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Author:

DeForce Jr. , Christopher Allen

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microwave electrothermal thruster
MET
computational modeling
COMSOL
Chris DeForce
electromagnetics
fluid mechanics
plasma
electric propulsion
deforce

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Chris_DeForce.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Clemens, Daniel E

Title:

Performance Evaluation of the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster Using Nitrogen, Simulated Hydrazine, and Ammonia

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

plasma
thrust measurements
electric field
numerical modeling
analytical modeling

File:

Download Clemens-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Committee Member
David Spencer, Committee Member

Author:

Mistoco, Valerie Fabienne

Title:

MODELING OF SMALL SCALE RADIO-FREQUENCY INDUCTIVE DISCHARGES FOR ELECTRIC PROPULSION APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

inductive discharge
plasma
ion thruster
propulsion systems

File:

Download vfm2DF.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member
Stewart Kendall Kurtz, Committee Member
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member

Author:

Hammond, Peter J

Title:

Characterization and Gas Temperature Measurements of a Waveguide-based Microwave Plasma Torch

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Microwave
plasma
torch

File:

Download PHammond_-_Dissertation__Final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Matthew Micci, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sven G Bilen, Committee Member
Dr Deborah A Levin, Committee Member
Victor P Pasko, Committee Member