Delta-Utec Hall of Fame
Links to former formidable employees, stagiaires, consultants, subs, customers, partners
We apologize for any missing names.
Employees and stagiaires:
- Martin van de Pol: YES GPS Manager 1996-1997 - now fighter pilot.
- Gideon Zweijtzer: YES On-Board Computer design 1996, 1997 - now Electrical Engineer
- Jeffrey Hendrikse: TEAMSAT Power System 1997 - now ESA/ESTEC staff
- Natascha Klein: TEAMSAT Power System 1997 - now ESA/ESTEC staff
- Ron Noteborn: YES Tether Control System 1997 - now TERMA project engineer
- Eric Trottemant: TEAMSAT Harness 1997, YES attitude propagation - now ESA/ESTEC staff
- Remy van Leeuwen: TEAMSAT Harness 1997, YES attitude propagation - now doing Aerospace Master's
- Edwin Matthyssen: YES On-Board S/W 1997 - Electrical Engineering
- Michiel Pertijs: YES On-Board S/W 1997 - Electrical Engineer
- Robin Biesbroek: Low Thrust Trajectory Optimization 1998 - Started his own company
- Chris Blanksby: TSE validation 1999 as RMIT volunteer - Finished PhD in Melbourne for Prof. Pavel Trivailo
- Steef Zuiderwijk: Software engineer 1999/2000 - Started his own company
- Special thanks from Delta-Utec for generous YES support to:
. Koen Vos (YES On-Board Computer design),
. Oene Kerstjens (Absorptive Tether),
. Freddy de Guchteneire (Antenna construction),
. Patrick van Niftrick (GPS),
. Martijn Gram (PC104),
. Martijn Snoeij (PC104),
. Wouter Couzijn (PC104),
. Adriaan Gorun (TEAMSAT VHDL coding),
. Michiel Rodenhuis (Sunsensors),
. Han Limburg (QuickCam),
. Dan Grystadt (Tether brake test).
Special YES project thanks:
- YES would not have been possible without the help of:
. Joseph Carroll (Tether Applications),
. Luca Stagnaro (YES On-Board S/W Manager),
. Andy Bradford (TEAMSAT CATIA design), now working at Surrey Satellites
. Andreas Hedqvist (TEAMSAT Structural analysis),
. Cesar Gomez (TEAMSAT Thermal),
. Thomas Meier (TEAMSAT Thermal),
. Gerard Healey (TEAMSAT Harness Mapping),
. Fransesc Gallart (YES S/W Serial lines drivers),
. Jose Flores (Transponders),
. Dirk Hannes (Transponders),
. Oscar Del Rio Herrero (Antennae),
. Enrico Noack (OBC),
. David Leane (OBC),
. Boris Karamata (Ejection system & the critical tone),
. Pascal Aubry (Antennae),
. Jenny Kingston (Timeline),
. Arne Matthyssen (Timeline),
. Sven Hauptmann (Debris risk),
. Pablo Colmenajaro (GPS),
. The involved ESTEC staff & contractors
Consultants
- Larry O'Rourke - YES a.o. Radiation Exp.: now busy ESOC staff
- Infinidim - YES GPS
- Alberto Medina - YES GPS S/W
- Sytze Douma - Star Sensor Algorithm Test Tool
Subs, Customers, Partners
- Tether Applications: StarTrack, BeadSim tether simulator, YES & TSE tether H/W
- IRS Stuttgart: tether simulator comparison
- NIVR: YES, MEFIST
- Kayser-Threde: TSE Project Management, TATS study, Progress tethered re-entry
- Bradford Engineering: YES PC104, NedSat Project Management
- TNO-TPD: YES A/D converter logic, AUTEC, star sensor algorithm testing, MEFIST
- DSM Research: DUTether
- ESTEC/QMC: DUTether
- ESTEC/WK: SSATT
- ESTEC/WZ: Elspex/EuroMoon, LunarSat, YES, TEAMSAT support
- ESTEC/ADM: YES2
- ESTEC/WMM: Smart
- DSM High Performance Fibers: YES/StarTrack tether
- Eurocord, Netherlands: TSE
- TU Delft: Delphi smallsat/smallsat contacts
- NAL, Japan: TSSI member
- TMIT, Tokyo: TSSI member
- NASDA, Japan: TSSI member
- RMIT, Melbourne: TSSI member
- Alenia Spazio: TATS/TARGET, SESDE
- ACM: PCB's
- AirTec: YES tether cutters
- TU Muenchen: RAPUNZEL parabolic flight test
- DASA-RI: TSE partner
- DASA-RST: TSE partner
- Bristol Aerospace: TSE partner
- SENER: TSE partner
- OHB Bremen: YES GPS
- CNR-IFSI, Rome: Electrodynamic tethers
- FH Remagen: TSE, YES2
- RedShift, Belgium: YES2
- Aalborg University: Star sensor/GPS attitude test bed