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  1. Methods for Mitigating Backsputter in Electric Propulsion Test Facilities II: Beam Halter Demonstration during Hall Thruster Testing

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Collin Whittaker, Seth Thompson, Tate Gill

  2. Methods for Mitigating Backsputter in Electric Propulsion Test Facilities I: Beam Halter Concept and Design

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Seth Thompson, Tate Gill, Collin Whittaker

  3. The shape and surface of an electrospray ion source explain why it emits multiple beams

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, August 2023, American Institute of Physics

    Collin Whittaker

  4. Formation and Impact of Microcracks in Plasma Erosion of M26 Boron Nitride

    Article • Journal of Propulsion and Power, September 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Prof. Mitchell L. R. Walker, Collin Whittaker

  5. Quantifying Uncertainty in the Scaling Laws of Porous Electrospray Emitters

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Alex Gorodetsky, Collin Whittaker