Conference Session

Aerospace Design and Manufacturing (Student Papers)

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Braden K. Oh, Olin College of Engineering; Justin Haruaki Kunimune, Olin College of Engineering; Jonah Spicher, Olin College of Engineering; Lauren Anfenson, Olin College of Engineering; Rebecca Christianson, Draper Labs

Tagged Divisions

Aerospace

, current Sketch Model Fellow with the Massachusetts Museum of American Bird Art.Dr. Rebecca Christianson, Draper Labs American c Society for Engineering Education, 2020 Undergraduate Demonstration of a Hall Effect Thruster: Self Directed Learning in an Advanced Project ContextAbstractHere we demonstrate a self-directed project for undergraduate students that uses the design of aHall effect thruster (HET) as a way to introduce fundamental physics concepts in lieu oftraditional coursework. HET is a type of electric propulsion engine that uses orthogonal magneticand electric fields to create a plasma that ionizes a propellant, which is then accelerated by