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Best art – Ethan Dale
Ethan's postmodern cat portrait was acclaimed our lab's "Best Art" in week 11 of COVID lockdown
Best instrument — Tate Gill
Tate's homemade electric guitar (not pictured) won him best musical instrument in our 10th remote lab meeting
AIAA Electric propulsion best paper award
Congratulations to Prof. Ben Jorns and PEPL Alumnus Dr. Scott Hall who are co-authors on the 2019 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum Best Paper in Electric Propulsion
Best collection – Thomas Marks
Our tenth lockdown lab meeting had us showing off our collections. Thomas won with his collection of soviet space propaganda posters
Casual friday – Matt Byrne
In our ninth quarantine lab meeting, we put on our best most casual friday looks. Matt's look won him the day
Least favorite book – Chris Sercel
Our eighth quarantine lab meeting had us sharing our least favorite books. Chris Sercel's impassioned attack on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein won him the day
Preliminary examinations
Congrats to Collin Whittaker and Tate Gill for successfully passing their preliminary exams and becoming PhD candidates! And congrats to Thomas Marks for passing his preliminary exam in computational fluid dynamics as part of fulfilling the requirements for the...
Best craft – Ethan Dale!
Our seventh quarantine lab meeting had Ethan Dale winning "Best Craft" with his custom made rubber stamps!
Best pitch – Leanne Su
In our sixth remote lab meeting, we presented "pitches" for our research work. Leanne Su, pictured here with her companion for the week, a photo of her Euchre partner, Austin Brenner, won the pitch day with her slide on designing Hall thrusters with Krypton propellant...
Best trinket – Pete Dahl
In our fifth remote lab meeting, Pete Dahl won Best Trinket with his Apollo 11 Medal!