Welcome to the Propulsion Research Center The Propulsion Research Center is your resource for: Cost-effective fundamental and applied research Nationally recognized faculty and students State-of-the-art test facilities Innovative solutions Directory Students Capabilities Facilities News Contact Us Vector successfully debuted a prototype of its spark-torch igniter, which was tested over the past year by four UAH aerospace engineering students in Dr. David Lineberry’s senior design capstone course. Spotlight Spark-Torch Ignitor UAH along with Vector, a space access company lowering the barriers to getting assets and ideas into space, today announced the successful test of the company’s second-stage engine, which includes a next-generation prototype of the spark-torch igniter developed by four UAH aerospace engineering majors.