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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MIPSE Seminar | The Psyche Mission and Advances in Electric Propulsion at JPL
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nThe Psyche spacecraft was launched on October 23\, 2023 from Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon Heavy Rocket. The launch began the spacecraft’s 2.2 billion mile journey to the asteroid 16 Psyche in the outer part of the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche asteroid\, composed of over 50% metal by weight is possibly the metal core of a planetesimal whose formation was interrupted early in the solar system by collisions with other bodies that created the asteroid belt. The Psyche spacecraft is a hybrid. Maxar/Intuitive-Machines\, now known for taking photographs from space over Ukraine\, fabricated the spacecraft bus based on heritage hardware\, and JPL installed scientific payload\, avionics and autonomous flight software for deep space operation. This $900M NASA mission is the first spacecraft to use Hall thrusters in deep space to rendezvous and orbit the asteroid\, and recently completed a Mars Gravity Assist on the way to rendezvous in 2029. A 2-year science program will determine the asteroid’s composition and remnant magnetic field to determine if this unique object really is a planetary core…and what that actually looks like. The talk will describe the Psyche mission and provides updates on electric propulsion at JPL.\n\nAbout the Speaker: \nDr. Dan M. Goebel received a B.S. in physics in 1977\, an M.S. in EE in 1978\, and a Ph.D. in applied plasma physics in 1981 from UCLA. He is a Fellow and Senior Research Scientist at JPL and an Adjunct Professor of Aerospace Engineering at UCLA. At JPL he is the Chief Engineer of the Psyche Mission and responsible for the development of advanced spacecraft technologies. Dr. Goebel is a member of the National Academy of Engineering\, the National Academy of Inventors\, and Fellow of the AIAA\, IEEE\, and APS. He is the author of over 300 technical and conference papers\, two textbooks on Electric Propulsion\, and holds 60 patents.\n\nThe seminar will be conducted in person\, with livestream on Zoom. For more information\, please check the MIPSE website: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2627.php#fall2026
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/150203
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Michigan Engineering,Physics,Plasma,Research,seminar,Lecture
LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - 1003
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DTSTAMP:20261105T100059
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261202T130000
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SUMMARY:Conference / Symposium:17th MIPSE Graduate Student Symposium
DESCRIPTION:The 17th Annual MIPSE Graduate Student Symposium will bring together 50+ students involved in plasma research. The Symposium will feature a special MIPSE seminar and three student poster sessions.\n\nDetails: https://mipse.umich.edu/symposium_2026.php\n\nSchedule:\n\nI. Special MIPSE Seminar\nRoom 2365\, Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building (LCSIB)\, 2200 Hayward Street\n\n    1:00 – 1:40 pm | Registration\, light lunch\n    1:40 – 1:45 pm | Opening remarks: Prof. Mark J. Kushner\, Director of MIPSE\n    1:45 – 2:45 pm | Special MIPSE seminar: Dr. Dave Ampleford\, Sandia National Laboratories\n\nII. Poster Presentations\nAtrium\, EECS Building\, 1301 Beal Avenue\n\n    2:45 – 3:15 pm | Poster setup\n    3:15 – 4:00 pm | Poster Session I\n    4:00 – 4:45 pm | Poster Session II\n    4:45 – 5:30 pm | Poster Session III\n    5:30 – 5:45 pm | Poster removal\n    5:45 – 6:00 pm | Best Presentation Award ceremony
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/154582
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:symposium,Plasma,Physics,Michigan Engineering,In Person,Graduate Students,Engineering
LOCATION:Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building - Atrium
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DTSTAMP:20260929T113504
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20261202T133000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MIPSE Seminar | The ZX Initiative - Expanding the Physics Capabilities of the Z Pulsed Power Facility
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nPulsed power provides an energy-rich tool for studying plasma physics and accessing High Energy Density conditions. Today\, the Z Facility at Sandia National Laboratories – the most powerful pulsed power driver ever constructed – is used to study material responses at extreme pressures\, to produce very intense radiation environments and to drive fusion fuels to thermonuclear conditions. We are embarking on an effort to further increase the impact of Z through several targeted upgrades\, including doubling the energy delivered to experiments\, referred to collectively as the ZX Initiative (Z eXtended Capability Initiative). Through these upgrades we intend to demonstrate robust alpha heating in our fusion experiments\, potentially achieving Mega-Joule-class yields. In our radiation experiments we anticipate creating the most intense pure x-ray sources available. Finally\, we expect to be able to study the equations of state for mm-scale samples at record pressures. In this talk we will review the science currently being studied on Z and discuss the physics aims of the ZX Initiative. We will then describe the specific pulsed power and subsystem upgrades that enable ZX performance\, and discuss work already occurring today to make that happen.\n\nSNL is a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated by NTESS\, LLC\, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International\, Inc.\, for the U.S. DOE’s NNSA under Contract No. DE-NA0003525.\n\nAbout the Speaker: \n\nDave Ampleford is currently leading the ZX Project Planning and Integration efforts at Sandia National Laboratory (SNL). Prior to that he was leading SNL’s Inertial Confinement Fusion science research. He is an experimental plasma physicist who has researched pulsed power driven radiation sources and Inertial Confinement Fusion on the Z Pulsed Power Facility. He obtained his PhD from Imperial College London\, where his dissertation was using the Magpie pulsed power driver for laboratory astrophysics research.\n\nThe seminar will be conducted in person\, with livestream on Zoom. For more information\, please check the MIPSE website: https://mipse.umich.edu/seminars_2627.php#fall2026
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/153034
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Talk,seminar,Plasma,Physics,Michigan Engineering
LOCATION:Leinweber LCSIB - 2365
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