Brian Bernhard
Aerospace Systems Engineering

 

>MSNW Plasma Thruster

MSNW – Electrodeless Lorentz Force (ELF) Thruster Pulse Power Supplies, 6 Joules, 2.0 kV 

Developed and prototyped experimental spacecraft pulse power supplies (2.0 kV, 5 kW, 6 Joules) and related test equipment. Wrote environmental test procedures per Mil-Std-461 and NASA GSFC-STD-7000. Design work included electrically fast, low-inductance, low-resistance, high-power electronic IGBT switches. Produced mechanical and PCB layout designs using SolidWorks and OrCAD. 

Position: Research Engineer 

Design Tools: AutoCAD, OrCAD, & SolidWorks 

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