• BS, Physics, Millersville State University, 2002
• MS, Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2011
• Ph D, Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2017

Journal Articles

Gabriel Borderes-Motta, Gabriel de Haro-Pizarroso and Jesse McTernan, 2023, "Cross-Verification and Benchmarking Analysis of Electrodynamic Tether Simulators", Acta Astronautica, 208, pp. 381-388

Omar Leon, Jesse McTernan, Jason Vaughn, Todd Schneider, Grant Miars, Walter Hoegy and Brian Gilchrist, 2022, "The Twin-Probe Method: Improving Langmuir Probe Measurements on Small Spacecraft", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 50, (2), pp. 349-359

Jesse McTernan, Omar J. Leon, Sven G Bilén, John D. Williams, Jason A. Vaughn, Todd A. Schneider and Linda Habash Krause, 2019, "Real-Time Density Control of a Plasma Source Used for Simulating Low-Earth-Orbit Plasma Environment", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 47, (8), pp. 3891-3897

Jesse McTernan, Austin C. Small and Sven G Bilén, 2018, "Indium-Tin Oxide-Coated Glass for Passive Ion Collection on Small-Scale Spacecraft", IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 46, (5), pp. 1831-1840

Iverson C. Bell, Brian E. Gilchrist, Jesse McTernan and Sven G Bilén, 2017, "Investigating miniaturized electrodynamic tethers for picosatellites and femtosatellites", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 54, (1), pp. 55-66

Jesse McTernan and Sven Bilén, 2017, "Embodied Energy Repurposing via Energy-harvesting Electrodynamic Tethers", Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 54, (4), pp. 789-795

Conference Proceedings

Noriana Radwan, Jesse McTernan, Jessica Menold, Kathryn Jablokow and Chris McComb, 2022, "Towards Characterizing Cognitive Style Coping Behavior in Engineering Design"

• January 2023 - December 2024, "NATIONWIDE ECLIPSE BALLOONING PROJECT (NEBP) (Unfunded Collaboration; Cost Share)," (Sponsor: Montana State University).

• Science Vision Award, NASA, January 2021

• NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellow, NASA, August 2017 - July 2019

• Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award, The Pennsylvania State University, 2017

• NASA Group Achievement Award, Solar Eclipse 2017 Team, NASA, 2017

Service to Penn State:

• Committee Work, Committee Member, Curriculum Committee, September 2023

• Assistance to Student Organizations, Faculty Advisor, Lions for Liberty, January 2022 - May 2023

• Committee Work, Committee Member, Reviewer, Penn State, Academic Integrity Committee, January 2021

• Assistance to Student Organizations, Mentor, Space Propulsion Lab (SPL), January 2021

• Assistance to Student Organizations, Mentor, Student Training Program, January 2021

• Assistance to Student Organizations, Faculty Advisor, Associate Director, Student Space Programs Lab (SSPL), August 2019

Service to External Organizations: