electric-propulsion

Matlab code of a 3D fully magnetized magnetic nozzle

Low-thrust mission design for asteroid mining and beyond: which targets a spacecraft can reach, sizing the spacecraft to get there, and planning the trajectory to fly.

This repository contains the files necessary to replicate the research of Chen, She, et al. (2019) which simulates an electroaerodynamic driven aeroplane using an emitter and collector set-up in COMSOL. We aim to reproduce the same, using Ansys® Fluent, 2020R2, ANSYS, Inc

A python GUI app that helps a user to compare various ion engines by plotting a 'Total spacecraft mass by thrust' graph and generating a log that includes various calculated parameters.

Python implementation of a low-thrust trajectory propagator for electric-propulsion spacecraft transferring from GTO toward the Moon.

Conceptual design of a vbat drone

Efficiency, thermal, and sizing models for drone motors, controllers, and batteries.

Cathode erosion prediction in AF-MPD thrusters: kinetic test-particle model, thermionic closure and HTS magnetic shielding. Research code and paper.

Open-source CAD/CAM/CAE portfolio for ASTERION FCTA-1, a modular deep-space spacecraft concept developed with Siemens NX, ANSYS, NX CAM, Python, and an interactive Three.js GitHub Pages application.

Cross-community plasma synthesis: are non-equilibrium MHD-generator streamers and Hall-thruster rotating spokes the same nonlinear ionization-wave attractor? Reduced model, simulation, and graded research program.

Simulink model for Alternating Current variable frequency drive with Inverter/Converter circuit broken into simple pieces

Code and evaluation protocol for a Hall thruster surrogate benchmark: 16,800 plasma simulations, seven train/test splits testing interpolation, sparsity, and extrapolation.

Open-source CAD/CAM/CAE portfolio for ASTERION FCTA-1, a modular deep-space spacecraft concept developed with Siemens NX, ANSYS, NX CAM, Python, and an interactive Three.js GitHub Pages application.

Electric propulsion modelling, pre-sizing and hardware validation. Sibling to GAIA: GAIA models the energy source, AETHER models what it drives.

1D electrostatic particle-in-cell plasma simulation with application to sheath formation and wall heat flux, relevant to Hall thruster erosion.

Mission-level energy optimization of an electric UAV helicopter, investigating actuator rate limits and rotor dynamics using MATLAB/Simulink and FLIGHTLAB.

Evolutionary neurocontroller for solar-electric Oberth maneuver trajectory optimization. Code accompanying the manuscript "High-temperature photovoltaics for solar-electric Oberth maneuvers: ton-class payload feasibility for interstellar-precursor missions".

🌡️ Extract thermal data from drone images effortlessly, supporting DJI and FLIR cameras for accurate temperature analysis and heatmap generation.

Orbital Arc — independent third-party profile of a public API surface, by API Evangelist. Orbital Arc is a Houston-based deep-tech spacecraft propulsion startup founded in 2023 by Jonathan Huffman, building Gas-Phase Field Effect Electric Propulsion (Gas FEEP) thrusters and the RIOT Drive (Relativistic Ion Thrust Drive) for satellites and in-space