How it started:background of the project

Electrodes geometries for atmospheric electrohydrodynamic propulsion

Effects of the emitters  density on the performance of an atmospheric ionic thruster

Scaling relations for the geometry of wire-to-airfoil atmospheric ionic thrusters

Multi-inception patterns of emitter array/collector systems in DC corona discharge

Multi-scale two domain numerical modeling of stationary positive DC corona discharge/drift-region coupling

Electrohydrodynamic ionic wind, force field, and ionic mobility in a positive DC wire-to-cylinders corona discharge in air

Research Activities

Quasi-2D Finite Volume Modeling of Corona Discharges for Ionic Propulsion: Comparison of Reduced Reaction Schemes

Wind Tunnel Testing and Performance Modeling of an Atmospheric Ion Thruster

 

Preliminary Sizing of High-Altitude Airships Featuring Atmospheric Ionic Thrusters: An Initial Feasibility Assessment

Preliminary sizing of low-altitude airship including ion-plasma thrusters

Performance Enhancement of EAD Thrusters With Nonuniform Emitters Array

Symmetrical Cockcroft-Walton Voltage Multipliers with Multiple Intermediate Loads for Ionic Propulsion in Atmosphere

Square-Wave-Fed Cockcroft-Walton Voltage Multipliers for Ionic Propulsion in AtmospherePreliminary sizing of low-altitude airship including ion-plasma thrusters

Particle Image Velocimetry for Ion Wind Thruster Measurement in Low Density Atmosphere

Two-way perturbative coupling of plasma–fluid interactions

Atmospheric electroaerodynamic thrusters with grid collectors