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1. Feasibility for Orbital Life Extension of a CubeSat Flying in the Lower Thermosphere

Keyword:: orbital, CubeSat, electrospray, GPS, thermosphere, Energy, and LEO
Creator:: Martinez, Nicolas
Advisor:: Demetriou, Michael A., Blandino, John J., and Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-07-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

2. CubeSat Design and Attitude Control with Micro Pulsed Plasma Thrusters

Keyword:: attitude control, Pulsed Plasma Thrusters, and CubeSat
Creator:: Lu, Ye
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2015-04-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

3. Numerical Analysis of Transient Teflon Ablation with a Domain Decomposition Finite Volume Implicit Method on Unstructured Grids

Keyword:: Transient Ablation, Finite Volume Method, Teflon, Unstructured Grid, Crank-Nicolson Method, and Domain Decomposition
Creator:: Wang, Mianzhi
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2012-04-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

4. Numerical Analysis of Transient Teflon Ablation in Pulsed Plasma Thrusters

Keyword:: PPT, Pulsed Plasma Thrusters, Teflon Ablation, Depolymerization, and Numerical analysis
Creator:: Stechmann, David Paul
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2007-07-16
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

5. Ion Scattering in a Self-Consistent Cylindrical Plasma Sheath

Keyword:: turning point method, spherical probes, cylindrical probes, orbital trajectory, ion scattering, ion collection, and turning angle
Creator:: Figueroa, Shana Suzanne
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2006-05-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

6. Development of a Micro-Retarding Potential Analyzer for High-Density Flowing Plasmas

Keyword:: Retarding Potential Analyzer, Ion Energy Distribution, Electric Propulsion, Energy Diagnostic, and Current Collection Theory
Creator:: Partridge, James M
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-11-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

7. Electromechanical Modeling and Open-Loop Control of Parallel-Plate Pulsed Plasma Microthrusters with Applied Magnetic Fields

Keyword:: Electric Propulsion, applied magnetic fields, and Pulsed Plasma Thruster
Creator:: Laperriere, David Daniel
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2005-06-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

8. Langmuir Probe Measurements in the Plume of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster

Keyword:: Electron Density, PPT, Electric Propulsion, Plasma Diagnostics, Triple Langmuir Probe, Pulsed Plasma Thruster, Electron Temperature, and Langmuir probe
Creator:: Byrne, Lawrence Thomas
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-12-19
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

9. Investigation of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster Plume Using a Quadruple Langmuir Probe Technique

Keyword:: Electric Propulsion, langmuir probes, and spacecraft
Creator:: Zwahlen, Jurg C
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2003-01-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering

10. Development of an Unstructured 3-D Direct Simulation Monte Carlo/Particle-in-Cell Code and the Simulation of Microthruster Flows

Keyword:: PIC, micronozzles, microthrusters, unstructured mesh, and DSMC
Creator:: Hammel, Jeffrey Robert
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit (Department):: Mechanical Engineering