Ugur Kokal is an M.S. student at BUSTLab. He completed his B.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul.

Ugur Kokal is building a thrust balance to be used to measure mili-Newton levels of thrust.

Ugur 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. and Celik, M., “Development of BUSTLab Thrust Stand for mili-Newton Level Thrust Measurements of Electric Propulsion Systems," 35th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Atlanta, GA, October 2017, also IEPC-2017-317.
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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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Yildiz, M.S., Kokal, U. and Celik, M., “Preliminary Thrust Measurement Results of the BUSTLab Microwave Electrothermal Thruster," 53rd Joint Propulsion Conference, Atlanta, GA, July 2017, also AIAA-2017-4725.
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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. and Celik, M., "Development of a mili-Newton Level Thrust Stand for Thrust Measurements of Electric Propulsion Systems," 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 19-22 June 2017.
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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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Kokal, U. ve Celik, M., "Elektrik Itki Sistemleri için Mili-Newton Seviyesi Itki Ölçüm Sistemi Tasarimi, VI. Ulusal Havacilik ve Uzay Konferansi, Kocaeli Universitesi, Kocaeli, Turkiye, Eylul 2016, UHUK-2016-056.
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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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