COLOMBIA - ANTUN

PLASMA PHYSICS GROUPS OF COLOMBIA
UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA

Apartado Aéreo 1226, Medellín

Telephone: +57 263 0011 (ext. 5630) or 210630
Telefax: +57 263 8282

Krikorian, V. Ricardo¹ (Retired from educational activities but holds consultancy)

¹ Electrical conductivity in a dense plasma from a quantum and classical statistics point of view.

COLOMBIA - UIS

UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER

Carrera 27 Calle 9, AA 678, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Telephone: +57 7 634 4000
URL:   http://www.uis.edu.co

PLASMA RESEARCH GROUP

Plasma Lab. UIS, AA 678, Bucaramanga, Colombia

Telephone: +57 7 634 4000/2402
Telefax: +57 7 632 3477; +57 7 634 6149

STAFF
Main Researchers:

Dougar J., Valery (Head, Physicist, Speciality: Plasma Physics)
Castro Blanco, Jaime (Physicist, Speciality: Plasma and Laser Physics (Quantum Electronics)
Uribe, Ivan (Metallurgical Engineering, coworker)

Ph.D. Students: Physical

Arango, Pedro
Chacon, Angel José

Dulce, Jaime

Suescún, Daniel

MsC. Students

Garcia, Raul

Guerra, M. Marlon

Silva Miguel, Angel

Research activities:
Theoretically on RCE Ion Sources, Plasma Simulation, Deuterium, hydrogen negatives ions production. Experimentally on Studies of High Voltage Low Pressure Discharges for 3-dimensional Ion Implanting. Plasma Processing Materials (PVD, CVD). Plasma Polymerization. Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharges.

COLOMBIA - LAPLAUN

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL (Sede Manizales)

Apartado Aéreo 127, Manizales, Colombia

Telephone: +57 688 63990
Telefax: +57 688 63220

Director:	Devia, Alfonso
Co-Director:	Pulsara, Alvaro

Agudelo, Jairo de J.
Arango, Pedro J.
Arango, Yulieth
Arroyave, Mauricio
Botero, Jairo

Botero, Monica
Cardenas, Jose I.
Castro, Juan Jose
Monsalve, Geime M.
Pineda, Posidia

Quintero, Jesus
Restrepo, Elizabeth
Segura, Belarmino
Trujillo Ortiz, Lina C.

Research activities:
This group of Plasma Physics (LAPLAUN) is sponsored by the ''Instituto Colombiano Para la Ciencia'' (COLCIENCIAS) and the ''Direccion de Investigaciones'' (Dima). The group is working theoretically in fluid mechanics and experimentally in High Voltage Low Pressure Discharges for 3-D Ion Implanting, Plasma Processing Materials PVD, CVD and Glow Discharges. It is devoted to basic research work in pulsed plasma coating experiments are carried out. We have AFM, MFM, LFM, STM, ESEM, XRD, XPS, FTIR systems for caraterization.

COLOMBIA - UVAL

UNIVERSIDAD del VALLE

Apartado Aéreo 25360, Cali, Colombia

Telephone: +57 263 0011 (ext. 5630) or 210630
Telefax: +57 263 8282

Díaz, Carlos J. (Transport Theory of Plasmas, theor.)