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Current Research Projects at MIT's Space Propulsion Laboratory
Plasma-Materials Interactions (PMI) in Electric Propulsion (AFOSR)
Scalable Electrospray Propulsion
ion Electrospray Propulsion System for CubeSats (iEPS)
Design and Fabrication of Electrospray Thruster Packaging and Fuel Tank
Alternative Fabrication Techniques For and Emitter Densification of iEPs
Computational Optimization of Emitter Density in a Planar Electrospray Array
Ionic Liquid Ion Sources (ILIS) for Micro/Nano-Fabrication
Molecular Dynamics for Propulsion
Divergent Cusped Field Thrusters (DCFT)
Particle in Cell (PIC), Kinetic and Fluidic Modeling of Plasmas
Investigation of Space/Ionospheric Plasma Turbulence caused by Anomalous Large-Scale Thermal Fronts
EMIC Waves Characterization and Radiation from an Ionospheric Tether
Spacecraft Interaction with Space Plasmas
Non-thermal Plasmas for Combustion Applications
Modeling the Characteristics of Propulsion Systems Providing Less Than 10N Thrust