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Please join us in congratulating Grace Zoppi on successfully passing her preliminary defense.

Check out our recent paper on applying Bayesian analysis for improved modeling of Hall thrusters.

Grace Zoppi, a 3rd year PhD student at PEPL, participated on a panel about the role of diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) in aerospace engineering.

Please join us in congratulating Declan Brick on successfully passing his preliminary defense.

Our recent article about azimuthal ion dynamics near the cathode has been chosen as editors pick in the journal Physics of Plasmas. Make sure to check it out! Roberts, P. J., Chaplin, V. H., and Jorns, B. A., “Azimuthal ion dynamics at the inner pole of an...

Check out our two recent papers on discharge current oscillations in Hall thrusters! Both received the distinction of being named "Editor's Pick." Jorns, B.A., Dale, E., Hofer, R.R., “Mode transitions in a magnetically shielded Hall thruster. I. Experimentally...

Check out our recent work on Hall thruster mass utilization trends on xenon and krypton!

Check out our papers from the 2024 IEPC: Roberts, P.J., Chaplin, V.H., and Jorns, B.A., “Time-Resolved Laser Diagnostics in Hall Thrusters with Time-Delay Embedding Data Fusion“, Toulouse, France, https://pepl.engin.umich.edu/pdf/Roberts_IEPC_2024_2.pdf, June 2024...

Congratulations to William Hurley for winning the best student paper at the 71st JANNAF conference.

Check out our recent work in high-current density Hall thrusters!