Faculty and Researchers Paulo Lozano Faculty Director, MIT-Mexico Program Miguel Alemán Velasco Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Director, Space Propulsion Lab
Email plozano@mit.edu Website https://aeroastro.mit.edu/people/paulo-lozano/ Expertise International education Aerospace engineering Space propulsion Electrospray thrusters Micro and nano-fabrication Space mission design Small satellite technology development Ion beams Micro-fluidics
NewsNew propulsion system could make tiny satellites both fast and fuel-efficient Paulo Lozano, faculty director of the MIT-Mexico Program, co-authored a study on a green monopropellant originally used in chemical propulsion in space can also power electrospray thrusters. June 01, 2026