drexelink story about us

posted on August 27th, 2008

Drexelink, our internal newsletter here published a little story about licensing of our technology.  I just now got to posting it.

Well, here it is:

Oh, and here are two more stories related to this:

 »  read more in the Drexel University news, or

 »  read more in the Free Republic news (I much enjoyed reading the comments there).

we are mega

posted on August 26th, 2008

So, even though I do not design anymore, I still design :-)

I made this logo and a shirt design for Drexel's Mechanical Engineering Graduate student Association (MEGA).  They actually used it.  Cool!

I'm also working on MEGA's web site but I have not yet finished it, so...  Stay tuned for that one :-)

plasma assisted decontamination

posted on August 25th, 2008

The Plasma Assisted Decontamination of Biological and Chemical Agents book came out.  You can order your copy (as I did) on Amazon.

Read on to view the table of contents.

 »  take a look

some updates

posted on August 8th, 2008

So, I've been adding some stuff here and there.  Publications page is getting constantly updated with small stuff here and there.  I'm writing some new poems but haven't posted them yet.  Main thing, is why I'm writing this post, is that I've added hundred-some photos to the photo section so there will be a new daily one for some time from now.  Hopefully I'll have time to add more to it so it will never run out.

 »  publications

 »  poems

 »  photos

plasma medicine on French tv

posted on August 6th, 2008 about events some time ago

Two videos from the French TV news channel.  Take a look.

 »  take a look

special issue on plasma medicine

posted on August 6th, 2008

This is a special issue of publications from the recent First International Conference on Plasma Medicine which took place in Corpus Christi, Texas:
http://plasma.mem.drexel.edu/icpm-1/

Early view articles are available here:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/113383809/issue

 »  take a look

gordon research conference

posted on August 3rd, 2008 about events on July 13-18th, 2008

14 students and 10 professors from the A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute were recently at the Gordon Research Conference on Plasma Processing Science (GRC-PPS) in Mt. Holyoke, South Hadley, MA from Jul 13th to Jul 18th 2008. 2008 GRC-PPS brought together leading authorities, as well as beginning researchers, engineers and scientists, in the area of plasma processing science to exchange information and ideas concerning the most recent advances and future directions in this field. 2008 GRC-PPS had a relatively small number of talks (approximately 30), which were at the leading edge of the field and promoted active discussion among all participants both inside and outside the formal sessions. The planned topics and invited speakers for the 2008 GRC-PPS reflected the interdisciplinary, applied nature of the subject, and geographic and ethnic diversity and minority representation of the science and technology of the field. Invited speakers came from industry and universities in the US, Western Europe, and South East Asia. The gathering of the experts and their discourse made up the broader impacts of the conference.

 »  take a look

Philadelphia Business Journal:
"Drexel opens new institute to study plasma"

August 1st, 2008, published in the Philadelphia Business Journal

photo by Curt Hudson

Professor Gary Friedman (left) and Alex Fridman, director of
the Drexel Plasma Institute, demonstrate a plasma generator
being tested for use in medicine.

 »  take a look

my 30th birthday

July 12th, 2008 I turned 30 and jumped from a plane :-)

For my 30th we decided I need to jump out of an airplane.  Very clever :-)  Well, read on.

 »  take a look

we will miss you!

Dr. Nihat M. Bilgutay passed away today, July 1st, 2008.

Dr. Nihat M. Bilgutay passed away today after a long illness.

This is trully a sad day as Nihat was quite a personality.  Great teacher, successful researcher, a wonderful person.

He was sick for quite some time, but his strength, even during the sicker moments was nothing short of impressive.

I've had a pleasure to meet Nihat many times and will surely remember him.

I wish him all success and luck in next life as he had in this one!  We will all remember him with nothing short of great respect.

 »  take a look

horray! no new mail

for the first time in ages
posted on June 26th, 2008 at 3:38:48 pm EST ;-)

Today marks an interesting time point.  Since I have started using gmail a year-or-so ago this is the first time that I got to the point of a clean mailbox.

I've taken care of every task there was in the inbox!!

and another site goes live

made a page for a friend

Moogega is a co-worker and a friend, so I decided to help her out with a design.

Plain.  Simple.  Easy to read.  Easy to navigate.  Easy for her to edit.

:-)  my work here is done.

 »  take a look at www.moogega.com

gov. richardson visits drexel

and likes plasma medicine, too

Gov. Bill Richardson visits Drexel to be honored by Eastern Technology Council.

Among other things, here you will find a short news clip where some of the Drexel Plasma Institute people are visible.  I also included a few articles published on this matter by Drexel News services and by The Triangle (Drexel's newspaper).

Oh, let's not forget the big thumbs up that the Governor gives to Plasma :-)

Unfortunately I was unable to attend as I was out of town.  Our lab was well-represented though.  Good good.

 »  take a look

icops 2008 in germany

dpi goes to icops

I speak of course of the 35th IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, June 15 - 19, 2008, Congress Center Karlsruhe, Germany.

We had many posters and presentations there (view the PDF of the complete program).

 »  take a look

strawberry vodka

my personally-adapted recipe of a wonderful drink

Strawberry Vodka: The Making of a Basil Strawberry Vodka Martini that will knock your socks off!

 »  Step 1: The Patience posted on June 2nd, 2008
 »  Step 2: The Wait posted on June 13th, 2008
 »  Step 3: The Joy posted on June 13th, 2008
 »  Step 4: The Girls posted on June 13th, 2008

a photo showing

some photo work I did that I seem to like; posted on June 9th, 2008

Uploaded some photos today.  Some are nice.  Take a look, you might like ;-)

 »  take a look

i missed a shuttle today

written on June 6th, 2008 at 3pm about an event at 2:15pm

Wrote about how I missed a shuttle today, a short story about butterflies, ex-girlfriends, life, and revelations.

 »  take a look

how much money do i really need?

a simple estimate made on June 3rd, 2008 at 5pm and corrected at 7pm

I was asked why I am asking for the salary that I am asking for.  So, sat down and calculated.

Well, the first try was no good — ended up needing $215K/year, not a very reasonable salary for a tenure-track faculty.  Second try, however, turned out closer to reality.

Bottom line: I'm getting a BMW Series 1, 135i coupe.  A very lovely car. Dark blue is nice, right?

 »  take a look at the first try

new image rotator...  of me! ;-)

posted on June 2nd, 2008

I've added Image Rotator to the top of the page.  There used to be just one photo of me (this one) and I simply got tired of it.  Now there are 148 of them :-)

Incidentally, since I've databased these images I am now counting views.  Thus, you can tell how many times the site has been visited (total).  So, since I added this thing 2 days ago there have been 3,371 visits to this page.  Nice!  Thanks for all the support!  Glad to see people actually come here :-)

a.j. drexel plasma institute

Drexel University has announced the designation of the A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute.

 »  take a look

plasma chemistry book

"Plasma Chemistry" by Alexander Fridman comes out from Cambridge University Press.
Hardback (ISBN-13: 9780521847353) * Published May 2008

 »  take a look

where is greg? no, really

Where have I been? (posted on May 12th, 2008)

I travel alot, it seems.  But when I actually take time to write down all the places I've been to I can see that the map is quite far from covered.  New goal in life: cover the whole map!

 »  take a look at the Travel section of this site

canada, shmanada

I'm going to Canada! (posted on April 28th, 2008).

I'm going to the 18th Interdisciplinary Research Conference On Injectable Biomaterials/Biomechanics for Minimally Invasive Clinical Applications, GRIBOI 2008.

 »  take a look

d.u. research day's here (again)

Drexel University Research Day Presentations (posted on April 28th, 2008).

Six posters were presented on Plasma Medicine at this year's Tenth Annual Research Day at Drexel University.

 »  take a look

i win a camera! ;-)  i'm extatic!

“A World Without Borders” — Snapshot Challenge (posted on April 21st, 2008).

Drexel University put together a “World Fusion Fest: A World Without Borders”.

Aside from many interesting activities, one which I partook in was the snapshot challenge – we got to submit a photo to be judged by students.

My submission received first prize, which makes me rather happy since this is the first photography-related event I partook in and won.

 »  take a look

applied plasma medicine

Applied Plasma Medicine, a review, gets published online (posted on April 17th, 2008)

"Applied Plasma Medicine" review article by Gregory Fridman, Gary Friedman, Alexander Gutsol, Anatoly B. Shekhter, Victor N. Vasilets, Alexander Fridman has now been published online.

The article is available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppap.200700154

Additionally you can download the PDF version from here.

 »  take a look

this just might make money

posted on november 1st, 2007

"Technology with the Highest Translational Potential" title was given to my poster.

 »  take a look

plasma medicine in the news

some news stuff about "plasma medicine"

 »  take a look at Issue 1

 »  take a look at Issue 2

am i photogenic or what? ;-)

posted on october 16th, 2007

I’m on TV!!

 »  take a look

d.u. research day

posted on april 15th, 2008

Research Innovation Scholarship and Creativity (RISC) day at Drexel.  Lots of presentations, good feedback.  Fun.

 »  take a look

Now, there are many news prior to this date.  However, they are somewhat lost at this point.

One day I might post the old news that I gather from links all over the place.  For right now, this is it.

If you think I forgot something recent or for whatever reason, please email me at gregfridman@gmail.com.

Cheers,

Greg