Thomas W. Haag

Mr. Haag worked at NASA Glenn Research Center for 38 years in Electric Propulsion until his retirement in April 2022. He became registered as a Professional Engineer in the State of Ohio in 1998 and was presented the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 2014. His experience includes mechanical design of thrusters – including gridded ion thrusters – as well as development of precision thrust stands for EP thrusters ranging in power levels of a few Watts to several-hundred kilowatts. He holds 1 patent and has authored over 10 technical papers in electric propulsion.

Mr. Haag’s support of DWP includes thruster mechanical design and analyses, as well as thrust stand design and fabrication. Mr. Haag’s support is provided through Retrotech Engineering, LLC of Westlake OH.