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HPEPL is going on the road this week to the 50th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference in Cleveland, Ohio. HPEPL personnel will present research on vacuum facility effects in thruster testing, novel RF thruster development, and plasma-wall interactions.Details of the conference schedule are available on the AIAA website, or by downloading the conference mobile app. -

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HPEPL welcomes Tyler Scogin and Cheong Chan, joining in Fall 2014. Tyler received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Arkansas in May 2014. As an undergraduate, Tyler completed internships at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Summer 2012, Stennis Space Center in Summer 2013, and at Johnson Space Center in Spring 2014.

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HPEPL congratulates Dr. Lake Singh for the successful completion of his Ph.D. defense, "Very Low Earth Orbit Propellant Collection Feasibility Assessment." Dr. Singh obtained his a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and B.S. in Physics from Virginia Tech in May 2009, and his M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech in May 2012.

Schinder, A., Walker, M. L. R., Rimoli, J., “3D Model for Erosion of a Hall Effect Thruster Discharge Channel Wall,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 30, Number 5, September-October 2014, pg. 1373-1382. Fulltext added to publications page.-

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Jason Frieman, Scott King, Mitchell Walker, Vadim Khayms, David King, “Role of a Conducting Chamber in the Hall Effect Thruster Electrical Circuit,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Volume 30, Number 6, November-December 2014, pp. 1471-1479. Fulltext added to publications page.-