Joshua L. Rovey

For More Information

• Department Profile
• Electric Propulsion Laboratory
• Illinois Space Grant Consortium
• SpaceLab Education and Outreach
• Illinois Space Technology Academy

Education

• Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, April 2006, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Academic Positions

• Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Aug 2017 - Aug 2022
• Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Aug 2022 - present
• Director, Illinois Space Grant Consortium, Jan 2019 - present

Research Interests

• Space Propulsion
• Electric Propulsion
• Plasmadynamics
• Nanosatellites

Selected Articles in Journals

• Rovey, J.L., Lyne, C.T.,* Mundahl, A.J.,* Rasmont, N.,* Glascock, M.S.,* Wainwright, M.J.,*and Berg, S.P., “Review of Multimode Space Propulsion,” Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Vol. 118, pp. 100627, Oct. 2020. Invited review paper.
• Yamauchi, T.,* Rovey, J.L., “Analysis of the ion collection model in the ExB probe,” Journal of Electric Propulsion, Vol. 3, No. 10, June 2024.
• Cline, B.C.,* Parker, K.I., Rosales, J.J., Rovey, J.L., West, S.T., “Lunar SmallSat Missions with Chemical-Electrospray Multimode Propulsion,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 61, No.4, July 2024.
• Lyne, C.T.,* Rovey, J.L., “Tandem Energy-Analyzer / Mass-Spectrometer Measurements in the Plume of an Ionic Liquid Ion Source,” Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 40, No. 5, pg. 759-768, Sept. 2024.
• Cline, B.C.*, Pascarella, A., Woollands, R.M., Rovey, J.L., “Indirect Optimal Control Techniques for Multimode Propulsion Mission Design,” Acta Astronautica, Vol. 223, pg. 759-776, Oct. 2024.
• Lyne, C.T.*, Liu, M.F.*, Rovey, J.L., “Inferring Ion Cluster Lifetimes from Energy-Resolved Mass Spectra of an EMI-BF₄ Electrospray Plume,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 136, No 13, Oct. 2024.

Professional Societies

• Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Member, Electric Rocket Propulsion Society (ERPS)

Honors

• AIAA National Lawrence B. Sperry Young Professional Award (2016)

Teaching Honors

• Provost Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2023)