Researchers at the University of Virginia are using advanced simulations to study electron behavior in electric propulsion ...

Go faster, farther, more efficiently. That's the goal driving spacecraft propulsion engineers like Chen Cui, a new assistant ...

A research team at the University of Virginia is revolutionizing the future of space travel with groundbreaking studies on ...

Predicting the lifetime of an electric ion thruster is notoriously difficult. You have to account for the chamber wall ...

Hidden patterns in electric propulsion plasma beams could help ensure the success of long-term space missions.

Cui specializes in building advanced computer simulations to study how plasma behaves in EP thruster plasma flows. These aren’t just any simulations. They’re powered by modern supercomputers ...