Rohan Dhotre

Working as a Student Assistant (HiWi) focused on advanced material fabrication and testing for lunar exploration missions. Key Impact: Specimen Fabrication: Designed casting molds and controlled cooling rates to produce pure regolith test specimens for material characterization. Material Testing: Characterizing regolith composite structures (incorporating space-grade polymers, aluminum, and carbon black) to evaluate mechanical properties. Mission Application: Generating experimental data to assess the feasi

Combining my role as a Student Assistant (HiWi) and Master’s Thesis to automate and optimize next-generation aerospace structures. Key Impact: Simulation & Automation: Built a zero-manual-intervention end-to-end pipeline using Rhino/Grasshopper, Abaqus/CAE, and Python. FEA Modeling: Developed 5 high-fidelity CAE/FEM lightweight panel models and evaluated structural performance under combined compression and shear loads. Design Optimization: Implemented a 2-stage Genetic Algorithm (GA) for Voronoi topology e

Worked as a Simulation Engineer Intern within the Mechanics, Crash & Acoustics division. Key Impact: Advanced Simulation: Set up particle-wall and fluid-wall interaction simulations using a meshfree numerical solver (MESHFREE) for snow adhesion modeling. Material Modeling: Implemented, validated, and conducted parameter studies on Hertz, JKR, and Thornton material models to characterize adhesion and friction. Automation Scripting: Developed a Python/MATLAB post-processing script that automatically extracted

1. The main task was to develop a software solution for a "Cable Pathfinding Tool" using the "Synera" program. During the project, specific knowledge in low-code software development was acquired and effective applications were implemented with Synera to ensure optimal use of satellite resources. 2. Conducted mission analysis for an Earth-imaging satellite constellation at LEO, aimed at achieving 1m/pixel resolution with a 24-hour revisit time. Additionally, I researched satellite thermal systems, includin

1. Prototype development to Serial Production through HDPC (High Pressure Die Casting), LDPC (Low Pressure) and GDC (Gravity) route. 2. Check the quality of Material, Requirements and Quality of products manufactured and suggestions to improve quality with cost efficient techniques.

Started my M.Sc in Space Engineering at University of Bremen.