Publications by Simon Dandavino

Comparing Direct and Indirect Thrust Measurements from Passively Fed and Highly Ionic Electrospray Thrusters

Herbert Shea, Simon Dandavino, Daniel George Courtney

Highly ionic beams of several hundred microampere per squared centimeter have been measured from porous glass ionic liquid electrospray sources fabricated using a conventional mill. The thrust output from three prototype devices, two emitting the ionic liq ...

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics2016

Microfabricated electrospray emitter arrays with integrated extractor and accelerator electrodes for the propulsion of small spacecraft

Herbert Shea, Caglar Ataman, Simon Dandavino, Daniel George Courtney, Subha Chakraborty

Microfabricated electrospray thrusters could revolutionize the spacecraft industry by providing efficient propulsion capabilities to micro and nano satellites (1–100 kg). We present the modeling, design, fabrication and characterization of a new generation ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2014

A ToF-MS with a Highly Efficient Electrostatic Ion Guide for Characterization of Ionic Liquid Electrospray Sources

Herbert Shea, Caglar Ataman, Simon Dandavino, Subha Chakraborty, Daniel George Courtney

We report on the development of a time-of-flight (ToF) mass spectrometer with a highly efficient electrostatic ion guide for enhancing detectability in ToF mass spectrometry. This 65-cm long ion guide consists of 13 cascaded stages of Einzel lens to collec ...

Springer2014

Microfabricated Electrospray Thrusters for a Modular Spacecraft Propulsion System

Simon Dandavino

With the growing capabilities of miniature components and systems, scientific and exploration missions making use of small spacecraft (

EPFL2014