{"id":522,"date":"2026-01-07T22:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/?p=522"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:34:39","slug":"3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/10\/25: David Samolkin Defends MS Thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Samolkin has successfully defended his MS Thesis entitled &#8216;Design and Operation of a Catalytic Microtube as an Injector for Multimode Chemical-Electric Propulsion&#8217;. Congrats, David!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Samolkin has successfully defended his MS Thesis entitled &#8216;Design and Operation of a Catalytic Microtube as an Injector for Multimode Chemical-Electric Propulsion&#8217;. Congrats, David!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3564,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thesis-defenses"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3\/10\/25: David Samolkin Defends MS Thesis - Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3\/10\/25: David Samolkin Defends MS Thesis - Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Samolkin has successfully defended his MS Thesis entitled &#8216;Design and Operation of a Catalytic Microtube as an Injector for Multimode Chemical-Electric Propulsion&#8217;. Congrats, David!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-07T22:34:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steven Berg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steven Berg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/\",\"name\":\"3\/10\/25: David Samolkin Defends MS Thesis - Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-07T22:34:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-07T22:34:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#\/schema\/person\/7cb0037a031be3b942849c23d7b378d6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3\/10\/25: David Samolkin Defends MS Thesis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/\",\"name\":\"Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#\/schema\/person\/7cb0037a031be3b942849c23d7b378d6\",\"name\":\"Steven Berg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85b2e89686f8a3f48c6caa18089f8d84?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85b2e89686f8a3f48c6caa18089f8d84?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Steven Berg\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/author\/sb2490\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3\/10\/25: David Samolkin Defends MS Thesis - Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"3\/10\/25: David Samolkin Defends MS Thesis - Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab","og_description":"David Samolkin has successfully defended his MS Thesis entitled &#8216;Design and Operation of a Catalytic Microtube as an Injector for Multimode Chemical-Electric Propulsion&#8217;. Congrats, David!","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/","og_site_name":"Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab","article_published_time":"2026-01-07T22:34:39+00:00","author":"Steven Berg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steven Berg","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/","name":"3\/10\/25: David Samolkin Defends MS Thesis - Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-07T22:34:39+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-07T22:34:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#\/schema\/person\/7cb0037a031be3b942849c23d7b378d6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/3-10-25-david-samolkin-defends-ms-thesis\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"3\/10\/25: David Samolkin Defends MS Thesis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/","name":"Space Propulsion with Advanced Chemistry and Energetics Lab","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#\/schema\/person\/7cb0037a031be3b942849c23d7b378d6","name":"Steven Berg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85b2e89686f8a3f48c6caa18089f8d84?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85b2e89686f8a3f48c6caa18089f8d84?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Steven Berg"},"url":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/author\/sb2490\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":524,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522\/revisions\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/space-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}