Mantis Society Study Center: European Space Agency Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) ESA ACT Ariadna Newsletter 2017

Thursday, October 5, 2017

European Space Agency Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) ESA ACT Ariadna Newsletter 2017_02 October 2017

Please find below the latest Ariadna Newsletter from ESA's Advanced Concepts Team, with news, information on ongoing and recently finished Ariadna studies, open ESA vacancy positions for researchers and recently published papers.

Ongoing Recent Ariadna Studies

Initial study description, performed with University of Liverpool, Department of Computer Science
Hybrid Propagation (16-4101)

Initial study description, performed with University of La Rioja, Departamento de Matemáticas y Computación
Quantum Metrology for Space-Based Tests of Gravitational Physics - QMAQRO (17-1201a)

Initial study description, performed with University of Warwick, Department of Physics
Quantum Metrology for Space-Based Tests of Gravitational Physics - Energy-Entangled photon pairs for probing general relativity with quantum states (17-1201b)

Initial study description, performed with University of Bern, Institute of Applied Physics
Local sleep episodes during wakefulness and space travel (17-9701)

Initial study description, performed with Université libre de Bruxelles, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Movement Biomechanics
Super-resolution via spatial mode demultiplexing and its applicability to observational astronomy (17-1501)

Initial study description, performed with Palacký University, Department of Optics
Radiation-Hardness Components at Scaled Technology Nodes (UTBB FDSOI28) – Test of Single-Events Effects in ARM Cores (15-7002)
Initial study description, performed with University of Saskatchewan
Growing Fungi Structures in Space (16-6101)
Initial study description, performed with University of Utrecht, Department of Biology
Assessment of physical exercise benefits on brain health for long-duration spaceflight (15-6301)
Initial study description, performed with University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics

Recently finished Ariadna Studies

Assessment of onboard DA state estimation for spacecraft relative navigation (16-5201)
Initial study description, performed with Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali
Final report
Game theoretic analysis of the space debris removal dilemma (15-8401)
Initial study description , performed with University of Liverpool, Department of Computer Science
Final report
Solar Rectennas - Nanosized Rectenna for Solar Cells (15-2101)
Initial study description , performed with Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Nanostructures department
Final report
Space-based femtosecond laser filamentation (13-9201)
Initial study description , performed with Ecole Polytechnique, Centre de Physique Théorique
Final report

Open Post-Doc Positions at ESA

ESA is currently recruiting post-docs for a number of research fellow positions in the following domains:

Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Modelling of Autonomous Target of Opportunity Operations, Req ID 2402 - Posted 27/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Exobiology Research Coordination, Req ID 2322 - Posted 22/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Opto-Mechanical Structural Assessment of Space Systems, Req ID 2203 - Posted 21/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) Scientific Study of the mission TML (Total Mass Loss) approach, Req ID 2481 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Space Automation and Robotics, Req ID 2202 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Space Environments and Effects, Req ID 2321 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Propagation and Interaction through/with Natural Media, Req ID 2261 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Low temperature radiation effects on space grade materials, Req ID 2181 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (Postdoc) in On-Board Data Processing, Req ID 2204 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Life and Physical Sciences, Req ID 2201 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in AOCS and Pointing Systems, Req ID 2205 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Radiation Hardness Assurance processes for COTS EEE Components, Req ID 2182 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in model-based Verification & Validation of autonomous systems, Req ID 2206 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Guidance Navigation and Control, Req ID 2301 - Posted 20/09/2017 -
Internal Research Fellow (PostDoc) in Earth Observation Exponential Technologies, Req ID 2341 - Posted 13/09/2017 -

The details of all ESA vacancy notices can be found here.

For upcoming internship, young graduate trainee and research fellow positions in the ACT please keep an eye on our vacancy page:

http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/opportunities/index.html

Recently published articles by ACT researchers

Since the beginning of the year, the team has published the following articles and papers

Grover, J. and Wittig, A., Black Hole Shadows and Invariant Phase Space Structures, arXiv,1705.07061 (), pp., 2017. (link)
Summerer, L., Goh Escolar, G., Bohlmann, U., Negoda, S., and Reynders, M., The Nuclear Power Sources Principles: Principles Relevant to the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space, Cologne Commentary on Space Law (CoCoSL) Vol.III, Hobe, S. and Schmidt-Tedd, B. and Schrogl, K.U.(Eds.), Carl Heymanns Verlag, London, pp.xxx-xxx, 2017. (link)
Mupparapu, R., Cunha, J., Jacassi, A., Tantussi, F., Proietti Zaccaria, R., and Summerer, L., Solar Rectennas - Nanosized Rectenna for Solar Cells, European Space Agency, the Advanced Concepts Team, Ariadna Excutive Summary (15-2101), 2017. (link)
Nisser, M., Izzo, D., and Borggraefe, A., An Electromagnetically Actuated, Self-Reconfigurable Space Structure, 31st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), 2017. (link)
van Hecke, K.,, de Croon, G.C.H.E., Hennes, D., Setterfield, T., Saenz-Otero, A., and Izzo, D.,43205adf2dc03ff7399c6a6321375963, Acta Astronautica, 140 , pp.1-7, 2017. (link)
Perez, Ivan, San-Martin, Montserrat, Lopez, Rosario, Vergara, Eliseo P., Wittig, Alexander, and San-Juan, Juan Felix, Forecasting Satellite Trajectories by Interpolating Hybrid Orbit Propagators, Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems (HAIS) - 12th International Conference, La Rioja, Spain, pp.650-661, 2017. (link)
Di Lizia, P., Massari, M., Cavenago, F., and Wittig, A., Assessment of onboard DA state estimation for spacecraft relative navigation, European Space Agency, Advanced Concepts Team, Ariadna Final Report (16-5201), 2017. (link)
Hey Tow, K., Chow, D. M., Vollrath, F., Dicaire, I., Gheysens, T., and Thevenaz, L., Exploring the use of native spider silk as an optical fibre for chemical sensing, Journal of Lightwave Technology, (),pp., 2017. (link)
K., Kolodziejczyk A., M., Harasymczuk, P., Girardin, and L., Davidova, Circadian Clock and Subjective Time Perception: A Simple Open Source Application for the Analysis of Induced Time Perception in Humans, ICTPTC 19(3) Part XIV, p. 1664-1668, 2017. (link)
Simoes, L.F., Izzo, D., Haasdijk, E., and Eiben, A.E., Multi-rendezvous Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization with Beam P-ACO, European Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, 2017. (link)
Izzo, D., Biscani, F., and Mereta, A., Differentiable Genetic Programming, EuroGP 2017: Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Genetic Programming, 2017. (link)
Nolte, A., Hennes, D., Izzo, D., Blum, C., Hafner, V., and Gheysens, T., A Note on the Depth-from-Defocus Mechanism of Jumping Spiders, Biomimetics, 2 (1), pp.3, 2017. (link)
Mereta, A., Izzo, D., and Wittig, A., Machine Learning of Optimal Low-thrust Transfers between Near-Earth Objects, Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems (HAIS) - 12th International Conference, La Rioja, Spain, pp.543-553, 2017. (link)