt.
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| research areas: |
My interests are in plasma-matter
interactions, from interaction with solids to liquids to
energetic combustible materials to fabrics and micro-organisms.
Ablation/erosion behavior of solid surfaces in
contact with plasmas under high heat loading conditions
is applicable to fusion reactors first wall and
interior components, as well as the interior components
of plasma-operated launchers where such components
are also under similar high-heat flux exposure. I am
interested in the plasma-propellant mixing process,
optimization of mass acceleration and development of
novel diagnostics to investigate energy transfer and
mixing mechanisms. I am also interested in studies related
to the use of electrothermal plasma launchers to
accelerate fuel pellets to velocities sufficient for the fueling
process with high repetition rates. This research is
associated with studies of pellet ablation, optimization of
fuel injector parameters, pellet hypervelocity
acceleration and development of necessary diagnostics. The
other domain of research involves plasma interaction
with fabrics. Such plasmas are generated at
atmospheric pressure and are intended to provide enhanced
properties to textile materials. Surface sterilization is
an important aspect, and my interest looks at
adopting atmospheric plasmas to sterilize various commodities.
The mechanism of interaction is quite different than
that with solids or energetic materials because the
plasma herein is interacting with microorganisms and
bacteria, living species that interact differently with plasma ions.
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Atmospheric Plasma Device for Textiles |
 
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