TDHVL hosts SPIS training workshop with Artenum

This week, TDHVL welcomed colleagues from Artenum (France) to the University of Southampton for a two-day, tailored training course on the Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Software (SPIS). The workshop was organised to support the Innovate UK project PROMETHEUS: Enabling a Data Rich Additive Manufacturing Process, delivered in collaboration with Wayland Additive Ltd. 

The training introduced SPIS’s PIC, fluid, and hybrid solvers and covered a broad range of spacecraft charging topics, including GEO/LEO environments, internal charging, and applications to electric propulsion effects. Additional sessions focused on electron gun and vacuum chamber modelling, highlighting how advanced space plasma simulations can inform emerging additive manufacturing technologies. 

We are grateful to the Artenum team for an excellent technical deep dive, which strengthens our capabilities at the interface of space plasma modelling and advanced manufacturing.