The plasma physics research center (PPRC)

Introduction

The plasma physics research center (PPRC) is located inside the Islamic Azad University ­Poonak Campus (IAU-Poonak Campus is lo­cated in north west of the capital city Tehran on a 5000000 square meters plot of land). The Plasma Physics Research Center is built on 8000 square meters area, and consists of two buildings .
The research program of the center was inau­gurated in 1994 in atomic-molecular physics (plasma, lasers & bio-photonics), solid state physics (surface analysis & thin layers , Semiconductors & Nano-technology) and fundamental particle physics .
More recently based on the current national projects the Center has initiated a number of collaborations with both national and international research centers in various fields.

The PPRC aim is to expand and further develop its research ac­tivities in science & technology. Therefore it has many on going research projects, in solid state physics as well as atomic and molecular physics .

The center is the most advanced of its kind in I. R. Iran in plasma physics and training, development & research in nuclear fusion are at the top of its agenda .

Research

In recent years the IAU has placed special emphasis on re­search. The Poonak Campus of the IAU has put together an in­valuable set of research laboratories and looks to the further de­velop and expand its laboratories. The PPRC under the support of IAU has actively participated in a number of renowned inter­national and national conferences which has resulted in publica­tion of in number of internationally indexed articles. Currently the center has a number of ongoing national and international re­search project collaboration in progress. Recent statistics indi­cates an steady upward trend in research and development within the center .

Teaching

PPRC besides research activities, provides the required teach­ing as well as training & development in order to benefit from the skilled manpower in the different departments if the center .

Teaching and training is concentrated in the following fields:

Atomic physics, Condensed Matter physics, theoretical physics, Applied physics, Engineering plasma physics, Engineering laser physics, Engineering Condesed Matter Physics.

PPRC was assigned by the ministry of Science & Technology to offer engineering physics program in 2004. It is the first and the only center in the country to offer such a program. The center has enrolled more than 120 under graduate students in the pro­gram studying the topics of laser-optics, plasma physics & solid state physics.

Website:www.pprc.iau.ac.ir

Email:pprc@sr.iau.ac.ir