August 17, 2016

The A. J. Drexel Plasma Institute is founded in 2002. It becomes known as the birthplace of plasma medicine, an extremely promising branch of biomedical engineering that uses plasma in wound healing, tissue repair and regeneration, stimulation of cells of the immune system and treatment of cancers, among many applications to human health. In 2016, the name is changed to the C. & J. Nyheim Plasma Institute after John and Christel Nyheim, with John serving on Drexel’s Board of Trustees for nearly 25 years as well as a trustee for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.