Plasma engineering is a rapidly expanding area of science and technology with increasing numbers of engineers using plasma processes over a wide range of applications. A current partial list would electronics, energetics, fuel conversion, ozone generation, treatment of polymers and othermaterials, synthesis of new materials, production of different powders and films, exhaust gas cleaning, purification of air, water, etc. Increasingly, engineers need a general understanding palsma and plasmas in laser systems.