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NJBIZ Features Ribbon Cutting at CMST Opening
NJBIZfeatured the photo of the ribbon cutting from the official opening of the Center for Microplasma Science and Technology (CMST), including a caption, in its Off the Clock section in the October 25 edition of the publication. View the media placement.
NJN News Features Center for Microplasma Science and Technology
NJN News visited Saint Peters College to report on the official opening of the Colleges Center for Microplasma Science and Technology (CMST). View full story and video.
CMST presents at the International Conference on Plasma Sciences
Drs. Jose Lopez and WeiDong Zhu presented on behalf of CMST researcherstwo posters titled “Self Organization Trends in Cathode Boundary Layer Discharge (CBLD) Devices for Various Cathode Materials” and “Electrical and Optical Emission Measurements of a Capillary Dielectric Barrier Discharge” in the 37th International Conference on Plasma Sciences in Norfolk, VA, June 20-24, 2010. Dr. […]
CMST Presents at APS/AAPT
Fr. Daniel O’Brien SJ, outreach director for the CMST, presented a poster entitledHands on Research for Teachers and Studentsat the combined meeting of the American Physical Society / American Association of Physics Teachers held February 13th to 17th in Washington, D.C. The poster oulined the working of the CMST summer outreach to high school students, […]
NJSTA Presentation
CMST researchers Jenny Mahoney, Ph.D., Valencia Johnson Ph.D and Daniel O’Brien SJ presented on-going work at a session of the New Jersey Science Teacher’s Association at their annual convention. Drs. Mahoney and Johnson gave a brief introduction to microplasma and then presented the results of their current research. Fr. O’Brien covered the current educational outreach […]
AFOSR Leadership Supports New Microplasma Center at Saint Peter’s College
ARLINGTON, VA.—On Friday, April 17, 2009, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) leadership traveled to Jersey City, N.J. to help celebrate the establishment of the St. Peter’s College (SPC) Center for Microplasma Science and Technology (CMST). As part of the event hosted by SPC President Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D., AFOSR Director Dr. Brendan B. […]
Television Broadcast of CMST Ceremony
Jersey City,N.J. The inaugural ceremony for theCenter for Microplasma Science & Technologyheld on Friday, April 17, 2009, by President of Saint Peters College Eugene J. Cornacchia, was broadcasted on New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) News on Saturday, April 18, 2009. The NTDTV news report documents theCMST ceremony whereDr. Brendan B. Godfrey, Director of the Department […]
$2 million awarded to Saint Peter’s College in Jersey City
Jersey City, N.J. It may not be easy to define microplasma, but officials fromSaint Peter’s Collegeand the U.S. Department of Defense surely had no problem explaining the benefits of the $2 million awarded to the school to establish the Center for Microplasma Science and Technology Friday at theJersey Citycollege. Microsplasma is a recent phenomena and […]
Ceremony celebrates the founding of the CMST at SPC
Jersey City, N.J. On Friday, April 17, 2009, President of Saint Peters College Eugene J. Cornacchia, Ph.D., joined Mayor of Jersey City Jerramiah T. Healy to welcome representatives from the U.S. Department of Defense for the formal establishment of the Colleges Center for Microplasma Science and Technology (CMST). Locating the CMST within a higher education […]
PARSE Institute Established at SPC
Jersey City, N.J. Saint Peters College has established thePracticalApplication ofResearch inScienceEducation (PARSE) Institute. The goal of the program is to develop the next generation of scientists and technologists by providing a new model for science education, as well as innovative, collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to professional development. Funded by a $450,000 private grant, the […]
A New Frontier
Jersey City, N.J. TheSaint Peter’s College MagazineSpring 2009 issue has as it’sfeature article the full storybehind the establishment of theCenter for Microplasma Science & Technology(CMST). The article highlights the work done by Professors Lopez and Zhu in the Physics Program of theDepartment of Applied Science & Technologyalong with the efforts of the variousstudents that have […]
Professors Bonato & Bubka Featured on Television
Jersey City, N.J. Dr. Frederick Bonato, chair of Saint Peters College psychology department and Dr. Andrea Bubka, professor of psychology at Saint Peters appeared in December 2008 onWeird Connections, a television show on The Science Channel that plots relationships between unique experiments and their resulting scientific advances. Episode 12 ofWeird Connections, The Sick Machine, covered […]