Nazli Turan is an M.S. student at BUSTLab. She completed her B.Sc. in mechanical engineering at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. Her current research is on the investigation of the cathode placement effects on thruster operation.

Nazli has contributed to the following publications:

Journal Publications

Kurt, H.; Turan, N.; Kokal, U.; Celik, M. "Note: Coaxial-heater Hollow Cathode", Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 88, No. 6, pg. 066103, 2017
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Turan, N.; Kokal, U.; Kurt, H.; Celik, M. "Experimental Study of the Electrical Wiring Configuration for the Vacuum Chamber Testing of the HK40 Hall Thruster", in preparation to be submitted to European Physical Journal-D, 2017
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Turan, N.; Kokal, U.; Kurt, H.; Celik, M. "Experimental Study of the Cathode Position on HK40 Hall Thruster Operation", in preparation to be submitted to IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2017
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Conference Proceedings

Kokal, U., Turan, N., Kurt, H. and Celik, M., “Development of the New BUSTLab Hall Thruster with Internal Coaxial Hollow Cathode," 53rd Joint Propulsion Conference, Atlanta, GA, July 2017, also AIAA-2017-4810.
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Kokal, U., Turan, N., Kurt, H. and Celik, M., “Design Improvements and Experimental Measurements of BURFIT-80 RF Ion Thruster," 53rd Joint Propulsion Conference, Atlanta, GA, July 2017, also AIAA-2017-4891.
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Kokal, U., Turan, N., Kurt, H. and Celik, M., "Thermal Analysis and Testing of Different Designs of Lanthanum Hexaboride Hollow Cathodes," 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 19-22 June 2017.
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Turan, N., Kokal, U., Kurt, H. and Celik, M., “Experimental Study of the Effects of the Cathode Position and the Electrical Circuit Configuration on the Operation of HK40 Hall Thruster and BUSTLab Hollow Cathode," 52nd Joint Propulsion Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, July 2016, also AIAA-2016-4834.
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Turan, N., Kokal, U. and Celik, M., “Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Cathode Current on HK40 Hall Thruster Operation," 5th Space Propulsion Conference, Rome, Italy, May 2016, also SP2016_ 3125333.
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Turan, N., Kamis, Y.E. and Celik, M., “Study of Magnetic Field Configuration Effects on Coupling between Hall Effect Thruster and Hollow Cathode," 8th Ankara International Aerospace Conference, Ankaram, Turkey, September 2015, also AIAC-2015-119.
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Turan, N.; Korkmaz, O. and Celik, M., "Investigation of the Effect of Hollow Cathode Neutralizer Location on Hall Effect Thruster Efficiency," 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), vol., no., pp.511,516, 16-19 June 2015.
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Dissertations

Turan, N., “Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Cathode Position on HK40 Hall Effect Thruster Performance and Cathode Coupling," M.S. Thesis, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey, December 2016.
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