Laboratory Director Dr. Xu is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Aerospace Engineering. He has worked in electric propulsion for spacecrafts, basic plasma experiments, RF plasma sources, and atmospheric pressure microplasmas. combustion, and spacecraft system engineering. Dr. Xu is a member of AIAA, AVS, and APS professional societies. He has authored multiple journal and conference papers. Email: gabe.xu@uah.edu Graduate Students Ryan Gott Ryan got his B.S. in aerospace engineering from UAH. He completed a M.S. thesis entitled "The Development and Analysis of a Heaterless, Insertless, Microplasma-Based Hollow Cathode" in 2018 where he developed a new type of hollow cathode for small satellite electric propulsion. He is continuing to purse a Ph.D. on atmospheric pressure microplasma physics for water treatment. Email: rpg0007@uah.edu Andrew Walsten Andrew obtained dual B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Kansas State University. Email: atw0034@uah.edu Zachary White Zachary obtained his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Mississippi State University. Email: zw0015@uah.edu Undergraduate Student Researchers Toyofumi Yamauchi Ward Manneschmidt Noah Latham Neil Laya Declan Brick Manvith Amara Brandon Williams Steven Perkins Alumni Roberto Dextre (Ph.D. 2018) - Aerojet-Rocketdyne Paulo Salvador (M.S. 2017) - Blue Origin Ethan Hopping (M.S. 2017) - Blue Origin Steven Doyle (M.S. 2017) - Attending Cooper Medical School at Rowan University Stewart Jacobs (M.S.2016 ) - Bastion Technologies Lindsey Blair (M.S. 2016) - Jacobs Wade Harlow (M.S. 2015) - Northrup Grumman Bradley Henderson (B.S. 2017) - IERUS Technologies Katy Kolasinski (B.S. 2015) - Raytheon Allison Luther (B.S. 2016) - Boeing Natalie Mann - Now working with Dr. Lei Ryota Nakano - Now working Dr. Kang