Dr. Jim Browning holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After years of experience in research and development in Field Emission Displays(FEDs) and other display technologies, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University in 2006. Dr. Browning's research interests include the study of microwave vacuum electron devices (MVEDs), plasmas for electric propulsion using inductively coupled plasma (ICP) sources and low temperature co-fired ceramics (LTCC) for thruster structures, and the charging and interaction of planetary dust in space environments.
Articles and Conference Proceedings
Fabrication of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Antenna in Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (with Jesse Taff, Mallory Yates, Carl Lee, Sonya Shawver, and Donald G. Plumlee), International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology (2012)
A miniature electrostatic thruster is being developed in Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) at Boise...
A Miniature Inductively Coupled Plasma Source for Ion Thrusters (with D. Plumlee, Sonya Shawver, Sin Ming Loo, Mallory Yates, and Jesse Taff), IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (2011)
A small inductively coupled plasma source has been developed for use in an ion thruster....
An Experimental Setup for Electromagnetic Stimulation of Geoenvironmental Applications (with Arvin Farid and Harlan Sangrey), ASCE, Proceedings of the Geo-Frontiers 2011 Conference, Geotechnical Special Publication (2011)
Cleaning contaminated soil/groundwater is important to federal and state agencies. Traditional contaminant removal methods are...
A Faceted Magnetron Concept Using Field Emission Cathodes (with Jack Watrous), Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures (2011)
A magnetron concept using field emission cathodes has been modeled with the Air Force Research...
Electron Hop Funnel Measurements and Comparison with the Lorentz-2E Simulation (with Charles Lester and Lael Matthews), IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science (2011)
Electron hop funnels have been fabricated using a Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC). Measurements of...
Student Mentored Work
Effects of Electromagnetic Stimulation on Soil’s Hydraulic Conductivity (with Jonathan Rocha and Arvin Farid), College of Engineering Poster Presentations (2011)
Our research involves the identification of the different effects that electromagnetic (EM) stimulation has on...
Mapping the Electric Fields for Geotechnical Applications (with Sara Kaster, Harlan Sangrey, Liam McCormick, Logan Jensen, Adam Spiegelman, and Arvin Farid), College of Engineering Poster Presentations (2011)
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) such as gasoline are contaminating our country's groundwater. From leaky underground...
Selected Patents
Method for Cleaning Phosphor Screens for Use with Field Emission Displays - Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) - United States Patent 6409564 (with Zhongyi Xia, David A. Cathey, and Surjit S. Chadha) (2002)
A method for cleansing the phosphor screen of a display device comprising the removal of...
Identifying and Disabling Shorted Electrodes in Field Emission Display - Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) - United States Patent #6034480 (with John K. Lee and Tyler A. Lowrey) (2000)
Methods and apparatus for identifying and disabling shorted electrode pairs (such as field emitter tip...
Fabrication of Field Emission Array with Vacuum Cathodic Arc Deposition - Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, ID) - United States Patent #6027619 (with David A. Cathey and Zhong-Yi Xia) (2000)
A filtered cathodic vacuum arc is used as a source of metal to generate a...