News

NASA Visit

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine talked with PEPL students as part of a tour of the Aerospace Engineering Department.

PSST Publication

Check out our new PSST article on near-wall ion measurements in shielded Hall thrusters!

Defense

Congratulations to Sarah Cusson on successfully defending her dissertation!

IEPC 2019

Check out our new publications from the 36th International Electric Propulsion Conference in Vienna, Austria.

PoP Publication

Check out our new article recently published in Physics of Plasmas!

P&E 2019

Check out our new publications from the AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum in Indianapolis.

100-hour Test

PEPL in collaboration with Lockheed Martin successfully completed a continuous 100 h test on PEPL’s new H9 Hall effect thruster. Lab members supported the test around the clock monitoring thruster and facility health. This was the first demonstration of the...

Candidacy

Congratulations to Leanne Su, Chris Sercel, and Thomas Marks on successfully becoming PhD candidates!

White Paper

Check out this white paper, “Plasma Propulsion Research in Academia” submitted by 27 members of the U.S. electric propulsion community to the National Academy of Sciences Decadal Assessment of Plasma Science.

Defense

Congratulations to Tim Collard on successfully defending his dissertation and obtaining a PhD in aerospace engineering.