University Greifswald
The University Greifswald was founded in 1456 and is one of the oldest academic institutions in Europe. Over 12,000 students from all over the world receive the most modern academic instruction and exciting research opportunities in a time-honoured environment. Research priorities at the University Greifswald are in the life sciences, physics and geosciences, cultural interaction in the Baltic/Nordic region, as well as law and economics. Scientists engage in interdisciplinary collaborations across faculties and aim for excellence in both research and teaching.
The Computational Science group at the Institute of Physics aims at bridging between different scientific problems using the experience to develop numerical models for complex, non-linear systems based on extensive projects in plasma physics from low-temperature and complex plasmas to high temperature fusion plasmas. Examples of successful collaborations are contacts with chemistry (molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry), medicine (magnetic resonance imaging correction), geology (sediment transport in the Baltic Sea, dune dynamics), biology (population dynamics) and other physics disciplines (modeling of particle traps, table tennis trajectories).
The University Greifswald was founded in 1456 and is one of the oldest academic institutions in Europe. Over 12,000 students from all over the world receive the most modern academic instruction and exciting research opportunities in a time-honoured environment. Research priorities at the University Greifswald are in the life sciences, physics and geosciences, cultural interaction in the Balt...
Universität Greifswald
Domstraße 11
17489 Greifswald
Germany
www.uni-greifswald.de
The role of the University Greifswald in the project
The development of electrostatic ion thrusters so far has mainly been based on empirical and qualitative know-how, and on evolutionary iteration steps. This resulted in considerable effort regarding prototype design, construction and testing and therefore in significant development and qualification costs and high time demands.
For future developments, the group of Prof. Dr. Ralf Schneider at the University implements simulation tools which aims at quantitative prediction of ion thruster performance, long-term behavior and spacecraft interaction prior to hardware design and construction. This integrated, modular approach was already successfully applied to combined thruster-plume modeling.
The group of Prof. Schneider has been working for more than 10 years on multiscale modeling of ion thrusters (SPT and HEMPT) using kinetic particle plasma models and wall models based on binary collision codes.
Other HEMPT-NG2 Consortium Members
As Power Lead Center inside the Thales Alenia Space group, Thales Alenia Space BELGIUM is the European number one in power conditioning and distribution equipment for any type of satellites. Thales Alenia Space BELGIUM is a Belgian industrial establishment with over 650 employees, 35,000 square meters of which 6,000 square meters of cleanrooms.
Aerospazio Tecnologie was founded in 2000 with the aim of providing testing and engineering services in the fields of vacuum technology and Electric Space Propulsion to European industries and R&D organisations. In 2003, the first vacuum test facility was employed for the endurance test of the RIT-22 thruster proposed by Astrium (now part of Airbus D&S) for the ESA Bepi-Colombo mission to Mercury.
The University of Greifswald was founded in 1456 and is one of the oldest academic institutions in Europe. Over 12,000 students from all over the world receive the most modern academic instruction and exciting research opportunities in a time-honoured environment. Research priorities at the University of Greifswald are in the life sciences, physics and geosciences, cultural interaction in the Baltic/Nordic region, as well as law and economics. Scientists engage in inter-disciplinary collaborations across faculties and aim for excellence in both research and teaching.
TAS-UK is a subsidiary company of Thales Alenia Space. A joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a key supplier of satellite and orbital infrastructure solutions. The company develops the very latest space and ground segment technologies for scientific, commercial, military and security applications. It is a global market leader in telecommunications, navigation, space exploration and Earth observation, particularly for weather forecasting, altimetry, oceanography and environmental management applications.
Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defense, aerospace and security markets worldwide. 22.000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems support Thales leading-edge technology.
The company Advanced Space Technologies GmbH has been founded by Dr. Harmann in June 2010. Funded by the European Commission, AST gained technological leadership in miniaturized fluid control components.
Advanced Space Power Equipment GmbH is a privately owned company registered in Germany. ASP is fully registered as Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME). The company was founded in January 2004. It is 100% privately owned. Most of the owners work in the company, a fact that definitely supports the strategic direction of the company towards long-term and sustainable business.