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Benjamin Jorns is an associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he co-directs the Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory, the largest and oldest lab dedicated to in-space propulsion research in the country. He received his B.S. in Physics from Yale in 2007 and both M.A. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Princeton in 2012. Before joining the University of Michigan faculty in 2017, he was a member of the electric propulsion group at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 2012 to 2016, investigating propulsion systems generation for NASA robotic missions. His primary research interests include wear mechanisms, stability of electric propulsion systems, and turbulence in low-temperature plasmas. He has published over 150 journal articles and conference proceedings in the field and has been recognized with multiple awards for his work in electric propulsion, including the AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award and both the AFOSR Young Investigator Program award and the DOE Early Career Award. In addition to his technical contributions, Dr. Jorns is also involved in outreach activities and serves as a faculty advisor for the University of Michigan's AIAA student branch, where he oversees outreach programs that relate to low-temperature plasmas.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI
Co-director of the Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory • Pasadena, CA
Investigated propulsion systems for NASA robotic missions.
University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles, CA
Held a lecturer appointment in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science