News

LVTF Renamed in honor of Dean Gallimore

Dean Alec Gallimore, founder of the Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory, will be leaving the University of Michigan to serve as the provost and chief academic officer of Duke University. In honor of his incredible achievements and lasting impact at PEPL,...

Candidacy

Please join us in congratulating Declan Brick and Grace Zoppi for passing their preliminary exams and advancing to candidacy!

Physical Review Letters Paper

PhD candidate Zachariah Brown and Lab co-director Dr. Benjamin Jorns' article "Growth and Saturation of the Electron Drift Instability in a Crossed Field Plasma" was recently published in Physical Review Letters. Check out the article here:...

News article

Check out this news article written by lab P.I. Benjamin Jorns in Aviation week.

2023 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition

We had a number of papers at the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition: Leanne L. Su, Tate M. Gill, Parker J. Roberts, William J. Hurley, Thomas A. Marks, Christopher L. Sercel, Madison G. Allen, Collin B. Whittacker, Mathew P. Byrne, Zachariah B. Brown, Eric Viges,...

News article

Check out this news article about our recent work testing high power density Hall thrusters

Best Paper at AIAA SciTech 2022

Congratulations to Parker Roberts, Vernon Chaplin, and Benjamin Jorns for winning best paper in Electric Propulsion at the AIAA SciTech 2022. Check out the full announcement at the following link:...

Candidacy

Please join us in congratulating Madison Allen for passing her preliminary exams and advancing to candidacy!