1. DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND DIRECT THRUST MEASUREMENT OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER Open Access Author: Hopkins, Jeffrey Robert Title: DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND DIRECT THRUST MEASUREMENT OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: electrothermalelectric propulsionthrust measurment File: Download Hopkins_Masters_Thesis_-_final.pdf Committee Members: Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMichael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor