Regular biography
Ash Pascale is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of PHY at The Australian National University. Their research focuses on utilizing water as a propellant for a Radio-Frequency Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) torch in space propulsion applications. Pascale is jointly supervised by A/Prof Cormac Corr and Dr Trevor Lafleur from the University of New South Wales Canberra. Their work is part of the Experimental Plasma Science Group.
Scholar-generated biography
Ash Pascale is a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Australian National University, focusing on advanced plasma technologies. Their research centers on the development and optimization of supersonic inductively coupled plasma (ICP) torches, particularly through the use of bidirectional vortex stabilization and vortex-enhanced designs. Pascale's work explores the parametric study of these torches to enhance their performance for electrothermal propulsion applications. The research also involves the development of collisional-radiative models to better understand plasma behavior in high-temperature environments. These studies aim to improve the efficiency and stability of radio-frequency ICP discharges for use in electric propulsion systems.