| Dr. Martin Zell | |
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Head of Fluid Physic and Lab Support Equipment; MSG Project Manager Astrium GmbH Germany |
| Date, Loc. of Birth: | 18
July 1956, Tettnang/Germany |
| Company: | Astrium
GmbH (since 1988) |
| Education: |
Mechanical
Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. Ph.D. thesis, 1991 (Dr.-Ing.) on boiling phenomena and related heat and mass transfer under reduced gravity conditions |
| Current Position: | Head of Fluid Physic and Lab Support Equipment; MSG Project Manager |
| Experience: | |
| 1983 - 1988 | Scientist
at TUM in the field of microgravity research - Scientific development of µg-experiments * TEXUS experiment modules 8/10/11/13 ("Blasenbildung", "Einzelblase") * MAUS DG504 ("Siedekurven") - Conception and execution of 2 parabolic flight experiments (15 flights) - On-line telemetry data processing for MEDEA-HPT during D1- Mission - Breadboarding of a boiling experiment in a holographic interferometer for HOLOP D-2 |
| Since 1988 | System Engineer at Dornier GmbH, mg Materials Science Department |
| 1988 - 1990 | -
Responsible system engineer (thermal layout, development and acceptance
tests, data processing) for the development of the HOLOP D-2 Facility
(Phase C/D) - Design and test of the HOLOP Test Experiment Drawer (TED) - Thermal layout of the HOLOP Experiment Drawer MARCO - System engineer for the development HOLOP D-2 Experiment ISIS |
| 1990 - 1994 | System engineer and project manager deputy for BDPU Test Container on IML-2, phase C/D (ESA contract) |
| 1994 - 1995 | Project
manager f. an ALS subcontract within the BDPU-reflight project on
LMS 1994 - 1996 - Project manager for the BDPU-TC reflight project on LMS, ESA C/D contract |
| Since 1996 | Head of Fluid Physics & Lab Support Equipment department |
| 1996 - 1997 | Project manager for the Alenia subcontract FSL phase B0/B1 |
| 1997 | Project manager and system engineer for the RFR feasibility assessment |
| 1997 - 1998 | Project manager for the RFR phase A study |
| 1998 - 2000 | Study manager for "DIAMOND" technology project phase 1 |
| 1999 - 2001 | Beos-R&D responsible for Cluster 15 "New Payload Technologies" |
| 2000 - 2001 | Program responsible for Fluid Science, Combustion and LSE |
| 2000 - 2002 | Project Manager for Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) Phase C/D/E |
| 2002 | System Integration Manager for MSG-BTF (Belg. Taxiflight) |
| 2002 | Study manager for FSL Experiment Containers Ph. A/B |
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