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Mitchell Walker Associate Professor, Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2004 ^E-mail:

Address:  449 Guggenheim Phone:  (404) 385-2757 Fax:  (404) 894-2760

Specializations and Research Interests

Dr. 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.  Dr. Walker performed seminal work in Hall thruster clustering and vacuum chamber facility effects.  His current research activities involve both theoretical and experimental work in advanced spacecraft propulsion systems, diagnostics, plasma physics, helicon plasma sources, magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters, and pulsed inductive thrusters.

Education Ph.D. 2004 University of Michigan M.S.E. 2000 University of Michigan B.S.E. 1999 University of Michigan	Teaching Interests (Course List) Low-speed Aerodynamics (AE 2020) Experimental Fluid Dynamics (AE 3051) Thermodynamics and Compressible Flow (AE 3450) Jet and Rocket Propulsion (AE 4451) Gasdynamics (AE 6050) Rockets (AE 6450) Electric Propulsion (AE 6451)
Society Memberships Member of AIAA - Associate Fellow (Electric Propulsion Technical Committee) American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS) Sigma Gamma Tau Tau Beta Pi	Positions Held at Georgia Tech Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering 2005- Present Head of the High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory
Honors and Awards Lawrence Sperry Award, 2010 AFOSR Young Investigator Program Award, 2006 NASA Faculty Fellow, 2005 Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow, 2005 Arnold M. Kuethe Aerospace Engineering Fellowship, 2004 MEPO Academic Achievement Award, University of Michigan, 2001 Michigan Space Grant Consortium Graduate Fellowship, 2001, 2003 Rackham Merit Fellowship, University of Michigan (NSF sponsored), 2000 GEM Fellowship, 1999 Aerospace Engineering Distinguished Achievement Award, University of Michigan, 1998 Selected Active Projects 1.  “Annular Helicon Plasma Source for High Thrust-to-Power Hall Thrusters”, supported by AFOSR. 2.  "Field Emission for Carbon Nanotubes for Electric Propulsion", supported by DARPA 3.  "High Thrust-to-Power Hall Thrusters", supported by AFRL. Links Recent Publications Complete Curriculum vitae High-Power Electric Propulsion Laboratory Space Systems Design Laboratory

School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
270 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA  30332
Phone:  (404) 894-3000  Fax:  (404) 894-2760