Special Issue on Plenary and Invited Papers From ICOPS 2010

HE 37th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) was held in Norfolk, VA, from June 20 to June 24, 2010. The technical program combined seven technical-related areas of plasma science and a range of diverse topics. A total of 562 abstracts from 37 countries were accepted, and the technical program included four plenary talks. There were 217 oral and 345 poster presentations. The plenary talks were given by Prof. L. Boufendi on Dusty Plasmas, Prof. E. Kunhardt on Non-Equilibrium Plasma Sources, Dr. K. S. Budil on High Energy Density Physics, and Dr. M. Thumm on the use of gyrotrons for ITER and fusion reactors. For the first time, ICOPS had a session on terahertz radiation and applications organized by Dr. B. Levush of NRL and two special sessions on the emerging field of Plasma Medicine, organized by Prof. M. Laroussi and Prof. M. Kong