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Our outreach student group Michigan Advanced In-Space Propulsion Engineers (MAISE) took part in Michigan State University's 2025 Science Festival Exposition on April 6th. Using our demonstration Hall thruster and portable vacuum chamber, we introduced the attendees to...

Check out our recent paper on the characterization of our large 10 W electrospray thruster.

Congratulations to Eric Viges on being promoted to Lead Engineer!

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Collin Whittaker on successfully defending his thesis on robust design of electrospray arrays under...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Parker Roberts on successfully defending his thesis on investigating electron transport in Hall thrusters with non-invasive laser...

We have a new article out in Applied Physics Letters about turbulence in hollow cathodes!

Check out our papers from the 2025 SciTech conference: Zoppi, G., Gill, T.M., Sercel, C.L., and Jorns, B.A., “The Design and Characterization of a Co-Axial Electrodeless Magnetoplasmadynamic Thruster“, Orlando, FL, https://pepl.engin.umich.edu/pdf/Zoppi_AIAA_2025.pdf,...

Check out our recent work in characterizing electrospray thrusters!

Congratulations to PhD Candidates Grace Zoppi and Braden Oh for winning best presentation awards at the 15th annual MIPSE Graduate Symposium!

Please join us in congratulating Ari Eckaus, Braden Oh, and Miron Liu on successfully passing their preliminary exams and advancing to...