On November 21, 2023 the Royal Academy of Engineering (Real Academia de Ingeniería) issued the Young Researcher Medal to Mario Merino, PI of the ZARATHUSTRA Project.
The medal recognizes his outstanding contributions to the design, modeling, simulation, and testing of plasma space propulsion and, more specifically, electrodeless plasma thrusters. We congratulate Mario on his well-deserved achievement!
On March 16th 2024, Mario Merino participated in an outreach activity for gifted students at the Instituto Gerardo Diego de Pozuelo de Alarcón in Madrid. The students discovered what is plasma and how we can use it to create very efficient space propulsion systems....
On March 2nd, 2024, Mario Merino, PI of the ZARATHUSTRA project, was appointed as Full Professor (Catedrático de Universidad) of Aerospace Engineering at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. This accomplishment highlights the significance of ERC Starting grants in...
Our new research paper "Thrust measurements of a waveguide electron cyclotron resonance thruster" just got published in the Journal of Applied Physics. We are especially happy that it was also selected by the editor as "Editor's Pick"! For this work, direct thrust...