>>9408088plasma physics is going through a huge change and you can get into the ground stages of many projects coming down the pipe, that is if you're interested in science and engineering.
Right now the SAFIRE team is focusing on using this knowledge for power generation because the power required to heat water to turbine driving levels is trivial compared to what's available today.
The related img is an example of tungsten, which has a boiling point at 5,555C) being vaporized by double banded plasma using less than 200 watts of power throughout the entire machine