Prof. Benjamin Jorns wins AIAA Sperry Award

Laboratory co-director, Prof. Ben Jorns has received the AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award (https://www.aiaa.org/get-involved/honors-awards/awards/award/award-lawrence-sperry-award ).  This AIAA premiere award is made to early career investigators for notable contributions to the advancement of aeronautics or astronautics.  Prof. Jorns’ citation reads: “ In recognition of his seminal experimental and theoretical work on wave-driven effects in Hall thrusters and his contributions to the development of advanced thruster technologies.”