PhD days – UC3M

PhD days – UC3M

Some of our team members, Diego García-Lahuerta, Célian Boyé, and Davide Maddaloni, have presented their work on the ZARATHUSTRA project at the PhD Doctoral Meetings – UC3M, which took place during 2022 – 15 & 16 June. It was a good opportunity for them to...
Kuriki Award for Young Professionals

Kuriki Award for Young Professionals

ZARATHUSTRA’s PI, Mario Merino, has been awarded the prestigious Prof. Kuriki award to young professionals by the Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS) for his contributions to the development of Electrodeless Plasma Thrusters (EPTs). At the award ceremony,...
Meet Davide Maddaloni: Plasma oscillations

Meet Davide Maddaloni: Plasma oscillations

Hello reader! My name is Davide Maddaloni, a member of the Zarathustra team as a PhD student. Let me introduce myself. My thesis is about detecting, analyzing and understanding the oscillations occurring within the plasma of different types of thrusters, primarily on...
NEXTFLOW & ZARATHUSTRA Project Meeting – FEB 2022

NEXTFLOW & ZARATHUSTRA Project Meeting – FEB 2022

The first joint workshop between the ERC Starting Grant projects NEXTFLOW (Next-generation flow diagnostics for control) and ZARATHUSTRA (Revolutionizing advanced electrodeless plasma thrusters for space transportation) took place this week. The workshop brought...