Project

Candlewax Rockets: A Green Alternative for In-Space Propulsion

Space Exploration Initiative

Publication

Optical and Thermochemical Analysis for Paraffin and Beeswax Centrifugal Casting

Stober, K.J., Apodaca M., M.R., Sánchez, A., Kamath, A., Owens-Flores, G., Rupasinghe, D., Hernández L., A.E., Ngetich, G.C., and Wood, D., "Optical and Thermochemical Analysis for Paraffin and Beeswax Centrifugal Casting," AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, August 2021

Publication

Modelling and Simulation of In-Orbit Centrifugal Casting of a Paraffin Wax Grain Inside a 3U CubeSat

Leuteri C., D., Stober, K.J., Wood, D., and Colombo, C., "Modelling and Simulation of In-Orbit Centrifugal Casting of a Paraffin Wax Grain Inside a 3U CubeSat," AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, August 2021

Publication

An Investigation of the Laboratory-Based and Microgravity Centrifugal Casting of Paraffin Wax

Stober, K.J., Wanyiri, J., Sanchez, A., Jiwani, S., Hooper, M., Mazumder, M., Lifson, M., Joseph, C., and Wood, D., "An Investigation of the Laboratory-Based and Microgravity Centrifugal Casting of Paraffin Wax," IAC-19-A2.3.1.52725, 70th International Astronautical Congress, Washington, D.C., 21-25 October 2019

Publication

An Investigation of the Centrifugal Casting of Paraffin Wax in the Laboratory and in Microgravity

Stober, K.J., Wanyiri, J., Sanchez, A., Hooper, M., Mazumder, M., Jiwani, S., Waft, C., Lifson, M., Joseph, C., and Wood, D., "An Investigation of the Centrifugal Casting of Paraffin Wax in the Laboratory and in Microgravity," AIAA 2019-4012, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum, Indianapolis, IN, August 2019