University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Graduate Theses and Dissertations 7-2020 Development of High-Density Propulsion System Technologies for Interplanetary Small Satellites and CubeSats Morgan Andrew Roddy University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd Part of the Aeronautical Vehicles Commons, Electromagnetics and Photonics Commons, Engineering Mechanics Commons, Propulsion and Power Commons, Space Vehicles Commons, and the Structures and Materials Commons Citation Roddy, M A (2020) Development of High-Density Propulsion System Technologies for Interplanetary Small Satellites and CubeSats Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/3813 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu Development of High-Density Propulsion System Technologies for Interplanetary Small Satellites and CubeSats A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Microelectronics-Photonics by Morgan Andrew Roddy Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, 2010 University of Arkansas Master of Science in Microelectronics-Photonics, 2012 July 2020 University of Arkansas This dissertation is approved for recommendation to the Graduate Council Po-Hao Adam Huang, Ph.D Dissertation Director Larry Roe, Ph.D Committee Member Ingrid Fritsch, Ph.D Committee Member Silke Spiesshoefer, Ph.D Committee Member Rick Wise, Ph.D Ex Officio Committee Member The following signatories attest that all software used in this dissertation was legally licensed for use by Morgan Roddy for research purposes and publication Mr Morgan Roddy, Student Dr Adam Huang, Dissertation Director This dissertation was submitted to http://www.turnitin.com for plagiarism review by the TurnItIn company’s software The signatories have examined the report on this dissertation that was returned by TurnItIn and attest that, in their opinion, the items highlighted by the software are incidental to common usage and are not plagiarized material Dr Rick Wise, Program Director Dr Adam Huang, Dissertation Director ©2020 by Morgan Andrew Roddy All Rights Reserved Abstract The goal of this research was to support the development of a novel propulsion system for small satellites (