UWE R. KORTSHAGEN

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Contact Info: Phone: (612) 625-4028 Office: 2-101C Mechanical Engineering Email: uk@me.umn.edu

Professional Preparation University of Bochum, Germany, Physics, Dipl.-Phys., 1988 University of Bochum, Germany, Physics, Ph.D., 1991 University of Bochum, Germany, Physics, Habilitation, 1995 Professional Appointments Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UMN, 1999-present Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UMN, 1996-1999 Privatdozent, Physics, University of Bochum, Gemany, June-July, 1996 Visiting Scholar, Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March, 1995-March, 1996 “Wissenschaftlicher Assistent,” University of Bochum, Germany, January, 1992-July, 1996 Selected Publications S. Stoykov, C. Eggs, U. Kortshagen, “Plasma Chemistry and Growth of Nanosized Particles in a C2H2 RF-Discharge,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 34, 2160 (2001) U.V. Bhandarkar, M.T. Swihart, S.L. Girshick, U.R. Kortshagen, “Modeling of Silicon Hydride Clustering in Low-Pressure Silane Plasma,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 33, 2731 (2000) U.R. Kortshagen, U.V. Bhandarkar, S.L. Girshick, M.T. Swihart, “Generation and Growth of Nanoparticles in Low-Pressure Plasmas,” Pure & Appl. Chem. 71, 1871 (1999) U. Kortshagen, U. Bhandarkar, “Modeling of Particulate Coagulation in Low Pressure Plasmas,” Phys. Rev. E 60, 887 (1999) U. Kortshagen, “On the Use of Dust Plasma Acoustic Waves for the Diagnostics of Nanometer-sized Contaminant Particles in Plasmas,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 71, 208 (1997) Z. Shen, U. Kortshagen, “Experimental Study of the Influence of Nanoparticle Generation on the Electrical Characteristics of Argon-silane Capacitive Radio-frequency Plasmas,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 20, 153 (2002). U. Kortshagen, G. Mümken, “The Electrical Charging of Micron-sized Dust Particles in Capacitively Coupled RF Plasmas,” Phys. Lett. A. 217, 126 (1996) U. Kortshagen, B. Heil, “Experimental Observation of a 'Convective Cell' in Electron Phase Space in an Inductively Coupled RF Plasma,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 1265 (2000) U. Kortshagen, J.E. Lawler, “Energy-Resolved Electron Particle and Energy Fluxes in Positive Column Plasmas,” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 32, 2737 (1999) U. Kortshagen, “Kinetic Modeling of the Charging of Nonconducting Walls in a Low Pressure RF Inductively Coupled Plasma,” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 16, 300 (1998) Selected Awards NSF Career Award, 1999 Lynen Award of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1994 Synergistic Activities Director, NSF-IGERT project for “Nanoparticle Science and Engineering” involving 21 faculty members from five science and engineering departments at UMN, 2001-present Lead author for proposal for free-standing graduate minor in “Nanoparticle Science and Technology” presently under consideration by UMN Graduate School, 2001 Executive Committee, 2001-2003, and Organizer of 2002 Gaseous Electronics Conference International Organizing Committee, 15^th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry, Orleans, France, 2001 Director, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "Electron Kinetics and Applications of Glow Discharges,'' St. Petersburg, Russia, 1997