- Nationality: German
- Funding entity and Program: Industrial PhD granted by CAM and carried our within ienai SPACE
PhD Thesis
Lifetime extension of electrospray thrusters using ionic liquids through advanced diagnostics and analysis of vacuum facility effects.
Supervisors
Jaume Navaro Cavallé (UC3M) & Mick Wijnen (IENAI SPACE)
Abstract
The project addresses the challenge of increasing the lifetime and reliability of electrospray thrusters for small satellites. These propulsion systems, based on ionic liquids, are highly efficient and scalable but face limitations due to performance degradation and short lifetime, particularly due to facility effects occurring during on-ground testing.
Industrial PhD granted by Comunity of Madrid and carried out within ienai SPACE
PhD in Aerospace Engineering UC3M 