Last Known Contact Info:
Email: 
Work Address: AFRL/RZSS
1 Ara Road
Edwards Air Force Base, CA 93524
Work Phone: (661) 275-3206
Education:
B.S.
in Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech, 2003
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford, 2005
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering,
Stanford, 2009
Michelle Scharfe [maiden name
Michelle Allis] was raised in
Southern California. While an undergraduate at Caltech, she began her
research in Electric Propulsion at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory under
Dr. Lee Johnson. At JPL, she measured differential cross-sections
of xenon charge-exchange collisions.
Research Activities at Stanford:
The primary focus of Michelle's doctoral research
was on furthering the understanding of plasma physics in Hall thrusters
via computer-based simulations. For more information, view the Research
Project
page:
Ph.D. Dissertation:
"Electron cross field transport modeling in radial-axial hybrid Hall thruster simulations."
View Dissertation
