Sebastian Lein - Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme - Universität Stuttgart

Sebastian Lein
Employment History
Curriculum Vitae
01/2006 – present Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme (IRS), Universität Stuttgart
� Research associate / doctoral candidate
� Thesis working title: Development of an Optical
Emission Spectroscopy based Sensor System for
Application on Re-Entry Vehicles
Project & Research Experience
01/2006 - present Payload development within the ESA EXPERT project
(Phases B – E)
� Development of 3 sensor systems to investigate
aero-thermodynamic phenomena
� Engineer-in-charge of the Shock-Layer Chemistry
Experiment RESPECT (emission spectroscopy)
� Definition of payload specification incl. thermal,
mechanical, electrical and data interface
specifications
� CAD design using CATIA V5
� Thermal analysis using Ansys Workbench 10
� Payload assembly and integration
� Planning, organization and supervision of
qualification campaign
� Numerical CFD and radiation simulation for
definition of measurement specifications and
scientific requirements using URANUS and
PARADE
� Documentation, amongst others PDR, CDR and
TRR data packages for the 3 payloads
03/2008 – 05/2009 ESA program In-Flight Research on Radiation/Ablation
Coupling - Filling a 40 Year Gap After FIRE II, RadFlight
(EADS Astrium ST industrial contract)
� Definition of scientific objectives
� Selection of instrumentation for a hyperbolic reentry
vehicle according to scientific objectives
� Assessment of payload design (phase A study)
07/2007 – 08/2007 CFD validation in CO2 environment
(FGE Ltd. industrial contract)
� CO2 plasma jet characterization with emphasis on
optical emission spectroscopy and Fabry-Perot-
Interferometry
� Planning and execution of plasma wind tunnel test
campaign
� Set-up of measurement technique
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03/2006 – 04/2006 PARES TPS material qualification tests
(EADS industrial contract)
07/2004 – 02/2005 Development of the PHLUX sensor prototype (EXPERT
payload) to measure the dissociation degree of a plasma
based on catalytic effects, student thesis, Institut für
Raumfahrtsysteme
10/2003 – 10/2003 Verification tests of the ISS payload Materials Science
Laboratory, vacation job, EADS Space Transportation
04/2002 - 11/2002 Calculation of cooling circuit pressure levels and system
verification tests of the ISS payload Materials Science
Laboratory, internship, Astrium GmbH
Education
10/1999 – 12/2005 Universität Stuttgart
Languages
Awards
Course of studies: Aerospace Engineering
Specialization: Space Systems
Thermodynamics
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur, December 2005
Final thesis: Development of an Optical Emission
Spectroscopy based Sensor System
for Application on Re-Entry Vehicle
EXPERT
German mother tongue
English fluent
French basics
3rd Place Student Poster Competition Award at the 6th
International Planetary Probe Workshop, Atlanta
Accepted into the Student Scholarship Programme for the
6th International Planetary Probe Workshop, Atlanta by
the International Organizing Committee
Accepted into the 9th Student Participation Programme for
the 58th International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad
by the European Space Agency
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Publications (partial list)
Articles in peer-reviewed Journals
S. Lein, A. Steinbeck, A. Preci, M. Fertig, G. Herdrich, H.-P. Röser und M. Auweter-Kurtz,
Final Design and Performance Parameters of the Payloads PYREX, PHLUX and
RESPECT on EXPERT, ISTS-Paper 2009-m-01, 27th International Symposium on
Space Technology and Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 2009 – submitted to on-line journal
Transactions of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan, 2010.
G. Herdrich, M. Fertig, S. Lein, S. Löhle, A. Preci, A. Steinbeck, R. Wernitz, M. Auweter-
Kurtz und H.-P. Röser, Current status of instrumentation developments at IRS:
in situ investigations and airborne measurement campaigns, in: Acta
Astronautica, v. 66, iss. 7-8, p. 1087-1098, 2010.
S. Lein, T. Reimer, K. Stubicar, F. Deuble, M. Auweter-Kurtz, G. Herdrich und M. Winter,
Development of the re-entry spectrometer RESPECT for the ESA capsule
EXPERT, in: Acta Astronautica, v. 64, iss. 4, p. 416-426, 2009.
M. Schüßler, M. Auweter-Kurtz, G. Herdrich, S. Lein, Surface characterization of
metallic and ceramic TPS-materials for reusable space vehicles, in: Acta
Astronautica, v. 65, iss. 5-6, p. 676-686, 2009.
A. Steinbeck, S. Lein, G. Herdrich, H.-P. Röser, J. Hollandt und B. Gutschwager, Die
Sensorsysteme PYREX, PHLUX und RESPECT auf der Wiedereintrittskapsel,
November 2009, Page 2/3 EXPERT, Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt,
Braunschweig und Berlin, ISBN 3-9810021-9-9, 2009
S. Löhle, C. Eichhorn, A. Steinbeck, S. Lein, G. Herdrich, H.-P. Röser und M. Auweter-
Kurtz, Oxygen Plasma Flow Properties deduced from Laser-induced
Fluorescence and Probe Measurements, in: Applied Optics IP, vol. 47, Issue 11,
pp.1837-1845, 2008
Conference Papers
S. Lein, A. Preci, M. Fertig, G. Herdrich und M. Auweter-Kurtz, Optical Design and
Layout of the In-Flight Spectrometer System RESPECT on EXPERT, Paper AIAA-
2009-7263, 16th AIAA/DLR/ DGLR International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems
and Technologies Conference, Bremen, Germany, 2009
A. Steinbeck, S. Lein, G. Herdrich, H.-P. Röser, J. Hollandt und B. Gutschwager, Die
Sensorsysteme PYREX, PHLUX und RESPECT auf der Wiedereintrittskapsel
EXPERT, Fachtagung Temperatur 2009, Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt,
Braunschweig und Berlin, ISBN 3-9810021-9-9, 2009
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