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This document lists the conference proceedings published by members and affiliates of the MIT Space Propulsion Laboratory (SPL) spanning from 1997 to 2026. The publications document extensive research on electrospray thruster technologies, ionic liquid ion sources, microfabrication techniques, CubeSat propulsion, and spacecraft charging phenomena presented across leading aerospace and propulsion forums.
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Conference Proceedings (2020–2026)
• Estimating Ionic Liquid Electrospray Performance Using Spatially Resolved Plume Diagnostics (2026) - Authors: S.Z. Shaik and P.C. Lozano. Conference: 10th 3AF Space Propulsion Conference, Bari, Italy (SP2026-279).
• Control of Decommissioned Satellites and Space Debris Using CubeSats with Ion Electrospray Engines (2026) - Authors: F. Biertümpfel, P. Seiler, P. Lozano, and H. Pfifer. Conference: AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, USA.
• 2-Photon Polymerization Fabrication and Testing of 'Pixel' Electrospray Thrusters (2025) - Authors: C. J. Nachtigal and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference, London, United Kingdom (IEPC-2025-066).
• Investigation of ASCENT Monopropellant in a Single Porous Electrospray Emitter (2025) - Authors: A. R. Bruno and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference, London, United Kingdom (IEPC-2025-134).
• Thrust Density in Porous Electrospray Thrusters (2025) - Authors: M. N. Corrado and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference, London, United Kingdom (IEPC-2025-015).
• Direct and Indirect Mass Flow Rate Measurements for Ionic Liquid Ion Sources (2025) - Authors: S. Z. Shaik and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference, London, United Kingdom (IEPC-2025-096).
• Development and Characterization of Electrochemically Machined Tungsten Extractor Electrodes for Electrospray Thrusters (2025) - Authors: A. E. Gale, S. Z. Shaik, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 39th International Electric Propulsion Conference, London, United Kingdom (IEPC-2025-178).
• Linear Parameter Varying Attitude Control for CubeSats Using Electrospray Thrusters (2025) - Authors: F. Biertümpfel, E. Burgin, H. Pfifer, H. Harjono, and P. Lozano. Conference: 46th IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, USA.
• Effect of Spacecraft Charging on Performance of Ion Electrospray Propulsion Systems (2024) - Authors: S. Z. Shaik, M. N. Corrado, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 75th International Astronautical Congress, Milan, Italy (IAC–24–C4.5.4).
• Numerical Simulation of Ionic Liquid Ion Sources in Tip Geometries (2024) - Authors: X. Gallud and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Toulouse, France (IEPC-2024-434).
• Performance Characterization of High-Density Electrospray Thrusters (2024) - Authors: M. N. Corrado, C. Wangari, M. R. Finch, L. Parameswaran, M. Cook, E. C. Holihan, R. Mathews, J. Kedzierski, L. M. Racz, M. A. Smith, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Toulouse, France (IEPC-2024-811).
• Temperature-Dependent Performance of Electrospray Thrusters with ASCENT Monopropellant (2024) - Authors: A. R. Bruno, M. N. Corrado, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Toulouse, France (IEPC-2024-782).
• Preliminary Testing of Flat-panel Pixel Electrospray Thrusters for Increased Reliability and Efficiency (2024) - Authors: C. J. Nachtigal and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Toulouse, France (IEPC-2024-752).
• Investigation of Electrochemical Gas Generation in Ion Electrospray Thrusters (2024) - Authors: S. Z. Shaik and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Toulouse, France (IEPC-2024-511).
• Propellant Transport in Electroactive Polymer-Electrospray Thrusters (2024) - Authors: C. Wangari and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Toulouse, France (IEPC-2024-356).
• Direct and Indirect Thrust Measurements of Ionic-Liquid Electrospray Thrusters on a Magnetically-Levitated Testbed (2024) - Authors: M. N. Corrado, A. R. Bruno, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, USA.
• 'Pixels' in Electrospray Thrusters for Ultra-Reliable Flat-Panel Electric Propulsion (2024) - Authors: C. J. Nachtigal and P. C. Lozano. Conference: AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, USA.
• Characterization of Propellant-Surface Collision Byproducts using MD Simulations and RGA Measurements (2024) - Authors: S. Z. Shaik, A. R. Bendimerad, A. T. M. Tahsin, A. Smith, P. C. Lozano, and E. Petro. Conference: AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, USA.
• Angular Properties of Ionic Liquid Electrospray Emitters (2023) - Authors: M. R. Schroeder, X. Gallud, A. R. Bruno, O. Jia-Richards, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: AIAA SciTech Forum, National Harbor, USA.
• Thrust Inference for Ionic-Liquid Electrospray Thrusters on a Magnetically-Levitating Thrust Balance (2022) - Authors: O. Jia-Richards, M. N. Corrado, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (IEPC-2022-208).
• Characterization of a Single-Polarity Electrospray Propulsion System (2022) - Authors: S. Z. Shaik, O. Jia-Richards, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (IEPC-2022-203).
• Investigating Prompt Ionic Liquid Cluster Fragmentation from Electrospray Total Mass Flow Measurements (2022) - Authors: M. R. Schroeder and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (IEPC-2022-210).
• Performance Measurement and Propellant Testing for the STEP-1 CubeSat Electrospray Thrusters (2022) - Authors: G. M. Pettersson, A. R. Bruno, M. N. Corrado, B. S. Medina, D. Krejci, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (IEPC-2022-216).
• An Electrowetting Flow Controller for Ion Electrospray Propulsion Systems (2022) - Authors: J. V. MacArthur and P. Lozano. Conference: 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (IEPC-2022-586).
• The Current Emitted by Ionic Liquid Ion Sources in the Pure-Ionic Regime (2022) - Authors: X. Gallud Cidoncha and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (IEPC-2022-218).
• Densification of Ionic Liquid Electrospray Thrusters using Silicon-Based MEMS Fabrication (2022) - Authors: M. N. Corrado, P. C. Lozano, L. Parameswaran, M. Cook, E. C. Holihan, R. Mathews, L. M. Racz, and M. A. Smith. Conference: 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (IEPC-2022-177).
• Investigating Variations in Startup Emission Across a Passively Fed Porous Electrospray Thruster (2022) - Authors: A. R. Bruno, M. R. Schroeder, S. Z. Shaik, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (IEPC-2022-214).
• Electroactive Polymer Emitters for Electrospray Propulsion (2022) - Authors: C. Wangari and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 37th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts (IEPC-2022-195).
• Ensemble Kalman Update for Inference of Spatial Uniformity of Emission across an Electrospray Array (2022) - Authors: O. Jia-Richards and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 43rd IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, USA.
• Effect of Lithium Ionic Liquid Mixtures on Electrospray Propulsion Performance (2022) - Authors: M. Schroeder, A. Bruno, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 43rd IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, USA.
• Characterization of Electrospray Thrusters with HAN-Based Monopropellans for Multimode Propulsion Applications (2022) - Authors: A. Bruno, M. Schroeder, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, USA.
• Development and Laboratory Testing of a CubeSat-Compatible Staged Ionic-Liquid Electrospray Propulsion System (2022) - Authors: G. M. Pettersson, O. Jia-Richards and P. C. Lozano. Conference: AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, USA.
• Ionic Liquid Electrospray Transient Emission Characterization (2022) - Authors: M. Schroeder, A. Bruno, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, USA.
• Spacecraft Charging in Sunlight, Physical Mechanisms, Mitigation Techniques (2021) - Authors: S. T. Lai. Conference: NASA Applied Space Environments Conference, Virtual.
• Design and Testing of a Propellant Management System for Bimodal Chemical-Electrospray Propulsion (2021) - Authors: A. R. Bruno and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 42nd IEEE Aerospace Conference, Virtual.
• Redundancy for Asteroid Detumbling via Staging (2021) - Authors: O. Jia-Richards and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 42nd IEEE Aerospace Conference, Virtual.
• Facets of Spacecraft Charging; Critical Temperature and Dependence on Ambient Electron Density (2020) - Authors: S. T. Lai. Conference: Joint INFN-CERN-ARIES Workshop on Electron-Cloud Effects, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba, Italy.
• Feasibility of a Deep-Space CubeSat Mission with a Stage-Based Electrospray Propulsion System (2020) - Authors: O. Jia-Richards, D. C. Sternberg, D. Grebow, S. Mohan, and P. C. Lozano. Conference: 41st IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT.
• Real-time Motion Planning in Unknown Environments for Legged Robotic Planetary Exploration (2020) - Authors: K. Albee, A. Cabrales Hernandez, O. Jia-Richards, and A. Teran Espinoza. Conference: 41st IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT.
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This document lists the conference proceedings published by members and affiliates of the MIT Space Propulsion Laboratory (SPL) spanning from 1997 to 2026. The publications document extensive research on electrospray thruster technologies, ionic liquid ion sources, microfabrication techniques, CubeS...