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Mitchell L. R. Walker in the Georgia Tech High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL). Photo by Rob Felt.
Mitchell L. R. Walker
Professor
Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering
Mitchell Walker's primary research interests lie in electric propulsion, plasma physics, and hypersonic aerodynamics/plasma interaction. He has extensive design and testing experience with Hall thrusters and ion engines. Walker has performed seminal work in Hall thruster clustering and vacuum chamber facility effects. His current research activities involve both theoretical and experimental work in advanced space craft propulsion systems, diagnostics, plasma physics, helicon plasma sources, magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters, and pulsed inductive thrusters.
Areas of Expertise
Electric Propulsion | Plasma Physics | Hypersonic Aerodynamics/Plasma Interaction
Core Research Areas: Electronics and Nanotechnology | National Security
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Additional Photos
Mitchell L. R. Walker in the Georgia Tech High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL). Photo by Rob Felt.
Mitchell L. R. Walker in the Georgia Tech High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL). Photo by Rob Felt.
Mitchell L. R. Walker in the Georgia Tech High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL). Photo by Rob Felt.
Mitchell L. R. Walker in the Georgia Tech High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL). Photo by Rob Felt.
Mitchell L. R. Walker in the Georgia Tech High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL). Photo by Rob Felt.
Mitchell L. R. Walker in the Georgia Tech High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory (HPEPL). Photo by Rob Felt.