Hall Thruster Diagnostics Visualization – Penn State Behrend

INSTITUTION

Penn State Behrend

CLASS

Copper Class (2021 – 2022)

STUDENT TEAM

Hunter Hoffman, Computer Science
Nicholas Kazousky, Software Engineering
Ryan Maccagnan, Software Engineering
Parker Curtis, Computer Science

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL GUIDANCE

Dr. Jason Frieman, NASA Glenn Research Center
Carol Tolbert, NASA Glenn Research Center

ACADEMIC GUIDANCE

Prof. Thomas Rossi, Lecturer, Engineering, Computer Science and Software Engineering, Penn State Behrend

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The purpose of our project is to create a visual tool to help people unfamiliar with Hall Thruster diagnostics learn and understand the diagnostics performed on Hall Thrusters.

This work was created in partial fulfillment of Penn State Behrend Capstone Course “SWENG480/CMPSC485”. The work is a result of the Psyche Student Collaborations component of NASA’s Psyche Mission (https://psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu). “Psyche: A Journey to a Metal World” [Contract number NNM16AA09C] is part of the NASA Discovery Program mission to solar system targets. Trade names and trademarks of ASU and NASA are used in this work for identification only. Their usage does not constitute an official endorsement, either expressed or implied, by Arizona State University or National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of ASU or NASA.