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| Customer: ESA/ESTEC (2003 – 2006) |  | Development of an advanced insulation subsystem (=package between the hot ceramic shingles and the cold aluminum vehicle structure) for re-entry space vehicles by identification and test of new materials with a hot test up to 1.600°Celsius of the final insulation package. |
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| Customer: ESA/ESTEC (2003 – 2006) |  | Smart TPS can be defined as systems able to "feel" an applied thermo-mechanical environment and to change their basic properties to "react or adapt" to the environment. More than 30 concepts have been identified, around 5 concepts have been assessed in more detail, and 1 concept has been breadboarded and tested. This was an adaptive paint which protects the cold structure in case of failure of the hot ceramic cover shingles of a space re-entry vehicle. |
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| Customer: ESA/ESTEC (2007 – 2008) |  | Epoxy matrices in combination with carbon nano-material improves the thermal conductivity between an electronic chip and its substrate. In addition the thermal expansion coefficient will be reduced considerably. This study shall tailor the present material to that specific application. |
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| Customer: ESA/ESTECand CNES (2006 – 2009) | 
| The objectives of the work are to develop and validate models and tools to account for the phenomena linked to the presence of particles in Mars atmosphere. |
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