Prof. Lyon B. King

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Michigan Technological University
College of Engineering
Mechanical Engineering - Engineering Mechanics
Assistant Professor

Mailing Address

815 R.L. Smith MEEM Building
1400 Townsend Dr.
Houghton, Michigan 49931
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (906) 487-2683
Fax: (906) 487-2822
lbking@mtu.edu
http://www.me.mtu.edu/meem/facultybio/king.html

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering, 1998.
M.S., University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering, 1994.
B.S., University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering, 1993.

Expertise and Research Interests

Plasma Physics
Space Propulsion
Electric Propulsion
Space Systems Engineering
Mass Spectrometry

Other Expertise

Laser cooling
Ion trapping
Optical diagnostics

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.

Additional Terms:

Aerospace Engineering, Spacecraft Propulsion.

Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
American Physical Society
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts

Honors and Awards

2004, Faculty Early Career Excellence Award, National Science Foundation, Michigan Technological University, Plasma Dynamics
2001-2002, Fellow, NASA, Institute for Advanced Concepts, Space Propulsion
1998, Outstanding Paper, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, Electric Space Propulsion
1998-2000, Research Associateship, National Research Council, Ion Trapping and Laser Cooling
1995, Group Achievement Award, NASA
1993, Group Achivement Award, Johnson Space Center
1993, Top Ace Award, NASA-Aerosciences Branch
1993, Employee GEM Award, Johnson Space Center
1990, William J. Branstrom Outstanding Freshman Prize, University of Michigan

Previous Positions

1998-2000, Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Ion Storage Group, Time & Frequency
1994-1998, Graduate Researcher, University of Michigan, Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory, Aerospace Engineering
1991-1995, Cooperative Education Student, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, Aerosciences

Funding Received

  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Electron Fluid Dynamics in Hall-effect Accelerators, $602,000, May 1, 2004 to 1, 2009.
  • United States Department of Defense (DOD): Ground-test Facility for High-power Hall Thrusters operating on Condensible Propellants, $185,000, May 1, 2003 to 1, 2004.
  • NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts: Propellantless Control of Spacecraft Swarms using Coulomb Forces, $75,000, May 2001 to Jan 2002.
  • United States Department of Defense (DOD): A Vaporizing Liquid-Metal Anode for HIgh-Power Hall Thrusters, $350,000, Jan 1, 2003 to 1, 2006.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Optical Plasma Diagnostics for Next-Generation Ion Engines, $200,000, Jan 1, 2003 to 1, 2005.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): Nanosatellite Technology Demonstrator for Earth Remote Sensing, $125,000, Feb 1, 2003 to 1, 2005.
  • Michigan Space Grant Consortium: A Study of Magnetic Field Interaction between Closely spaced Hall Thrusters, $15,000, Apr 2002 to Apr 2003.

Publications

  • Lyon B. King and Alec D. Gallimore, Mass spectral measurements in the plume of an SPT-100 Hall Thruster, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 16(6), 1086-1092, November 2000
  • Lyon B. King and Alec D. Gallimore, Ion energy diagnostics in the plasma exhaust plume of a Hall thruster, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 16(5), 916-922, September 2000
  • Lyon B. King and Alec D. Gallimore, Identifying charge-exchange collision products within the ion-energy distribution of electrostatically accelerated plasmas, Physics of Plasmas, 6(7), 2936-2942, July 2000
  • Lyon B. King, Alec D. Gallimore, and Colleen M. Marrese, Transport-property measurements in the plume of an SPT-100 Hall-effect thruster, Journal of Propulsion and Power, 14(3), 327-335, May 1998
  • Lyon B. King and Alec D. Gallimore, Approximating collisional free-stream attenuation at transitional Knudsen numbers, AIAA Journal, 35(3), 574-576, March 1997
  • Lyon B. King and Alec D. Gallimore, Gridded retarding pressure sensor for ion and neutral particle analysis in flowing plasmas, Review of Scientific Instruments, 68(2), February 1997

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