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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Helena Teresa da Costa Kaufmann

Citation names

  • Kaufmann, Helena T. C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C81B-A663-3AA1
ORCID iD
0000-0001-6740-2467
Researcher Id
F-9313-2019
Scopus Author Id
57194384877

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Fluids and Plasma Physics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/09 - 2019/02/15
Concluded
 Física (Doutoramento)
Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
"Advanced Modeling of Plasma-Cathode Interaction in Vacuum and Unipolar Arcs" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008/10 - 2012/06/30
Concluded
 Master in Science, Physics with a Year in Europe (Master)
Imperial College London Department of Physics, United Kingdom
"Variable Gamma-Ray Emission from Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNe)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 2nd Class Honours
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/02/01 - 2017/03/31 Research Trainee (Research) Siemens AG Corporate Technology, Germany
2011/08/01 - 2011/08/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal
2010/07/01 - 2010/08/31 Research Trainee (Research) Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/02/01 - 2018/06/30 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade da Madeira Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/05/01 - Current Manager of Laboratory, Institute, Museum, Centre or Observatory Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Polo do Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear na Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - Current Modelling of Vacuum Arcs in Radial Magnetic Field Contact Configurations
NA
Post-doc
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Siemens AG Corporate Technology, Germany
Ongoing
2019/01/01 - Current PlasMa: teoria e simulação avançada de plasmas relevantes para aplicações energéticas
M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000016
Post-doc
Polo do Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear na Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

European Regional Development Fund, Belgium
Ongoing
2013/09/01 - 2015/12/31 Modelling, understanding, and controlling self-organization phenomena in plasma-electrode interaction in gas discharges: from first principles to applications
PTDC/FIS-PLA/2708/2012
Research Fellow
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2013/09/01 - 2017/12/31 Investigation of interaction of vacuum arcs with contacts with application to vacuum circuit breakers
NA
Research Fellow
Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Conference abstract
  1. Kaufmann, Helena. "Simulating Ignition and Development of Cathode Spots in Vacuum Arcs". 2017.
    10.1109/plasma.2017.8496070
Conference paper
  1. Kaufmann, Helena. "Advanced Modeling of Plasma-Cathode Interaction in Vacuum and Low-Pressure Arcs". 2018.
    10.1109/deiv.2018.8537038
  2. Kaufmann, Helena. "On the Mechanism of Retrograde Motion of Cathode Spots of Vacuum Arcs". 2018.
    10.1109/DEIV.2018.8537141
  3. Kaufmann, Helena. "Detailed numerical simulation of cathode spots in high-current vacuum arcs". 2016.
    10.1109/deiv.2016.7763938
Journal article
  1. M D Cunha; H T C Kaufmann; D F N Santos; M S Benilov. "Simulating changes in shape of thermionic cathodes during operation of high-pressure arc discharges". Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2019): https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab4510.
    10.1088/1361-6463/ab4510
  2. H T C Kaufmann; C Silva; M S Benilov. "Numerical simulation of the initial stage of unipolar arcing in fusion-relevant conditions". Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 61 9 (2019): 095001-095001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ab2fac.
    10.1088/1361-6587/ab2fac
  3. Benilov, M.S.; Kaufmann, H.T.C.; Hartmann, W.; Benilova, L.G.. "Revisiting Theoretical Description of the Retrograde Motion of Cathode Spots of Vacuum Arcs". IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 47 8 (2019): 3434-3441. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85070477657&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TPS.2019.2904866
  4. Kaufmann, Helena. "Detailed numerical simulation of cathode spots in vacuum arcs: Interplay of different mechanisms and ejection of droplets". Journal of Applied Physics (2017): http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4995368.
    10.1063/1.4995368
  5. Cunha, M.D.; Kaufmann, H.T.C.; Benilov, M.S.; Hartmann, W.; Wenzel, N.. "Detailed Numerical Simulation of Cathode Spots in Vacuum Arcs - I". IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 45 8 (2017): 2060-2069. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85019904011&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1109/TPS.2017.2697005
Activities

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018/02/01 - 2018/06/30 Mecânica e Ondas (Licenciatura)