Date of Defense

4-19-2016

Date of Graduation

4-2016

Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

First Advisor

Judah Ari-Gur

Second Advisor

Kristina Lemmer

Abstract

A group of three Mechanical Engineering students have selected to design a 200 W Hall Effect Thruster to fulfill the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering senior design project. Preliminary studies were performed on the theory behind electric propulsion and plasma physics. The group designed the Western Hall Thruster and used COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software to refine the magnetic circuit. The group then fabricated and performed magnetic testing of their thruster in Western Michigan University’s Aerospace Laboratory for Plasma Experiments. This testing will seek to prove that a standard research HET can be built by universities without substantial financial resources.

Comments

Co-authored with Nagual Simmons and Joel Thompson.

Access Setting

Honors Thesis-Open Access

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