Calum Ryan

As a PhD Student at Eindhoven University of Technology, Calum Ryan will be primarily researching the fluid dynamic properties of various liquid targets, with a focus on water samples, undergoing interactions with non thermal atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJ), and how different flow properties can be obtained and manipulated by varying the parameters of both the plasma jet and liquid target that are being used. The topic of flow has had a limited exploration within research in this field, and understanding the basic fluid properties in interactions is of paramount importance to then being able to improve the wide variety of applications of APPJ’s; for example understanding how the various plasma parameters within the system effect the physical and flow properties of the target will allow for optimization in choosing the correct jet for the required system. From wound treatment in medical physics, to enhancing seed germination in agriculture, the growing of understanding these systems would be a benefit that a wide variety of fields could take advantage of. Ryan is doing his PhD within the group Elementary Processes in Gas Discharges.