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 tailsitter 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.

1.0 MW Inverted Slotless BLDC Propulsion Engine & 5.0 kV 5-Level ANPC Kinetic Regeneration Suite for Hybrid-Electric Aerospace Propulsion (18.52 kW/kg Power Density)

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

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.

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

Simulation and evaluation of the propulsion system of the electric vehicle Hualkana II for the Shell Eco-Marathon, usign a Brushless DC Motor (BLDC) and a custom Electronic Speed Controller (ESC). This project is the background of the accepted paper "Energy Savings in Ultra-Light Electric Vehicles" in the ICRERA 2026

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

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.