1. COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER Open Access Author: DeForce Jr. , Christopher Allen Title: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: microwave electrothermal thrusterMETcomputational modelingCOMSOLChris DeForceelectromagneticsfluid mechanicsplasmaelectric propulsiondeforce File: Download MS_Thesis_Chris_DeForce.pdf Committee Members: Michael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorMichael Matthew Micci, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorSven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor