June 28, 2024 —
The aim of the R&D is to finalize the engineering package of the tar cracking process based on the GAP concept, including process testing at Drexel.
The task will be to produce a financially solid, sustainable engineering solution for tar energy recovery
June 20, 2024 — Researchers from C&J Nyheim Plasma Institute of Drexel University have been selected to join an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiative aimed at eliminating hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a class of potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerants and insulating foams. As part of this federal effort to tackle climate-damaging gases, Drexel will receive $3.8 million over five years to develop a plasma arc device capable of destroying HFCs.
September 28, 2022 —
A research team lead by University of Texas at Dallas and including groups from Drexel University Nyheim Plasma Institute (Institutional PI: Dr. Dmitri Vainchtein) and University of California Los Angeles received a 2021 NASA HGI (Heliosphysics Guest Investugator) award “Energetic Electron Scattering by Kinetic Alfven Waves in Earth's Radiation Belts.”
April 6, 2022 —
The ISPlasma Prize is the highest recognition awarded by the Organizing Committee of ISPlasma/IC-PLANTS for outstanding achievements in the field of Plasma Science and its Applications as well as great contribution towards the continued success of ISPlasma/IC-PLANTS.
February 9, 2022 — He has published eight monographs (with multiple editions), and more than 1,000 scientific papers (with a total citation index of about 35,000; h-index 83), organized and chaired several major international conferences, and holds more than 30 patents. He has received numerous accolades for his contributions. Most recently in 2019, Dr. Fridman was honored with the Reactive Plasma Award, the highest award of the Japanese Society of Plasma Physics and Electronics, and International Society for Reactive Plasmas. He has also received the prestigious Plasma Chemistry Award, the highest award in the field of plasma engineering.