Can Plasma Sterilize a Whole Room...
Can Plasma Sterilize a Whole Room? Yes. We Once Proposed It for Obama's Gym.
Chat with Greg Fridman by Gregory Fridman
Sep 24, 2026
09:22
Episode notes

Next in the "Can Plasma?" series: can plasma sterilize a whole room? Yes, we've designed the systems. But there are three stories in this episode that will change how you think about the answer: Obama's MRSA problem, why vodka is the ideal plasma additive, and why doctors don't wear ties anymore.

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00:00 The question, scaling from wound to room

00:15 Three parts: how to scale, what plasma can kill, the real bottleneck

00:36 Story 1: Obama's gym had MRSA

00:44 Drexel got a call from the White House

01:11 One day to figure out how to sterilize the presidential gym

01:31 Our design: 12-inch panels with microplasmas (developed at U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

01:56 Every wall, floor, ceiling tiled with plasma systems

02:04 Plus plasma on all intake air before it enters the room

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