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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:

Capalungan, Erica E.

Title:

Design And Development of a 30-GHz Microwave Electrothermal Thruster

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Microwave Electrothermal Thruster
MET
electric propulsion

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Capalungan.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:

Hopkins, Jeffrey Robert

Title:

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION AND DIRECT THRUST MEASUREMENT OF AN 8-GHz MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

electrothermal
electric propulsion
thrust measurment

File:

Download Hopkins_Masters_Thesis_-_final.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:

Adusumilli, Rohit Prasad

Title:

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH POWER 14.5-GHz MINIATURE MICROWAVE ELECTROTHERMAL THRUSTER

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Microwave Electrothermal Thruster

File:

Download Masters_Thesis_Rohit_Adusumilli.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:

Taunay, Pierre-Yves

Title:

Testing and optimizaton of a miniature microwave ion thruster

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microwave ion thruster
MMIT
electric propulsion
electron cyclotron resonance heating
miniature microwave ion thruster

File:

Download PY_Taunay_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Lani, Brian Phillip

Title:

Microwave Ignition of Green Monopropellants

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microwave ignition
monopropellant
HAN
ADN
plasma torch
ionic liquid
microwave igniter
ohmic heating
green fuels

File:

Download 1-MS_Thesis_Lani.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Mainwaring, Philip B

Title:

Design and Development of a K-Band Microwave Electrothermal Thruster

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

microwave electrothermal thruster
electric propulsion
space propulsion
microwave plasma
plasma propulsion
resonant cavity

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sven G Bilen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Matthew Micci, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member