Contact Info:
Email: 
Education:
B.S.
in Mechanical Engineering,
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering,
Illinois Institute of Technology, 2004
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University, 2006
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford University, 2010
Andrew Smith was raised in South
Dakota. His non-academic interests include mountaineering, backpacking,
cycling, and numerous other active pursuits.
Research Activities:
Andrew's research interests revolve around
understanding charge transport mechanisms which govern several features
of Hall thrusters including characteristics of their luminous regions
via computer simulations and experiments. For more information, view
the Research
Project
pages:
Recent Papers:
"On the role of fluctuations, cathode placement, and collisions on the transport of electrons in the near-field of Hall thrusters," A. W. Smith and M. A. Cappelli, Phys. Plas., 17(9), 2010. View paper
