Norman Gondol
Email: norman.gondol@edu.ku-tokyo.ac.jp
Biography
2012/10 - 2019/03
Diploma Program in Mechanical Engineering/Aerospace Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Thesis topic: Development and Experimental Investigation of a 200 W Hall-Effect Thruster With Permanent Magnets
2019/04 - 2022/06
Doctoral candidate, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Dissertation: Electric Space Propulsion Concepts Using Calcium Aluminate Electride Hollow Cathodes
2023/01 to present
Visiting researcher, Koizumi Laboratory, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Main research topic: Low-power magnetically shielded Hall thruster using water vapor as the propellantHobbies
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Playing guitar
Learning languages
Traveling (been to 20+ countries)
Reading books
Some of my favorite books:
- Trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen, Viktor Frankl (engl.: Man's Search for Meaning)
- Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky
- The Matter With Things, Ian McGilchrist
- Red Famine, Anne Applebaum
- Siddharta, Hermann Hesse
- Waking Up, Sam Harris
- In Stahlgewittern, Ernst Jünger (engl.: In Storms of Steel))
Conferences
IEPC 2019 Vienna, Austria
Space Propulsion Conference 2020+1 (online)
IAC 2021 Dubai, UAE
IEPC 2022 Boston, USA
Journal Publications
- Gondol, N., Tajmar, M. (2021): Design of a hollow cathode thruster: concepts, parameter study, and initial test results. CEAS Space J 14, 65–77 (2022)
- Gondol, N., Tajmar, M. (2022): Experimental Investigation of Electric Propulsion Systems Using C12A7 Electride Hollow Cathodes. CEAS Space J (2022)
- Gondol, N., Tajmar, M. (2022): A Volume-Averaged Plasma Model for Heaterless C12A7 Electride Hollow Cathodes. CEAS Space J (2022)
- Gondol, N., Tajmar, M. (2022): Development and testing of a low‑current applied‑field magnetoplasmadynamic thruster with a rectangular discharge channel. Journal of Electric Propulsion (2022) 1:23
