Review of the EP activities of US academia
A review of electric propulsion (EP) research activities at academic institutions throughout the United States is presented. The research presented here encompasses experimental, computational, and theoretical investigations of a wide variety of electric propulsion devices as well as the development of new electric propulsion systems. This work is both broad in its scope and deep in its quest for knowledge. Academic research in electric propulsion contributes not only by being an educational tool to train graduate and undergraduate students, but also by being an important fundamental research component that complements government and industrial efforts. This article reviews electric propulsion research activities at Colorado State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, Texas Tech University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Michigan, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. © 2001 by Alec D. Gallimore.
