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!
Plasma Sources Science and Technology Paper
Check out our new article on modeling anomalous transport in Hall thrusters in PSST!
NSTGRO Fellowship
Congrats to William Hurley for receiving the Nasa Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (NSTGRO) fellowship!
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!