MrFreddy Bayliss
Research Postgraduate
Department of Aeronautics - Faculty of Engineering
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- Research PostgraduateDepartment of Aeronautics - Faculty of Engineering
BIO
Freddy Bayliss is a postgraduate researcher in the field of electric propulsion in the Imperial Plasma Propulsion Laboratory (IPPL) within the Department of Aeronautics at Imperial College London.
His research concerns the behaviour of high-energy oxygen plasmas within water-fuelled Hall Effect Thrusters (HETs). More specifically, he works on the experimental and computational characterisation of the erosion and oxidation mechanics present in these devices and the methods employed to reduce them.
Freddy completed his MEng degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics, specialising in Spacecraft Engineering, from the University of Southampton in 2024. During this time, he worked on both electric propulsion systems (such as alternative propellant HETs and novel Power Processing Units (PPUs) for Vacuum Arc Thrusters (VATs)) and chemical systems (namely a 200N gimballed bi-propellant rocket engine for small-cargo lunar delivery spacecraft).
Freddy gained experience within the UK space industry whilst completing an internship on concurrent star tracking technologies at QinetiQ, a security and defence contractor based in Farnborough, UK (2020).
His research concerns the behaviour of high-energy oxygen plasmas within water-fuelled Hall Effect Thrusters (HETs). More specifically, he works on the experimental and computational characterisation of the erosion and oxidation mechanics present in these devices and the methods employed to reduce them.
Freddy completed his MEng degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics, specialising in Spacecraft Engineering, from the University of Southampton in 2024. During this time, he worked on both electric propulsion systems (such as alternative propellant HETs and novel Power Processing Units (PPUs) for Vacuum Arc Thrusters (VATs)) and chemical systems (namely a 200N gimballed bi-propellant rocket engine for small-cargo lunar delivery spacecraft).
Freddy gained experience within the UK space industry whilst completing an internship on concurrent star tracking technologies at QinetiQ, a security and defence contractor based in Farnborough, UK (2020).
DEGREES
- MEng, Aeronautics and AstronauticsUniversity of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom1 Sep 2020 - 27 Jun 2024
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Research Postgraduate