About the GEC
The GEC has a long and distinguished history. The GEC was started as the "Gas Discharge Conference" in 1948 as an offshoot of The Nottingham Conferences. Famous scientists such as W. Allis, S. Brown, D. Alpert and others organized this first conference at Brookhaven. I. Langmuir attended various GECs and presented as well. The GEC has been in the Dallas area only once before, the 35th GEC was hosted by UT Dallas in 1982. (change sentence)
The GEC Executive Committee invites papers on basic phenomena and plasma processes in partially ionized gases, and on the theory and measurement of basic atomic and molecular collision processes. Papers reporting on experimental, theoretical, and computational studies that address either fundamental properties of low-temperature plasmas or their applications are encouraged. Applications of interest include, but are not limited to, plasma processing of materials, gas lasers, ion sources, gas discharge lamps, plasma chemistry and combustion, plasma-surface interactions, ionospheric phenomena, diagnostics, plasma aerodynamics, and similar topics. Although most papers will deal with low-energy processes, papers that concern electronic or radiative processes produced by high-energy electrons or heavy particles are also welcome.
The IEEE-NPSS Plasma Science and Applications Committee has established a comprehensive, archival Directory of Plasma Conferences.
Updated: February 6, 2008
