Lachlan
GouldenMore than 99% of all the mat ter in the universe is in the fourth state of matter called plasma. From th e stars themselves to the matter between planets, stars and galaxies it is almost entirely plasma. This talk will (hopefully) demystify plasmas from t heir presence and applications on Earth to their abundance and uses in spac e. Also featured will be some of the work Lachlan is doing on Electric Sail s, a spacecraft propulsion method powered by plasmas in space.
Lachlan
GouldenLachlan Goulden is a current Physics PhD student at the Uni versity of Sydney. His research is focused on a unique spacecraft propulsio n method called Electric sails. His supervisors are Professor Iver Cains th e Director of CUAVA (Centre for Cub eSats, UAVs and their Applications) and Associate Professor Joe Khachan.
Lachlan was awarded a Bachelor of Science (Physics) at the University o f Wollongong and then completed his Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Physics) in 2020 at the University of Sydney. His honours thesis was on modelling e lectrodynamic tethers for CubeSat propulsion.
After graduating, he wo rked in a photonics lab at the Sydney Nanoscience Hub (SNH) as part of the Eggleton Research Group working toward a PhD. While there he was awarded th e 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference best student paper finalist on his work de monstrating quasi-light storage in a photonic chip.
He eventually dec ided to instead pursue his current PhD which is more in line with his inter ests with space and spacecraft propulsion. His paper ‘Measurements of the force produced by a negatively ch arged electric sail in a pulsed cathodic arc plasma’ was selected as a featured article in the Journal Physics of Plasmas and had an American Inst itute of Physics (AIP) Scilig ht article about the paper.
Lachlan has been a member of SASI sin ce he was five years old, this sparked a lifelong interest in astronomy, sp ace and physics in general.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:More than 99% of all the mat ter in the universe is in the fourth state of matter called plasma. From th e stars themselves to the matter between planets, stars and galaxies it is almost entirely plasma. This talk will (hopefully) demystify plasmas from t heir presence and applications on Earth to their abundance and uses in spac e. Also featured will be some of the work Lachlan is doing on Electric Sail s, a spacecraft propulsion method powered by plasmas in space.
Lachlan GouldenLachlan Goulden is a current Physic s PhD student at the University of Sydney. His research is focused on a uni que spacecraft propulsion method called Electric sails. His supervisors are Professor Iver Cains the Director of C UAVA (Centre for CubeSats, UAVs and their Applications) and Associate P rofessor Joe Khachan.
Lachlan was awarded a Bachelor of Science (Phys ics) at the University of Wollongong and then completed his Bachelor of Sci ence (Honours) (Physics) in 2020 at the University of Sydney. His honours t hesis was on modelling electrodynamic tethers for CubeSat propulsion.
After graduating, he worked in a photonics lab at the Sydney Nanoscience H ub (SNH) as part of the Eggleton Research Group working toward a PhD. While there he was awarded the 2022 IEEE Photonics Conference best student paper finalist on his work demonstrating quasi-light storage in a photonic chip.
He eventually decided to instead pursue his current PhD which is mor e in line with his interests with space and spacecraft propulsion. His pape r ‘Measurements of the force pro duced by a negatively charged electric sail in a pulsed cathodic arc plasma ’ was selected as a featured article in the Journal Physics of Plasmas and had an American Institute of Physics (AIP) Scilight article about the paper.
Lachlan has b een a member of SASI since he was five years old, this sparked a lifelong i nterest in astronomy, space and physics in general.
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