ESP Biography



BENJAMIN MARTELL, MIT graduate student studying Aerospace Plasmas




Major: Aero/Astro

College/Employer: MIT

Year of Graduation: G

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Benjamin Martell is a PhD student at MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, conducting research in the Aerospace Plasma Group on the use of non-equilibrium plasma for CO2 conversion to complete the carbon cycle on Earth and use the atmosphere for rocket fuel on Mars. Ben earned his BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 from the University of Rochester. In his spare time, Ben loves to run, read, and explore.



Past Classes

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S14823: What in the World is Plasma? in Splash 2021 (Nov. 20 - 21, 2021)
Lightning, a plasma ball, the northern lights, the Sun. What do these things all have in common? They are all P L A S M A!!!!! But what is Plasma? How does it work? How can we use plasma to our advantage? In this interactive class we'll be answering these questions and more about the science and engineering of plasma!


E14460: What in the world is plasma? in Spark 2021 (Mar. 13 - 27, 2021)
Lightning, a plasma ball, the northern lights, the Sun. What do these things all have in common? They are all P L A S M A!!!!! But what is Plasma? How does it work? In this interactive class we'll be answering these questions and more!