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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!

Congrats to Miron Liu for receiving the Nasa Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (NSTGRO) fellowship!

Congrats to Grace Zoppi for receiving the Nasa Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (NSTGRO) fellowship!

Check out our new paper on laser measurements of cross field transport in low temperature...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Tate Gill on successfully defending his thesis.