MPCS2018

Michael Keidar, The George Washington University, USA
Flight experiments and recent developments in micro-cathode arc thrusters for CubeSat propulsion

Yevgeny Raitses, Princeton University, USA
Surface nano-architectured materials for plasma micropropulsion

Shuyan Xu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Miniaturized thrusters, scaling and material-related aspects

Laurent Garrigues, Université Paul Sabatier, France
Influence of cathode material on Vacuum Arc Thruster performance

Rod Boswell, The Australian National University, Australia
Development of the electrothermal Pocket Rocket thruster for CubeSats

Stephane Mazouffre, Director of research – CNRS, France 
Hall thruster configurations for nano/micro-satellite propulsion

Joshua L. Rovey, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, USA 
Multi-mode Micropropulsion

Christine Charles, The Australian National University, Australia
From laboratory to space with the Australian QB50 CubeSats

Carsten Scharlemann, Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Title of presentation will be added 

Jochen Schein, University of the German Armed Forces, Germany
Title of presentation will be added 

Dan Lev, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Israel
Hollow Cathode Neutralizer for Micro Electric Propulsion 

Richard Sypniewski, Forschungsgesellschaft der Fachhochschule Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Title of presentation will be added 

Hiroyuki Koizumi, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics in School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan
In-flight operation of the miniature ion thrusters on microsatellites

Torsten Henning, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Germany
MEMS technology all-photopolymer electrospray emitters for highly scalable nano- and micropropulsion

Yan Shen, Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, China Academy of Space Technology, P. R. China
Title of presentation will be added

Shunjiro Shinohara, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
Development of very small, high-density helicon source for propulsion

Dong Guoyi, Hebei University, China
Development of China’s space solar cells

Ying Xu, Hebei University, China
Development of China’s space solar cells

Stephen Gabriel, Aerospace Engineering,  University of Southampton, UK
Title of presentation will be added

Daniela Pedrini, SITAEL S.p.A. / University of Pisa, Italy 
Sitael Hollow Cathodes for Low-Power Hall Effect Thrusters

Jian W. Mark Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Microcontroller Aided Actuation and Wireless Control for Diagnostics and Component Placement in a Large Scaled Space Environment Chamber

Angelo Cervone, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands 
MEMS Water Micro-Resistojets for CubeSats and PocketQubes

Fabrizio Paganucci, Aerospace Engineering, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy 
Alternative propellants for low power Hall effect thrusters

Yongjie Ding, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Parametric studies of low power HIT Hall thruster

Georg Herdrich, Institute of Space Systems (IRS), Germany
Miniaturized PPT for Cubesat applications

Xiaogang Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China
Conceptional design of Space Plasma Environment Research Facility (SPERF) at HIT

Qiuyue Nie, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China
Conceptional design of Space Plasma Environment Research Facility (SPERF) at HIT

Minkwan Kim, University of Southampton, UK
Nano-engineered materials for plasma propulsion devices

Eduardo Ahedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Aerospace Engineering Department, Spain
Simulation tools for plasma micropropulsion

Francesco Taccogna, CNR-Nanotec – P.Las.M.I. lab, Bari, Italy
Hall thruster virtual lab

Weizong Wang, Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology, China Academy of Space Technology, China
Micro-electric propulsion thrusters: better insights from numerical simulation

Liu Xiang Yang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Influence of capacitor setup on the performance of pulsed plasma thruster

Uros Cvelbar, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Atmospheric pressure plasma jets: effect of electrode materials

Jinghua Fang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Plasma Enabled Metamaterials and Nanoporous Membranes for Electric Propulsion Applications

Kateryna Bazaka, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Graphene-based light-powered propulsion: a possible alternative to solar sail

Igor Levchenko, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Smart and Multifunctional Materials in Electric Propulsion and Cubesats