Carbon-phenolic ablative heat shields represent an effective solution for the thermal protection of reentry spacecraft and they are typically composed by a porous carbon preform partially filled by phenolic resin. In this work carbon-phenolic materials modified by different amounts of ceramic nanoparticles were manufactured and investigated and the performaces of the obtained nanocomposite ablators were assessed in terms of thermal protection and ablation resistance.

Giovanni Pulci is an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Technology at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment (DICMA) of Sapienza University of Rome. His research has been focused since 2004 on the fields of surface engineering and thermal protection systems, and specifically on coatings and materials for high temperature applications (ablative thermal protections and thermal barrier coatings).

Thermoelectric materials have been used in Radioisotrope Thermoelectric generators (RTG) as auxiliary power for space exploration. The energy efficiency is determined by the figure-of-merit zT, which is dependent on material properties such as electrical and thermal conductivity, Seebeck coefficient etc. By phase diagram assisted defect engineering, thermoelectric properties were enhanced. This methodology of property design could be applied to other structural materials for space applications.

Yinglu studied thermoelectric materials during her PhD at Caltech and postdoc at EMPA, Switzerland, focusing on high temperature transport properties of intermetallics. Before joining TU Delft, she worked as a research scientist on electrical contact material for ABB, Switzerland.

High-throughput screening is a well-established method for scientific experimentation in chemistry and biology. The tests are designed to quickly obtain easily accessible data (called descriptors) that are related to the desired properties. The presented method comprises the synthesis of samples using drop on demand methods and laser bed fusion. The samples obtain a defined microstructure and are subsequently subjected to fast descriptor tests giving new insights in materials parameter space.

2008 Professor, Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany.
2003 Habilitation, Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
1999 Ph.D., Process Engineering, Univ. of Freiberg, Germany.

The upperstages of the European Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 launchers are built in Bremen under the prime industrial leadership of ArianeGroup. Ariane 6 is  now taking shape despite the Covid crisis while Ariane 5 succeeded its third launch of 2020 last August.  But the future is already ongoing with the preparation of  even more competitive upperstages using carbon and 3D printing and the development of the reusable and ultra-low cost engine Prometheus…

As  space is experiencing an industrial revolution, ArianeGroup GmbH highlights key updates to make European space  more competitive, more digital, and more than ever strategic for Europe to remain a true space player in the global space race.

Jens Lassmann, age 58, Head of Site Bremen and responsible for launcher environments and control in ArianeGroup. More than 25 years of experience in launcher development and exploitation. Head of project for today’s Ariane 5 upper stage. PhD  in space technology at the University of Technology, Berlin

For spacecraft visiting rubble pile asteroids it is important to safely interact with the granular materials at the surface of these objects. We propose the use of flexible probes for digging into a granular material under conditions of low gravity. In our experiments we show that low-speed interactions reduce the effects of shock wave creation and observe that more flexible diggers allow the grains to rearrange and therefore lower the peak loads experienced.

Jonathan Kollmer received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2015. His thesis topic was 'Harmonic, Subharmonic and Quasi-Periodic Flows in Granular Matter' with a focus on granular dynamics in microgravity. After completing his Ph.D., he was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the North Carolina State University, where he studied photo-elastic force measurements and application of network theory to granular media. In 2018 he returned to Germany to work towards habilitation at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Here he applies his expertise in granular materials to experimentally research early planet formation processes as well as natural and robotic interaction with asteroid surfaces.

Spacesuits for planetary surface activities face a set of design challenges such as limited maintenance capabilities. Suit textiles for future lunar or Martian EVA’s need to have capabilities not required for Earth orbit operations, such as high abrasive and microbial resistance or radiation protection. We report on the challenges of planetary surface activities derived from Mars analog simulations as well as an ongoing ESA project to identify textile candidates for future lunar spacesuits.

PhD in exploration astrobiology (Univ. Innsbruck), teaches and does research at various universities in the field of human Mars exploration and Astrobiology. Dr. Groemer led 12 Mars expedition simulations, including the Dhofar desert in Oman, or the Northern Sahara, and leads the development of the experimental spacesuit simulator Aouda.

Shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) and cosmic ray shielding (CRS) materials are advanced materials for space applications. To evaluate their behaviour in microgravity and the harsh space environment, a series of space experiments have been developed. This paper provides an overview of such experiments.

Loredana Santo is full professor of Manufacturing and Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her scientific activity has been mainly focused on innovative materials and processes, and industrial sustainability. She is author of more than 150 scientific papers.

Although humans have not travelled beyond the Moon, yet, global space business (excluding the downstream services) exceeds nowadays €80bn a year. This business depends on carrying from Earth all required hardware or resources. The possibility of extracting raw materials, resources and rocket propellant, is what drives the US, Russia, China and others to prospect and settle the Moon. The talk will outline American and European lunar programmes and introduce a few thoughts about Europe’s options for projecting influence and creating an ecosystem in a quest shaped by both co-operation and competition.

Silvio leads the New Space Exploration Programmes of Airbus, creating missions, vehicles and technologies to make human expansion into space possible and sustainable. In his previous position in Airbus, he was in charge of developing new launcher programmes and business for Airbus Defence and Space, both in Europe and internationally – among which ARIANE 6 and ADELINE. He joined the then-EADS Group in 2005 in the Paris area, to co-ordinate Astrium Space Transportation relations with the European Space Agency.

Beyond Airbus, Silvio worked for Ariane Group, EUMETSAT, Vega, Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space on all sorts of space programmes – launchers, satellites (Earth observation, navigation) and human spaceflight – in both industry and government across Europe. Starting off as a system engineer, he worked in project management, business development, policy, procurement, launch operations and general management, living in locales as different as Turin, Bremen, Paris, Strasbourg, Darmstadt and French Guiana.

Silvio completed the Corso in Scienze Aerospaziali with Politecnico, Turin, in 1990, and the Master of Space Studies with the International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, in 1998. Since 2019 he is a member of the ISU Board of Trustees.

Based in Bremen, Germany, married with three daughters and a proud EU citizen (French and Italian), Silvio is thrilled by the opportunities offered by our civilisation’s expansion into space and by Europe’s role in it.

In Order to study the formation of the solar system and the evolution of life it is necessary to study smaller bodies like comets, asteroids and smaller moons. All these objects have a common property, they have very weak gravitation and no atmosphere so that no sophisticated landing systems are necessary.

In Previous Project (Mars Lander) a crushable Sandwich shell made of aluminium honeycomb and aramid layers was manufactured and tested. GNC-systems (Guidance, Navigation and Control) are in this case necessary to reach the right landing position.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. A.S. Herrmann

Born 1958 in Hamburg, Germany,Study of mechanical engineering at Technical University of Clausthal

Professor at the University of Bremen, Director of the Fibreinstitut e.V., Managing Director Composite Technology Center CTC Stade a subsidiary of Airbus

The artist as a pollinator of ideas, experiments and insights. Belgian artist Frederik de Wilde is working at the interstice of art, science and technology. Frederik's talk will cover his artistic crossover praxis and a selection of collaborative projects with scientists, universities and organisations worldwide.  

Frederik de Wilde is working at the interstice of art, science and technology.

Investigating materials under space environment conditions requires the artificial recreation of both corpuscular and electromagnetic radiation under ultra-high vacuum conditions. DLR’s Complex Irradiation Facility combines a proton and an electron accelerator as well as electromagnetic radiation sources with broad wavelength range from ultraviolet radiation to infrared radiation in one facility. It is used to investigate the aging of materials in simulated space environment.

Patric Seefeldt is a 37 years old mechanical engineer with a diploma (RWTH Aachen 2010) and a PhD (University of Bremen 2018). As deputy head of the Mechanics and Thermal Systems Department (since 2016) and head of the Material Aging Group (since 2019) at DLRs’ Institute of Space Systems he is pursuing research in the field of innovative applications of new materials for space technologies.

In this talk ceramic-based inverse opal photonic crystals produced via ALD will be presented and their behavior when exposed to high temperatures depicted. Special focus will be given on the refractory material mullite and the characterization via synchrotron-based X-ray computed tomography. Although some structural features presented relevant dimensional changes, a photonic band gap was identified even after exposure at 1400 °C, a remarkable achievement concerning temperature stability.

Kaline Furlan's current research topics focus on bio-inspired materials for photonic and structural applications, as well as the application of atomic layer deposition for the fabrication of nanostructures. Her expertise lies in the development or tailoring of manufacturing techniques for the fabrication of advanced materials and composites.

Thin-Ply carbon-fibre-reinforced plastics are high-performance materials in applications where a low density combined with high stiffness and strength are required. A layer thickness below 60 µm characterizes them. The limiting factors to the design space of thin-ply laminates are areas with stress concentrations and impact damages. This study investigates methods to overcome these limiting factors due to hybridization with metal foils or layup change using Bouligand structures.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Bodo Fiedler is the head of the polymer Composite Institute at the Hamburg University of technology (TUHH) since 2013.

OHB business fields cover a multitude of different satellites, orbits, applications for space and therefore different challenges for the materials used in the different designs.

After a brief introduction on the company business width, a more detailed view of the materials used for structure and optics will be given. With a focus on the future challenges and the new technological studies.

 Chiara Pedersoli is member of the management board of OHB System AG and is responsible for Engineering and AIT (Assembly Integration and Testing). Chiara Joined OHB System 10 years ago, after working for ESA, DLR, Eumetsat and Airbus. Chiara studied Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan and has worked on several missions, from Smart-1 to Champ and Grace, to MSG, MTG and Giove-B (one of Galileo experimental satellites).

Critical understanding of large amount of data leads to new descriptors for discovering entropic materials. The formalism uses the ensembled spectrum of sampled states near stability [Chem. Mater. 28, 6484 (2016)] to discover precursors capable of stabilizing high-entropy phases. The methodology - applied to disordered transition-metal oxides [Nat. Comms 6, 8485 (2015)] and refractory 5-metal carbides [Nat. Comms 9, 4980 (2018)] – uncovers scientific surprises [Nat. Rev. Mater. 5, 295 (2020)].

Dr. Curtarolo research interests lie at the intersection of materials science, artificial intelligence and autonomous discovery of new materials. After studying Electrical Engineering and Physics in Padova, Italy, SC received his MS in Physics from Penn State University in 1999, and a PhD in Materials Science from MIT in 2003. Since then, he has been on the faculty of Materials Science at Duke University (Physics, Chemistry and Electrical Engineering included). During his time at Duke, SC received the DOD-ONR-Young-Investigator (2007), the NSF-Career (2007), the Presidential PECASE Awards (2008), the International Union of Pure & Applied Physics - Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics (2011), the Stansell Research Award (2013), Fellowship by APS (2013) and the 2013 MURI Award for strategies in rare-materials replacement. SC was promoted to Associate and Full Professor in 2008, and 2012, respectively. In 2015 SC received the “Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award” from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. SC has more than 160+ refereed publications, 200+ invited departmental seminars and talks in national and international conferences, and ~12000 scientific citations. At Duke University, the SC's group started and maintains the quantum-cloud aflow.org consortium containing materials information and tools for more than 4.000,000+ compounds. His teams focus on developing autonomous daemons for materials discovery as well as tackle problems of synthesizability and manufacturability of amorphous/disordered systems

How does artificial intelligence enable space robotics and allow for space exploration via autonomous robots? What role does the construction and the material of the intelligent systems play in this context. With its Space Exploration Hall and the Research Team Space, the Robotics Innovation Center of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) has been proving its expertise in space research for years. Exploration robots, remote-controlled rovers and robot arms for the installation of satellite mirrors are some of the major contributions that artificial intelligence and robotics have to offer for the exploration of the cosmos. But how is it guaranteed that these technologies will work under adverse conditions, in weightlessness and on foreign planets?

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Frank Kirchner is the Executive Director of the DFKI Bremen and head of the Robotics Innovation Center.

High-temperature materials are essential for the success of space travel. Here, we present how a conical nozzle levitator equipped with a CO2 laser can be coupled with in-situ diffraction experiments and calorimetry experiments to characterize oxides, carbides, and nitrides up to ~3400 ˚C in a variety of atmospheres. The HfO2-Ta2O5-TiO2 ternary phase diagram along with accurate thermal expansion has been developed as an example system using this technique.

Scott McCormack is an assistant professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Davis and Chair of the American Ceramic Societies Northern California Section.

Recent projections see ESA’s Moon Village inhabited before 2030. In order to provide shelter to the astronauts, the ZARM is developing the concept of a habitat protype: The Moon and Mars Base Analog (MaMBA) combines the engineering requirements of supporting human life in the lunar environment and architectural needs to create a livable, rather than “just” survivable home for astronauts. Last year, we built a mock-up of the first module and evaluated its usability during two test runs. 

Christiane Heinicke is head of the project Moon and Mars Base Analog (MaMBA). She joined the ZARM in 2017, after having lived in a simulated Mars base herself for one year as part of a NASA-funded project. Her background is in Physics (M.Sc.) and Engineering (Dr.-Ing.).

Carbon-phenolic ablative heat shields represent an effective solution for the thermal protection of reentry spacecraft and they are typically composed by a porous carbon preform partially filled by phenolic resin. In this work carbon-phenolic materials modified by different amounts of ceramic nanoparticles were manufactured and investigated and the performaces of the obtained nanocomposite ablators were assessed in terms of thermal protection and ablation resistance.

Giovanni Pulci is an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Technology at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment (DICMA) of Sapienza University of Rome. His research has been focused since 2004 on the fields of surface engineering and thermal protection systems, and specifically on coatings and materials for high temperature applications (ablative thermal protections and thermal barrier coatings).

Thermoelectric materials have been used in Radioisotrope Thermoelectric generators (RTG) as auxiliary power for space exploration. The energy efficiency is determined by the figure-of-merit zT, which is dependent on material properties such as electrical and thermal conductivity, Seebeck coefficient etc. By phase diagram assisted defect engineering, thermoelectric properties were enhanced. This methodology of property design could be applied to other structural materials for space applications.

Yinglu studied thermoelectric materials during her PhD at Caltech and postdoc at EMPA, Switzerland, focusing on high temperature transport properties of intermetallics. Before joining TU Delft, she worked as a research scientist on electrical contact material for ABB, Switzerland.

High-throughput screening is a well-established method for scientific experimentation in chemistry and biology. The tests are designed to quickly obtain easily accessible data (called descriptors) that are related to the desired properties. The presented method comprises the synthesis of samples using drop on demand methods and laser bed fusion. The samples obtain a defined microstructure and are subsequently subjected to fast descriptor tests giving new insights in materials parameter space.

2008 Professor, Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany.
2003 Habilitation, Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
1999 Ph.D., Process Engineering, Univ. of Freiberg, Germany.

The upperstages of the European Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 launchers are built in Bremen under the prime industrial leadership of ArianeGroup. Ariane 6 is  now taking shape despite the Covid crisis while Ariane 5 succeeded its third launch of 2020 last August.  But the future is already ongoing with the preparation of  even more competitive upperstages using carbon and 3D printing and the development of the reusable and ultra-low cost engine Prometheus…

As  space is experiencing an industrial revolution, ArianeGroup GmbH highlights key updates to make European space  more competitive, more digital, and more than ever strategic for Europe to remain a true space player in the global space race.

Jens Lassmann, age 58, Head of Site Bremen and responsible for launcher environments and control in ArianeGroup. More than 25 years of experience in launcher development and exploitation. Head of project for today’s Ariane 5 upper stage. PhD  in space technology at the University of Technology, Berlin

For spacecraft visiting rubble pile asteroids it is important to safely interact with the granular materials at the surface of these objects. We propose the use of flexible probes for digging into a granular material under conditions of low gravity. In our experiments we show that low-speed interactions reduce the effects of shock wave creation and observe that more flexible diggers allow the grains to rearrange and therefore lower the peak loads experienced.

Jonathan Kollmer received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2015. His thesis topic was 'Harmonic, Subharmonic and Quasi-Periodic Flows in Granular Matter' with a focus on granular dynamics in microgravity. After completing his Ph.D., he was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the North Carolina State University, where he studied photo-elastic force measurements and application of network theory to granular media. In 2018 he returned to Germany to work towards habilitation at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Here he applies his expertise in granular materials to experimentally research early planet formation processes as well as natural and robotic interaction with asteroid surfaces.

Spacesuits for planetary surface activities face a set of design challenges such as limited maintenance capabilities. Suit textiles for future lunar or Martian EVA’s need to have capabilities not required for Earth orbit operations, such as high abrasive and microbial resistance or radiation protection. We report on the challenges of planetary surface activities derived from Mars analog simulations as well as an ongoing ESA project to identify textile candidates for future lunar spacesuits.

PhD in exploration astrobiology (Univ. Innsbruck), teaches and does research at various universities in the field of human Mars exploration and Astrobiology. Dr. Groemer led 12 Mars expedition simulations, including the Dhofar desert in Oman, or the Northern Sahara, and leads the development of the experimental spacesuit simulator Aouda.

Carbon-phenolic ablative heat shields represent an effective solution for the thermal protection of reentry spacecraft and they are typically composed by a porous carbon preform partially filled by phenolic resin. In this work carbon-phenolic materials modified by different amounts of ceramic nanoparticles were manufactured and investigated and the performaces of the obtained nanocomposite ablators were assessed in terms of thermal protection and ablation resistance.

Giovanni Pulci is an Associate Professor in Materials Science and Technology at the Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Materials, Environment (DICMA) of Sapienza University of Rome. His research has been focused since 2004 on the fields of surface engineering and thermal protection systems, and specifically on coatings and materials for high temperature applications (ablative thermal protections and thermal barrier coatings).

Thermoelectric materials have been used in Radioisotrope Thermoelectric generators (RTG) as auxiliary power for space exploration. The energy efficiency is determined by the figure-of-merit zT, which is dependent on material properties such as electrical and thermal conductivity, Seebeck coefficient etc. By phase diagram assisted defect engineering, thermoelectric properties were enhanced. This methodology of property design could be applied to other structural materials for space applications.

Yinglu studied thermoelectric materials during her PhD at Caltech and postdoc at EMPA, Switzerland, focusing on high temperature transport properties of intermetallics. Before joining TU Delft, she worked as a research scientist on electrical contact material for ABB, Switzerland.

High-throughput screening is a well-established method for scientific experimentation in chemistry and biology. The tests are designed to quickly obtain easily accessible data (called descriptors) that are related to the desired properties. The presented method comprises the synthesis of samples using drop on demand methods and laser bed fusion. The samples obtain a defined microstructure and are subsequently subjected to fast descriptor tests giving new insights in materials parameter space.

2008 Professor, Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Germany.
2003 Habilitation, Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
1999 Ph.D., Process Engineering, Univ. of Freiberg, Germany.

The upperstages of the European Ariane 5 and Ariane 6 launchers are built in Bremen under the prime industrial leadership of ArianeGroup. Ariane 6 is  now taking shape despite the Covid crisis while Ariane 5 succeeded its third launch of 2020 last August.  But the future is already ongoing with the preparation of  even more competitive upperstages using carbon and 3D printing and the development of the reusable and ultra-low cost engine Prometheus…

As  space is experiencing an industrial revolution, ArianeGroup GmbH highlights key updates to make European space  more competitive, more digital, and more than ever strategic for Europe to remain a true space player in the global space race.

Jens Lassmann, age 58, Head of Site Bremen and responsible for launcher environments and control in ArianeGroup. More than 25 years of experience in launcher development and exploitation. Head of project for today’s Ariane 5 upper stage. PhD  in space technology at the University of Technology, Berlin

For spacecraft visiting rubble pile asteroids it is important to safely interact with the granular materials at the surface of these objects. We propose the use of flexible probes for digging into a granular material under conditions of low gravity. In our experiments we show that low-speed interactions reduce the effects of shock wave creation and observe that more flexible diggers allow the grains to rearrange and therefore lower the peak loads experienced.

Jonathan Kollmer received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2015. His thesis topic was 'Harmonic, Subharmonic and Quasi-Periodic Flows in Granular Matter' with a focus on granular dynamics in microgravity. After completing his Ph.D., he was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the North Carolina State University, where he studied photo-elastic force measurements and application of network theory to granular media. In 2018 he returned to Germany to work towards habilitation at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Here he applies his expertise in granular materials to experimentally research early planet formation processes as well as natural and robotic interaction with asteroid surfaces.

Spacesuits for planetary surface activities face a set of design challenges such as limited maintenance capabilities. Suit textiles for future lunar or Martian EVA’s need to have capabilities not required for Earth orbit operations, such as high abrasive and microbial resistance or radiation protection. We report on the challenges of planetary surface activities derived from Mars analog simulations as well as an ongoing ESA project to identify textile candidates for future lunar spacesuits.

PhD in exploration astrobiology (Univ. Innsbruck), teaches and does research at various universities in the field of human Mars exploration and Astrobiology. Dr. Groemer led 12 Mars expedition simulations, including the Dhofar desert in Oman, or the Northern Sahara, and leads the development of the experimental spacesuit simulator Aouda.

Shape memory polymer composites (SMPCs) and cosmic ray shielding (CRS) materials are advanced materials for space applications. To evaluate their behaviour in microgravity and the harsh space environment, a series of space experiments have been developed. This paper provides an overview of such experiments.

Loredana Santo is full professor of Manufacturing and Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Her scientific activity has been mainly focused on innovative materials and processes, and industrial sustainability. She is author of more than 150 scientific papers.

Although humans have not travelled beyond the Moon, yet, global space business (excluding the downstream services) exceeds nowadays €80bn a year. This business depends on carrying from Earth all required hardware or resources. The possibility of extracting raw materials, resources and rocket propellant, is what drives the US, Russia, China and others to prospect and settle the Moon. The talk will outline American and European lunar programmes and introduce a few thoughts about Europe’s options for projecting influence and creating an ecosystem in a quest shaped by both co-operation and competition.

Silvio leads the New Space Exploration Programmes of Airbus, creating missions, vehicles and technologies to make human expansion into space possible and sustainable. In his previous position in Airbus, he was in charge of developing new launcher programmes and business for Airbus Defence and Space, both in Europe and internationally – among which ARIANE 6 and ADELINE. He joined the then-EADS Group in 2005 in the Paris area, to co-ordinate Astrium Space Transportation relations with the European Space Agency.

Beyond Airbus, Silvio worked for Ariane Group, EUMETSAT, Vega, Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space on all sorts of space programmes – launchers, satellites (Earth observation, navigation) and human spaceflight – in both industry and government across Europe. Starting off as a system engineer, he worked in project management, business development, policy, procurement, launch operations and general management, living in locales as different as Turin, Bremen, Paris, Strasbourg, Darmstadt and French Guiana.

Silvio completed the Corso in Scienze Aerospaziali with Politecnico, Turin, in 1990, and the Master of Space Studies with the International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, in 1998. Since 2019 he is a member of the ISU Board of Trustees.

Based in Bremen, Germany, married with three daughters and a proud EU citizen (French and Italian), Silvio is thrilled by the opportunities offered by our civilisation’s expansion into space and by Europe’s role in it.

In Order to study the formation of the solar system and the evolution of life it is necessary to study smaller bodies like comets, asteroids and smaller moons. All these objects have a common property, they have very weak gravitation and no atmosphere so that no sophisticated landing systems are necessary.

In Previous Project (Mars Lander) a crushable Sandwich shell made of aluminium honeycomb and aramid layers was manufactured and tested. GNC-systems (Guidance, Navigation and Control) are in this case necessary to reach the right landing position.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. A.S. Herrmann

Born 1958 in Hamburg, Germany,Study of mechanical engineering at Technical University of Clausthal

Professor at the University of Bremen, Director of the Fibreinstitut e.V., Managing Director Composite Technology Center CTC Stade a subsidiary of Airbus

The artist as a pollinator of ideas, experiments and insights. Belgian artist Frederik de Wilde is working at the interstice of art, science and technology. Frederik's talk will cover his artistic crossover praxis and a selection of collaborative projects with scientists, universities and organisations worldwide.  

Frederik de Wilde is working at the interstice of art, science and technology.

Investigating materials under space environment conditions requires the artificial recreation of both corpuscular and electromagnetic radiation under ultra-high vacuum conditions. DLR’s Complex Irradiation Facility combines a proton and an electron accelerator as well as electromagnetic radiation sources with broad wavelength range from ultraviolet radiation to infrared radiation in one facility. It is used to investigate the aging of materials in simulated space environment.

Patric Seefeldt is a 37 years old mechanical engineer with a diploma (RWTH Aachen 2010) and a PhD (University of Bremen 2018). As deputy head of the Mechanics and Thermal Systems Department (since 2016) and head of the Material Aging Group (since 2019) at DLRs’ Institute of Space Systems he is pursuing research in the field of innovative applications of new materials for space technologies.

In this talk ceramic-based inverse opal photonic crystals produced via ALD will be presented and their behavior when exposed to high temperatures depicted. Special focus will be given on the refractory material mullite and the characterization via synchrotron-based X-ray computed tomography. Although some structural features presented relevant dimensional changes, a photonic band gap was identified even after exposure at 1400 °C, a remarkable achievement concerning temperature stability.

Kaline Furlan's current research topics focus on bio-inspired materials for photonic and structural applications, as well as the application of atomic layer deposition for the fabrication of nanostructures. Her expertise lies in the development or tailoring of manufacturing techniques for the fabrication of advanced materials and composites.