About

About the SUEP initiative


SUEP (Southampton University Electric Propulsion), associated with SUSF (Southampton University Space Flight) Society, was the first student team to test-fire a Hall-effect thruster in the UK. Our first Hall-effect thruster (Io-1) was tested in the University of Southampton's David Fearne Electric Propulsion Laboratory. We are working on many other interesting projects, so keep an eye for further updates! If spacecraft engineering and experimental development of new thruster technologies sounds interesting, consider joining or at least checking us out. Our ambitions are to make electric propulsion more accessible to students and pursue innovative projects that will teach and test new technologies.

Team Members


Garan Carter-Woodgate

Garan Carter-Woodgate

Project Lead / Thruster Supervisor

Oscar Shedden

Oscar Shedden

Fuel Systems Supervisor

Prathit Bhat

Prathit Bhat

Cathode Systems Supervisor

Charles Parry

Charles Parry

Cathode System Member

Adi Soundalgekar

Adi Soundalgekar

Fuel Systems Member

Tarrin Clarke-Dennett

Tarrin Clarke-Dennett

Thruster System Member

Meet the Team!


Team Pictures
Team Picture from September 2026
Lecture 1 photo
Photo from our first Lecture!
Tutorial 1 photo
Photo from our first Tutorial!