Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering, University of Tokyo, 2027/09 (expected)
  • Graduate School of Engineering, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 2023/04
  • Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy - Specialization in Space Engineering and Numerical Simulation
  • Master’s Thesis: Simulation and experimental examination of direct solid propellant supply in a Hall thruster during exchange semester at the University of Tokyo - Komurasaki&Koizumi Laboratory
• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Stuttgart, 2019/11
  • Faculty of Aerospace Engineering and Geodesy
  • Bachelor Thesis: Investigation of the advantages of a three-stream turbine concept for heat management at MTU Aero Engines AG
• Abitur equals GCE A-levels, Gottlieb-Daimler-School 2, 2015/05
  • Specialization Environmental Technology
• Mittlere Reife equals GCE O-levels, Theodor-Schüz Secondary School, 2012/05

Work experience

• Institute of Space Systems (University of Stuttgart, IRS), Stuttgart
  • 08/2023-03/2024: Research assistant
  • Duties includes: Research about ABEP Intake Design
  • Supervisor: Professor Georg Herdrich
• DLR e.V. (German Aerospace Center), Stuttgart
  • 03/2020-09/2022: Student assistant
  • Duties includes: Programming of different data interfaces in python and implementation of an automatic test routine in gitlab
• TBCopters GmbH, Stuttgart
  • 05–07/2022-2023: Operation Management
  • Duties included: Delegate drone pilots and organize the trichogramma and flight permits
  • 05/2021-2022: Drone instructor
  • Duties included: Training of new drone pilots
  • 06+07/2020-2023: Drone pilot
  • Duties included: Spreading of trichogramma for biological pest control over corn fields with drones
• MTU Aero Engines AG, Munich
  • 04/2018 – 03/2019: Internship+Bachelor thesis
  • Duties includes: Development cost analysis of aeroengines, programming in FORTRAN, Thesis: investigation of the advantages of a three-stream turbine concept for heat management
• Institute of Aircraft Propulsion Systems (University of Stuttgart, ILA), Stuttgart
  • 10/2018-02/2019: Student assistant
  • Duties includes: Supporting other students during construction task
  • Supervisor: Professor Stephan Staudacher
• Porsche AG, Weissach
  • 06/2016 – 09/2017: Student assistant
  • Duties includes: Data management with Excel and research about RFID management
• AEROSPACELAB - Youth Research Center, Herrenberg
  • 10/2015 – 09/2022: Volunteer supervision of robotics group
  • Duties includes: Mentoring of a group of young students in building LEGO EV3 robots and participating in robotics competitions. Introduction to the basics of electronics and programming basics with Arduino-uno sets. Representation of the AEROSPACELAB at events
• University sports trampoline, Stuttgart
  • 10/2018 – 09/2022: Trainer
  • Duties includes: Trainer of the university trampoline sports group and organization of competitions.

Skills

• Programming
  • Python
  • Fortran
  • C, C++
  • Matlab+ Simulink
• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
  • Autodesk
  • Catia
  • Solid Works
• Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
  • Eagle
  • KiCad
• Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)
  • Hyperworks
  • Abaqus
• LabVIEW
• Languages
  • German
  • English (TOEFL IBT 113)
  • Japanese (N4)

Publications

PICLas-based Intake Simulation Activities for the development of an ABEP Specular Intake

: Barth N, Skalden J, Papavramidis K, Gutierrez E, Hild F, Beyer J, Pfeiffer M, Tietz R, Maier P, and Herdrich G. PICLas-based Intake Simulation Activities for the development of an ABEP Specular Intake. Accepted for publication at Springer Nature in April 2025.

Experimental Investigation on Ionization Length Required for Efficient Operation of Argon Hall Thrusters

Satpathy D, Sekine H, Barth N, Kawashima R, Komurasaki K, Koizumi H. Experimental investigation on ionization length required for efficient operation of argon Hall thrusters. Transactions of the Japan society for aeronautical and space sciences, 68(1), 12-18. 2025.

Feasibility studies for a dust observatory between Earth and the asteroid belt

Srama R, Klinkner S, Fugmann M, Lengowski M, Gläser J, Simolka J, Sommer M, Strack H, Acker D, Barth N, Eckstein S. and others. (2022)"Feasibility studies for a dust observatory between Earth and the asteroid belt." Acta Astronautica, 199, 36–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2022.06.022

DIANA-Dedicated Infrastructure and Architecture for Near-Earth Astronautics

Acker D, Gutierrez E, Pippert A, Barth N, Böttger J, Diamond M, Kugic A, Palacios Calatayud J, Modi P, Krein V, Khan SA. DIANA-Dedicated Infrastructure and Architecture for Near-Earth Astronautics. 51st International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES). 07/2022.

Academic Presentations

Magnetohydrodynamic Analysis of High Mass Flow Rate-Induced High-Density Plasma Hall Thruster Operation.

March 21, 2025

at Presented at the Asian Joint Conference on Propulsion and Power 2025,

PICLas-based Intake Simulation Activities for the Development of an ABEP Specular Intake

July 15, 2024

at 33rd International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics (RGD), 2024,

Solar Activity Dependency of a Specular Intake for an ABEP System

June 24, 2024

at 38th International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC), 2024,