Professor and Chair, Department of Physics, West Virginia University
West Virginia University
Department of Physics
P.O. Box 6315
Morgantown, WV 26505-6315
Email: escime@wvu.edu
Phone: 304.293.3422. ext. 1437
Fax: 304.293.5732
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Education
Ph.D., Plasma Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992
B.S., Physics and Applied Mathematics, Florida State University, 1987
Research Interests
Charge-exchange imaging of high-temperature plasma
Mechanisms of ion heating in space and laboratory plasmas
Spacecraft charging
Helicon plasma source development
Laser-induced fluorescence diagnosis of laboratory plasmas
Plasma thrusters
Electric double layers
Plasma processing
Coherent microwave scattering diagnosis of laboratory plasmas
Theory of instabilities driven by flow shear and thermal anisotropy
Research Projects
Publications
Author or coauthor of more than 100 refereed publications.
