INTERNATIONAL
DUSTY PLASMA WORKSHOP
HELD AT AUBURN UNIVERSITY
The Department of Physics, in conjunction
with Wittenberg University, hosted the 14th
Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas.
The workshop was held at the Hotel at Auburn
University and Dixon Conference Center
and featured plasma physics experts from
around the world. Topics covered during the
workshop included the basic physics of dusty
plasmas, astrophysical and atmospheric dusty
plasmas, laboratory and microgravity dusty
plasma experiments, magnetized dusty plasmas,
theoretical and computational studies of dusty
plasmas, dusty plasmas as model systems, and
applications of dusty plasmas in industry and
research. Participants were also invited to tour the
new Magnet Lab at Auburn University, which is
a one-of-a-kind facility featuring a 6,000-pound
superconducting magnet, the only one of its
kind in the world. Physics faculty Uwe Konopka
and Edward Thomas were the local organizers
for the workshop. For more information on the
workshop, visit the website at http://psl.physics.
auburn.edu/wpdp2015/index.html.
College of Sciences and Mathematics
39