Plasma engineering applies the unique properties of plasmas ‎(‎ionized gases‎)‎ to improve processes and performance over many fields‎,‎ such as materials processing‎,‎ spacecraft propulsion‎,‎ and nanofabrication‎.‎ Plasma Engineering considers this rapidly expanding discipline from a unified standpoint‎,‎ addressing fundamentals of physics and modeling as well as new real‎-word applications in aerospace‎,‎ nanotechnology‎,‎ and bioengineering‎.‎ The book starts by reviewing plasma particle collisions‎,‎ waves‎,‎ and instabilities‎,‎ and proceeds to diagnostic tools‎,‎ such as planar‎,‎ spherical‎,‎ and emissive probes‎,‎ and the electrostatic analyzer‎,‎ interferometric technique‎,‎ and plasma spectroscopy‎.‎ The physics of different types of electrical discharges are considered‎,‎ including the classical Townsend mechanism of gas electrical breakdown and the Paschen law‎.‎ Basic approaches and theoretical methodologies for plasma modeling are described‎,‎ based on the fluid description of plasma solving numerically magnetohydrodynamic ‎(‎MHD‎)‎ equations and the kinetic model particle techniques that take into account kinetic interactions among particles and electromagnetic fields‎.‎ Readers are then introduced to the widest variety of applications in any text on the market‎.‎ Space propulsion applications such as the Hall thruster‎,‎ pulsed plasma thrusters‎,‎ and microthruster are explained‎.‎ Application of low‎-temperature plasmas in nanoscience and nanotechnology‎,‎ another frontier in plasma physics‎,‎ is covered‎,‎ including plasma‎-based techniques for carbon‎-based nanoparticle synthesis ‎(‎e‎.‎g‎.‎‎,‎ fundamental building blocks like single‎-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene‎)‎‎.‎ Plasma medicine‎,‎ an emerging field studying plasmas for therapeutic applications‎,‎ is examined as well‎.‎ The latest original results on cold atmospheric plasma ‎(‎CAP‎)‎ applications in medicine are presented‎,‎ with a focus on the therapeutic potential of CAP with a in selective tumor cell eradication and signaling pathway deregulation‎.‎ * The first textbook that addresses plasma engineering in the aerospace‎,‎ nanotechnology‎,‎ and bioengineering fields from a unified standpoint* Includes a large number of worked examples‎,‎ end of chapter exercises‎,‎ and historical perspectives* Accompanying plasma simulation software covering the Particle in Cell ‎(‎PIC‎)‎ approach‎,‎ available at http‎:‎//www‎.‎particleincell‎.‎com/blog/2011/particle‎-in‎-cell‎-example/