Project NITRO

Project NITRO Project NITRO is a group design project working on producing a Neutraliser for the University of Southampton's Gridded Ion Thruster Welcome to project NITRO!

We are a group of 8 Spacecraft Engineering Masters Students. For our final year project we are designing, manufacturing, and testing a Neutraliser for the University of Southampton's ECR Gridded Ion Thruster. Meet our team! Joe Edwards (Project Leader)
Alex Arno (Systems Engineer)
Marcus Collier-Wright (Manufacturing and Outreach Lead)
Richard Jones (Systems Engineer)
Sam Reeve (Modelling and Sims

Lead)
Maite Sevilla (Magnetic Field Modelling and Thermal Analysis)
Peter Turner (Magnetic Field Modelling)
Wojtek Zakrzewski (Antenna Modelling)

Supervisors:
Dr. Angelo Grubisic
Dr. Minkwan Kim

Project NITRO is on display at the Farnborough International Airshow this weekend, alongside the XSEPT Thruster. Stop by...
20/07/2018

Project NITRO is on display at the Farnborough International Airshow this weekend, alongside the XSEPT Thruster. Stop by the University of Southampton Stall - INNOVATION ZONE 3492 - and check it out.

We’re at the Engineering and the Environment design show - come up and check out the project!
14/06/2018

We’re at the Engineering and the Environment design show - come up and check out the project!

Nora the neutraliser enjoys a cold one with the boys after the final GDP presentation
06/06/2018

Nora the neutraliser enjoys a cold one with the boys after the final GDP presentation

As we approach the end of our time as a team, we'd like to thank those of you who've shown support and interest during t...
15/05/2018

As we approach the end of our time as a team, we'd like to thank those of you who've shown support and interest during the project. We'd encourage you to keep an eye on developments with NITRO and the thruster which will hopefully be shared throughout the summer. Special thanks to Dr Angelo Grubisic, Dr Min Kwan Kim and numerous other technicians and staff at the University of Southampton for bringing this project to fruition.

Ever wondered what a neutraliser looks like in action?
26/04/2018

Ever wondered what a neutraliser looks like in action?

13/04/2018

We have ignition!

Today we’ve started preparing for the testing of our neutraliser, setting up connections for the electrical and propella...
05/04/2018

Today we’ve started preparing for the testing of our neutraliser, setting up connections for the electrical and propellant systems.

We’ll be using the vacuum chamber at the University of Southampton to perform tests next week.

Our final components, the neutraliser chamber and the Faraday Cage, have now been printed. Our neutraliser is taking sha...
23/03/2018

Our final components, the neutraliser chamber and the Faraday Cage, have now been printed. Our neutraliser is taking shape nicely!

Many thanks to Joe for taking some beautiful pictures of the parts.

12/03/2018

Something exciting is on its way....

Today we checked the compatibility of our neutraliser and the thruster interface plate. Good news, it fits! The thruster...
09/03/2018

Today we checked the compatibility of our neutraliser and the thruster interface plate. Good news, it fits! The thruster will sit in the large central part of the test plate.

In other news, our main neutralisation chamber is now being printed. We hope to show you this next week!

Today we picked up the backplate of the Neutraliser. This component is especially important as it provides an ‘anchor po...
06/03/2018

Today we picked up the backplate of the Neutraliser. This component is especially important as it provides an ‘anchor point’ for all the other parts of the neutraliser. In the pictures you can see how it connects to the reservoir plate.

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