Mark Gilmore
Bio: Mark Gilmore has been involved in plasma research since 1986, when he received the B.S. in Electrical Engineering (EE) from Boston University. From 1986 to 1990 he was an Associate Research Engineer at Delphax Systems (a Xerox company) in Canton, MA, where he assisted in research in Delphax’s Ion Deposition printing process. In 1992 he received the M.S. in EE from Northeastern University in Boston, MA, where, as Graduate Student Researcher (1990–1992), he utilized MEMS semiconductor processing techniques to develop an ionization source based on arrays of micron-scale field emission cathodes. From 1992 – 1999 he was a Graduate Student Researcher at UCLA, where he received the Ph.D. in EE in 1999. His dissertation involved detailed comparisons of probe and microwave reflectometer measurements of plasma turbulence. Dr. Gilmore was an Assistant Research Engineer and Lecturer in the Electrical Engineering Dept. at UCLA from July 1999 to Dec. 2002. In January 2003 he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. at the University of New Mexico as an Assistant Professor. At UNM, he continues research on physics of turbulence and transport in laboratory plasmas, as well as active feedback control of turbulent transport. Dr. Gilmore also has collaborations on magnetized target fusion (MTF) with Los Alamos National Laboratory, pulsed power plasma physics with Sandia Labs, and high power microwave systems with colleagues at UNM and AFRL in Albuquerque.
Short CV
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Jan 2003 to present
Assistant Research Engineer, UCLA Electrical Engineering Dept., July 1999 to Dec. 2002.
Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA Electrical Engineering Dept., 1992-June, 1999.
Graduate Research Assistant, Northeastern University Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston, MA, 1990-1992.
Associate Research Engineer, Delphax Systems, Canton, MA, 1986-1990.
Research Interests
Turbulence and Transport in Plasmas
Plasma Diagnostics
Pulsed Power
Selected Journal Publications
N. Zameroski, P. Kumar, C. Watts, T. Svimonishvili, M. Gilmore, E. Schamiloglu, and J. Gaudet. “Experimental Setup and Secondary Electron Yield Measurements from Materials with Application to Collectors of High Power Microwave Devices.” Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science special issue on High Power Microwaves, Sept. 2005.
T.L. Rhodes, W.A. Peebles, M.A. Van Zeeland, M. Gilmore, J.S. deGrassie, G.R. McKee, G.M. Staebler, J.C. DeBoo, et al. “First measurements of density turbulence below the ion gyroscale on DIII-D.” Submitted to Physical Review Letters, August, 2005.
C.X. Yu, M. Gilmore, W.A. Peebles, and T.L. Rhodes (2003). "Structure Function Analysis of Long-Range Correlations in Plasma Turbulence”. Physics of Plasmas 10(7), 2772.
M. Gilmore, W.A. Peebles, S. Kubota, X.V. Nguyen, and A. Ejiri (2003). "Progress toward a practical magnetic field diagnostic for low-field fusion plasmas based on dual mode correlation reflectometry”. To be published in Review of Scientific Instruments, March, 2003.
M. Gilmore, C.X. Yu, T.L. Rhodes, and W.A. Peebles (2002). “Investigation of rescaled range analysis, the Hurst exponent, and long-time correlations in plasma turbulence”. Physics of Plasmas 9(4), 1312.
R.J. Taylor, J.-L. Gauvreau, M. Gilmore, P.-A. Gourdain, D.J. LaFonteese, and L.W. Schmitz (2002). “Initial plasma results from the Electric Tokamak”. Nuclear Fusion 42, 46.
M. Gilmore, W.A. Peebles, and X.V. Nguyen (2000). “Investigation of dual mode (O-X) correlation reflectometry for determination of magnetic field strength”. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 42, 655.
M. Gilmore, W.A. Peebles, and X.V. Nguyen (2000). “Detailed comparison of plasma turbulence correlation length measurements using microwave reflectometry and a Langmuir probe array”. Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 42, L1.
M. Gilmore, W.A. Peebles, and X.V. Nguyen (1999). “Development of a Local Internal Magnetic Field Measurement via Dual Mode (O,X) Correlation Reflectometry”. Rev. Sci. Instr. 70 (1), 1085.
T.L. Rhodes, W.A. Peebles, E.J. Doyle, P. Pribyl, M. Gilmore, R.A. Moyer, and R.D. Lehmer (1998). “The Effect of Amplitude Fluctuations on Reflectometer Measurement of Density Turbulence in Tokamaks, ” Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 40, 493.
M. Gilmore (1998). “Engineering Applications of Plasma Science”. IEEE Potentials 17 (3), 4.
J. Browning, N.E. McGruer, S. Meassick, C. Chan, W. Bintz, and M. Gilmore (1992). “Gated Field Emitter Failures: Experiment and Theory”, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 20(5), 499.
M. Gilmore, N.E. McGruer, J. Browning, and W.J. Bintz (1993). “Measurement of Gated Field Emitter Failures”. Rev. Sci. Instr. 64 (2), 581.
University of California, Los Angeles
Principles of Semiconductor Devices (EE121B), Introductory Microwave Circuits (EE 163A)