{"id":398,"date":"2021-09-16T12:56:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T12:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/snt-fr\/news\/introducing-the-space-systems-engineering-research-group\/"},"modified":"2021-09-16T12:56:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T12:56:58","slug":"introducing-the-space-systems-engineering-research-group","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/snt-fr\/news\/introducing-the-space-systems-engineering-research-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Space Systems Engineering Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwfr.uni.lu\/snt\/people\/andreas_hein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Andreas Hein<\/a> loves space and complex systems. He\u00a0joined\u00a0SnT\u00a0on 1 September 2021\u00a0as Head of the\u00a0new Space Systems Engineering\u00a0(SpaSys)\u00a0research group, where he plans to research disruptive future space systems. He also\u00a0recently\u00a0held a session\u00a0at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ictspring.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ICT Spring 2021<\/a>, a two-day global tech conference hosting international professionals in FinTech,\u00a0Cybersecurity and\u00a0Space\u00a0Technologies,\u00a0which took\u00a0place on the 14 and 15 September\u00a0in Luxembourg. We spoke to Prof. Hein to discover more about his research interests and his life so far as an engineer.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>SnT: Welcome to SnT! Could you tell us\u00a0about your background and how you came to research space systems?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Hein:<\/strong> From my\u00a0very\u00a0early childhood, I was\u00a0mesmerised\u00a0by visions of what our future world might look like.\u00a0I was always drawing planes, trains and spacecraft \u2013 and if I wasn\u2019t drawing them, you can bet I was reading books or watching TV shows that might provide a glimpse into the future of technology, for example, Kenneth Gatland\u2019s \u201cThe World of the Future\u201d books and the Czech series \u201cThe Visitors\u201d. With that being my interest, I knew I wanted to take it as far as I could. I went on to study space systems at the Technical University of Munich. While I was there, I got interested in the field of systems engineering, which focuses on methods and approaches of designing complex systems \u2013 such as cars, airplanes and spacecraft. The notion that one method of thinking could actually build all of these different systems was fascinating, and so, in my Ph.D., I combined these two\u00a0fields. Once I finished, I wanted to explore domains outside of space, which led me into developing sustainable industrial systems \u2013 including how we can reduce resource and energy consumption in industrial parks and factories.\u00a0It was quite a transition from designing satellites to visiting waste incineration plants.\u00a0From there, I went on to work with autonomous vehicles and electric vehicles, and have come full circle back to space systems engineering.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What is your\u00a0favourite career highlight\u00a0so far?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>My favourite highlight is related to the 2017 appearance of the interstellar object known as\u00a0\u2018Oumuamua.\u00a0This cigar-shaped object\u00a0entered our solar system from another, and was the first time\u00a0such a phenomenon\u00a0took place in our solar system (that we know of). Its name means <i>a messenger reaching out from the distant past<\/i>\u00a0in Hawaiian, as it\u2019s hypothesised that this object has been floating through\u00a0interstellar space\u00a0for millennia.\u00a0The very nature of the object, whether it is an asteroid, comet, or something else is still unknown\u00a0\u2013 but it presented a unique opportunity to study something from another star system without actually needing to travel to one. All we needed was to get to this object. The general consensus at the time was that the object was travelling far too fast to be observed from anywhere but afar, but I put together a team of volunteers and we managed to\u00a0demonstrate that it is indeed possible to travel to \u2018Oumuamua. It helped to change the perception of field missions to interstellar objects by proving it was possible with our existing,\u00a0or near-future,\u00a0technology.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What are you looking to achieve through your work?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Sustainability is the key to our work as engineers when thinking about the possibility of\u00a0expanding into\u00a0space.\u00a0I worked with French entrepreneur Jean-Baptiste\u00a0Rudelle\u00a0on this question,\u00a0and\u00a0we\u00a0came to the conclusion\u00a0that we cannot consider the idea of living in space\u00a0on\u00a0a large scale\u00a0without creating a sustainable Earth. The reason\u00a0behind this is\u00a0simple. Living in space will always be much more expensive than living on Earth, as\u00a0it\u00a0provides us with many things we need to create artificially in space. Think of air, food, water, and things we take for granted such as gravity and atmospheric pressure. For economic reasons alone,\u00a0we are bound to Earth\u00a0and our\u00a0space activities need the umbilical cord\u00a0to\u00a0the Earth economy.\u00a0But\u00a0space and\u00a0Earth\u00a0can certainly work hand in hand.\u00a0For example, fighting climate change is impossible to imagine without data we get from Earth observation satellites.\u00a0My long-term goal is to contribute towards sustainable development on Earth via space \u2013 and hopefully vice versa in the future, develop space from a sustainable Earth.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What is the most rewarding thing about being an engineer?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Engineering is such a rewarding career path in general. In natural sciences, the focus is all about understanding and uncovering\u00a0the workings of Nature. But as engineers, although we do have to understand\u00a0nature\u00a0to work with\u00a0it, we\u2019re also creating things that can be helpful to life on our planet. Researching, developing and creating things brings with it a very deep satisfaction, as is seeing\u00a0your creation\u00a0help\u00a0to\u00a0improve\u00a0lives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>For anyone looking to start their career in engineering,\u00a0getting involved within a team of people and creating something together provides a great boost in morale \u2013 and it\u2019s essentially what all engineers do later on.\u00a0Today, there are numerous student design competitions you can join and make this\u00a0uniquely motivating experience,\u00a0and\u00a0it\u00a0can help you figure out if this is the right career path for you!\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Your research group has just begun working at SnT, what kind of projects will you be setting your sights on?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>SpaSys\u00a0is exploring\u00a0three\u00a0interrelated\u00a0topic areas.\u00a0The first area is\u00a0miniaturised\u00a0space systems.\u00a0We will be working on extremely small space systems \u2013 ones that are the size of a credit card\u00a0\u2013\u00a0called\u00a0ChipSats. We\u2019ll also be working on CubeSats, as well as exploring how these two can function in swarms or formations.\u00a0The second area\u00a0will be on space-based services, or collaborative space systems. The internet exploded in popularity because we have so many services that we can rely on \u2013 and so we\u2019d like to explore the possibility of having similar, collaborative infrastructures that can prepare new services in space. Possible examples include data\u00a0centres, as well as communications or resource infrastructure in space.\u00a0The third area is\u00a0space manufacturing and in-situ resource\u00a0utilisation, to drastically\u00a0expand what we can do in space.\u00a0<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p><p><i>Stay in the know. Connect with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnT_uni_lu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/snt-lu\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andreas Hein loves space and complex systems. He\u00a0joined\u00a0SnT\u00a0on 1 September 2021\u00a0as Head of the\u00a0new Space Systems Engineering\u00a0(SpaSys)\u00a0research group, where he plans to research disruptive future space systems. He also\u00a0recently\u00a0held a session\u00a0at ICT Spring 2021, a two-day global tech conference hosting international professionals in FinTech,\u00a0Cybersecurity and\u00a0Space\u00a0Technologies,\u00a0which took\u00a0place on the 14 and 15 September\u00a0in Luxembourg. 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