Alexey Shashurin is an Assistant Professor in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University (MS’98 from Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia; PhD’08 from Tel Aviv University, Israel). He carries out research in the generation, diagnostics and applications of low-temperature plasmas. Dr. Shashurin has published over 75 refereed scientific articles and filed 5 US patent applications. Dr. Shashurin is a Senior Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) societies, and the recipient of Welch International Award for 2008.