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Zero G Electrostatic Thruster Testbed - Reflight


The Zero-G Electrostatic Thruster Test-bed (ZESTT) is a system that houses, operates, and evaluates the performance of the NanoField Extraction Thruster (NanoFET). The NanoFET is part of an ongoing effort at University of Michigan to develop Nano-Satellites with a unique specific impulse and propellant mass ratio that allows them to be particularly agile through their orbits. The ZESTT team performed testing of the NanoFET in a near space environment: ultra high vacuum and in zero gravity.

Role as Structures Team lead
  • CAD equipment design (Solidworks), FEA analysis (ANSYS WorkBench)
  • Ultra-high vacuum experience: pumps, valves, pressure transducers, thermocouples, DAQs
  • Shop and mill experience
DOWNLOAD Structural Analysis
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