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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,...

Check out this news article about our recent work testing high power density Hall thrusters

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:...

Please join us in congratulating Madison Allen for passing her preliminary exams and advancing to candidacy!

Check out lab co-director Benjamin Jorns recent article "Foundations of Plasma as Ion Sources" published in PSST....

Lab co-director Dr. Benjamin Jorns' article "Physics of Electric Propulsion" was recently published in the Journal of Applied Physics. Check out the article here:...

We've put together several short, informative, and often entertaining videos about our research topics for a non-engineering audience. We invite you to take a look at all of them and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! Madison Allen: An Introduction to Facility Effects...

Dr. Ben Wachs' recent journal article on a thrust stand and power coupler for microwaved powered small sats, published in Review of Scientific Instruments, was selected as the editor's pick. Check out the paper here:...

We had a number of papers at the 37th annual International Electric Propulsion Conference: Madison G. Allen, Joshua Eckels, Mathew P. Byrne, Alex A. Gorodetsky, and Benjamin A. Jorns, "Application of Optimal Experimental Design to Characterize Pressure Related...