Frontiers In Cold Plasma Research: Food Safety, Medicine and Bio-Medical Applications

Thursday, October 3, 2013: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
214 C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
Chair:
Magesh Thiyagarajan, PhD, Director of Plasma Research, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi

Description: Cold plasma research is an interdisciplinary area including engineering, physics, chemistry, and biology to build, study, and understand novel plasma methodologies in food safety, medicine, and other bio-medical applications. This session provides a broad view of the type of work that embodies various applications of cold plasma and its prospects.

Sponsored by: by Texas A&M Corpus Christi



10:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:20 AM
Cold Atmospheric-Pressure Plasmas for Active Food Packaging
Sulmer Fernández-Gutierrez, MS , PhD Candidate (Graduate Student) , Boise State University
10:40 AM
Cold Plasma Technology for Food Safety
Brendan Niemira, PhD , Lead Scientist , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
11:00 AM
Cancer Treatment Research using Novel Cold Plasma Technology
Xavier Gonzales, PhD , Doctoral , National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
11:20 AM
Paradigm Shift by Cold Plasma Research in Food Safety and Bio-Medical Applications
Magesh Thiyagarajan, PhD , Director of Plasma Research, Assistant Professor , Texas A&M University Corpus Christi