Advanced Space Propulsion

Presentations

• Enhancing Azimuthal Magnetic Fields in Magnetoplasmadynamic Thrusters via Integrated Electromagnet Design

  ORAL

  Oct. 17, 2025, 9:00 AM – Oct. 17, 2025, 9:15 AM

  Presenters

  • Kyoungeun Lee

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Kyoungeun Lee

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Sedina Tsikata

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Dan Lev

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Divyesh Motiwalla

    • Eternal Engines Space

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• Experiments in magnetic nozzle thruster plasma plumes

  ORAL · Invited

  Oct. 17, 2025, 9:15 AM – Oct. 17, 2025, 9:45 AM

  Publication: Published : Phys. Plasmas 31, 043516 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0190318
  Planned : Physycal Review Letters, "Electron swirl and ion detachment in a diverging magnetic nozzle".

  Presenters

  • Romain PIOCH

    • Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas

  Authors

  • Romain PIOCH

    • Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas

  • Victor Desangles

    • ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab

  • Pascal Chabert

    • Ecole Polytechnique

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• Dissociation and Ionization of Molecular Hall Thruster Propellants

  ORAL

  Oct. 17, 2025, 9:45 AM – Oct. 17, 2025, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Evan Klein Litch

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Evan Klein Litch

    • University of Michigan

  • Greg Armstrong

    • Quantemol Ltd

  • Anna Nelson

    • Quantemol Ltd

  • Elaine M Petro

    • Cornell University

  • Mark J Kushner

    • University of Michigan

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