Charles Weatherford

The strategic mission of the FAMU Center for Plasma Science and Technology (CePaST) is to produce world-class scientific and technological innovation in theoretical, experimental, and computational plasma physics and photonics.  The goals of the center are to:

• Provide tools to enhance the nation’s security against domestic and foreign threats

• Support the development of alternative
   
• sources of clean and sustainable energy Conduct basic
   
• research on plasmas and advanced materials under extreme conditions

• Provide a pool of highly trained men and women to broaden the nation’s scientific workforce.

These goals will be achieved through a broad spectrum of interdisciplinary research activities inclusive of research on remote sensing; fusion; carbon-based nanoscience; advanced algorithms; laser-matter interactions; and fundamental atomic and molecular quantum mechanical phenomena.