News
ASCEND Paper
Check out our recent paper on missions enabled by low specific mass...
Journal of Applied Physics Paper
We have a new paper out in the Journal of Applied Physics on closure models for electron transport in Hall thrusters. Check it...
Plasma Sources Science and Technology Paper
Check out our newly published article "Inductive probe measurements in a rotating magnetic field thruster". Congrats to authors Chris Sercel, Tate Gill, and Benjamin Jorns....
Congratulations to Dr. Marks!
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Thomas Marks on successfully defending his thesis: "Modeling anomalous electron transport in a fluid Hall thruster...
Congratulations to Dr. Su!
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Leanne Su on successfully defending her thesis: "Performance of a Magnetically Shielded Hall Thruster Operating on Krypton at High...
Pre-Defense
Please join us in congratulating Madison Allen on passing the research component of her preliminary exams.
Paper featured on cover of Journal of Applied Physics
Congratulations to Collin Whittaker and Benjamin Jorns for having their recent article "Modeling multi-site emission in porous electrosprays resulting from variable elecgtric field and meniscus size" featured on the cover of the Journal of Applied...
Farewell and congratulations to Dr. Gallimore!
Congratulations to Lab Director and Founder Prof. Alec Gallimore on taking a new position as Provost of Duke University. You will be missed! Prof. Jorns will now serve as director of the...
Congratulations to Dr. Brown!
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Zachariah Brown on successfully defending his thesis: "Small-Scale Instability Driven Electron Transport in Hall...
PEPL Volunteers at Xplore Workshop
The PEPL lab volunteered to help teach 4th-7th graders about entry, decent and landing on Mars at the Xplore workshop. The students simulated a mars landing via an egg drop competition with points for landing location and capsule size. We are already looking forward...