Our group attended and presented at the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) Fall Meeting 2024, hosted by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. During the event, Peter Bachle gave a lightning talk & poster presentation on LuSTR21 Project, while Jacob Ortega gave a poster presentation on his LISAP-MSE research.
August 19, 2024
Both Joshua and Samuel Patterson started their masters with our group!
July 31, 2024
Our group attended and presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Ascend 2025 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. During the event, Alexander Schumacher presented our progress on the LISAP-MSE research.
July 2, 2024
Dr. Lund’s paper titled, “Kinetic Simulations of Dust Grain Charging in Experimental Plasma Conditions” has been accepted into Journal Icarus!
June 13, 2024
Dr. Han is one of two recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Faculty Award by the Missouri S&T Staff Council!
April 23-25, 2024
Our group attended and presented at the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) Spring Meeting 2024, hosted by the John Hopkins University, Applied Physics Lab. During the event, Dr. Han presented our LuSTR 2021 project titled “Regolith Beneficiation System for production of Lunar Calcium and Aluminum”, while Peter Bachle conducted a technical demonstration.
April 2, 2024
Dr. David Lund defense of his dissertation and passed
November 15-17 2023
For the conclusion of the 2023 NASA BIG IDEAS CHALLENGE: Lunar Forge, Jacob Ortega and a team of five undergraduate researchers participated in the 2023 NASA Big Ideas Forum in Cleveland, Ohio. Our team presented our project “Lunar In-Situ Aluminum Production Through Molten Salt Electrolysis (LISAP-MSE)” where we received the Edison Award.
October 2, 2023
Samuel Patterson won second place at the MST MAE Future Research Pioneers Program (FRPP) poster presentations!
September 28, 2023
The following members of our lab have been accepted into the Missouri Space Grant Consortium Internship Program for the Fall 2023-Spring 2024 session. Easton Ingram, Ethan Bautsch, Ryan Baur, Lucas Scott, Justin Viers, and Jonah Little!