Our group attended the hybrid in-person and virtual AIAA SciTech Forum 2023 held at National Harbor, MD and online. David Lund presented our paper titled “Charging of Irregularly-Shaped Dust Grains near Surfaces in Space”.
Our paper co-authored with Prof. Xiaoming He of Mathematics and titled “Fully-Kinetic Particle Simulations of Plasma Charging at Lunar Craters under Severe Conditions” got accepted by AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets!!
Lucas Scott joined our group as a M.S. student. Welcome!
Mr. Peter Bachle joined our group as a Senior Research Associate. Welcome!
David Lund attended and presented our work titled “Fully-Kinetic Particle Simulations of Plasma Charging at Lunar Craters under Average and Severe Solar Wind Conditions” at AGU Fall Meeting 2022 held at Chicago, IL.
Dr. Han was recognized as the College of Engineering and Computing Dean’s Scholar for AY 2022-2024 at Missouri S&T.
Dr. Han attended and presented at the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) Fall Meeting 2022 held at the University of Texas at El Paso and online.
Josh successfully defended his M.S. thesis titled “Numerical Investigations of 2-D Magnetic Nozzles on Plasma Plumes”. Congratulations to Josh!
Dr. Han gave an invited talk (virtual) titled “Aerospace Plasma Research at Missouri S&T: From Space Propulsion to Lunar Exploration” at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Aaron and Easton both received NASA-Missouri Space Grant Consortium’s Undergraduate Research Internship scholarship. Congratulations!