Martin Tajmar

Martin Tajmar, 2009

Martin Tajmar (born July 2, 1974 in Vienna ) is an Austrian physics engineer, professor and director of the Institute for Aerospace Technology at the Technical University of Dresden , lecturer at the Technical University of Vienna and the International Space University , France.

Life

Tajmar began his work in the field of plasma physics at the Technical University of Vienna in Austria . After a stay in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California at NASA, a research activity at ESTEC of the European Space Agency ESA followed .

From 2005 to 2010 Martin Tajmar headed the Space Propulsion department (later “Space Propulsion and Advanced Concepts”) at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) Seibersdorf. There Tajmar and his department developed a form of ion drive , so-called Feep-Thruster (Field Emission Electric Propulsion-Thruster) for satellites and probes, such as. B. for SMART-1 and LISA Pathfinder . From 2010 to 2012 he researched and taught as Associate Professor for Aerospace Engineering at KAIST in Daejeon , South Korea and was head of the Aerospace Engineering department at the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt .

Martin Tajmar's other research activities included a. in the field of the Biefeld-Brown effect and the Casimir effect .

Non-repeatable experiments on gravity

Tajmar claimed to have demonstrated an equivalent to magnetism for gravity in his experiments with rapidly rotating superconductors made of niobium . Therefore, this work was reported in the national media. The measured gravito-magnetic effect seemed to be many orders of magnitude larger than was to be expected according to the known theory of the Lense-Thirring effect (factor ). Tajmar also developed a theory of the alleged effect; however, this contradicts the results of an experiment with a rotating cylinder made of superconducting lead and laser gyroscopes at the University of Canterbury , New Zealand. ${\displaystyle 10^{18}}$

More recent work by Tajmar indicates a misinterpretation of his measurement results. It is possible that the liquid helium used for cooling influenced the measuring equipment.

Academic degrees

• 1997 Dipl.-Ing. , Department of Technical Physics , Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• 1998 Master in Space Studies (MSS), International Space University, France
• 1999 Doctorate to Dr.-Ing. at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology.

Awards

• 2001: ARC Award from the Austrian Research Center (now the Austrian Institute of Technology ), first prize in the science category
• 2001 and 2000: Funded by the “Window on Science” program of the US Air Force
• 1999: Funded by the “International Communication” program of the Austrian research community

Fonts

• Martin Tajmar: Advanced space propulsion systems. Springer, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-211-83862-7 .
• Nembo Buldrini, Martin Tajmar: Experimental Results of the Woodward Effect in a Micro-Newton Thrust Balance. in: Marc G. Millis, et al .: Frontiers of propulsion science. American Inst. Of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston 2009, ISBN 978-1-56347-956-4 , pp. 373-389.
• M. Tajmar et al .: Possible Gravitational Anomalies in Quantum Materials - Phase I: Experiment Definition and Design. ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.1 MB), AFRL-MN-EG-TR-2007-7012, Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, 2007, accessed on December 9, 2010
• M. Tajmar et al .: Possible Gravitational Anomalies in Quantum Materials - Phase II: Experiment Assembly, Qualification and Test Results. ( Memento of September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 2.1 MB), AFRL-MN-EG-TR-2007-7013, Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, 2007, accessed December 9, 2010

Web links

• Web presence of Martin Tajmars , ilsb, TU Vienna
• Towards a new test of general relativity? , (Gravitomagnetic Field Experiment) European Space Agency , March 23, 2006
• Publication List Tajmar @ Astrophysics Data System (accessed September 18, 2012)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New appointment to the professorship for space systems
2. ↑ Portrait Tajmar tu-dresden.de, accessed on July 5, 2012
3. ↑ University lecturer @ ilsb.tuwien.ac.at
4. ↑ SMART-1, Europe's first moon mission, starts on September 28, wienerzeitung.at, April 6, 2005
5. ↑ Space: Minimundus profil.at, December 16, 2006, accessed on December 11, 2010
6. ↑ Engines, probes and communication diepresse.com, July 18, 2009, accessed on December 6, 2010
7. ↑ STANDARD interview derstandard.at, September 24, 2007
8. ↑ Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn. Martin Tajmar. tu-dresden.de, accessed on April 21, 2019 . 
9. ↑ I expect great discoveries on Mars derstandard.at, accessed on April 18, 2011
10. ↑ M. Tajmar: Biefeld-Brown Effect: Misinterpretation of Corona Wind Phenomena . In: AIAA Journal . tape 42 , no. 2 , February 2004, p. 315-318 , doi : 10.2514 / 1.9095 .
11. ^ M. Tajmar: Finite Element Simulation of Casimir Forces in Arbitrary Geometries . In: International Journal of Modern Physics C . tape 15 , no. December 10 , 2004, pp. 1387-1395 , doi : 10.1142 / S0129183104006807 .
12. ↑ Martin Tajmar, Florin Plesescu, Bernhard Seifert, Klaus Marhold: Measurement of Gravitomagnetic and Acceleration Fields around Rotating Superconductors . In: AIP Conference Proceedings . tape 880 . AIP Publishing, 2007, p. 1071-1082 , doi : 10.1063 / 1.2437552 .
13. ↑ Martin Tajmar, Florin Plesescu, Bernhard Seifert, Klaus Marhold: Measurement of Gravitomagnetic and Acceleration Fields around Rotating Superconductors . In: AIP Conference Proceedings . tape 880 . AIP Publishing, 2007, p. 1071-1082 , doi : 10.1063 / 1.2437552 .
14. ↑ Experiments by the physicist Martin Tajmar sparked debates. February 4, 2008, archived from the original on October 6, 2013 ; Retrieved November 7, 2013 . 
15. ↑ Article from Die Zeit by Ralf Krauter May 17, 2007: “The End of Difficulty” , accessed on March 22, 2011
16. ↑ Article from "Deutschlandfunk" , November 16, 2006: "Gravitation at the push of a button", accessed on March 22, 2011
17. ↑ M. Tajmar, CJ de Matos: Gravitomagnetic field of a rotating superconductor and of a rotating superfluid . In: Physica C: Superconductivity . tape 385 , no. 4 , April 1, 2003, p. 551-554 , doi : 10.1016 / S0921-4534 (02) 02305-5 .
18. ↑ M. Tajmar, CJ de Matos: Extended analysis of gravitomagnetic fields in rotating superconductors and superfluids . In: Physica C: Superconductivity . tape 420 , no. 1-2 , March 15, 2005, pp. 56-60 , doi : 10.1016 / j.physc.2005.01.008 .
19. ^ RD Graham, RB Hurst, RJ Thirkettle, CH Rowe, PH Butler: Experiment to detect frame dragging in a lead superconductor . In: Physica C: Superconductivity . tape 468 , no. 5 , March 1, 2008, p. 383-387 , doi : 10.1016 / j.physc.2007.11.011 ( manuscript , PDF; 339 kB).
20. ↑ M. Tajmar, F. Plesescu: Fiber ‐ Optic ‐ Gyroscope Measurements Close to Rotating Liquid Helium . In: AIP Conference Proceedings . tape 1208 . AIP Publishing, 2010, p. 220-226 , doi : 10.1063 / 1.3326250 .
21. ↑ Martin Tajmar: Backflow contamination of a Cesium field-emission-electric-propulsion (FEEP) thruster . 1997 (Vienna, Techn. Univ., Dipl.-Arb., 1997).
22. ↑ Martin Tajmar: 3D numerical plasmasimulation and backflow contamination of a cesium field-emission-electric-propulsion (FEEP) emitter and thermionic neutralizer . 1999 (Vienna, Techn. Univ., Diss., 1999).
23. ^ Edith Bachkönig: ARC Award for satellite engine. orf.at, accessed on April 21, 1019 . 
24. ↑ AFOSR: Window on Science (WOS) ( Memento from September 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Factsheet, accessed on January 26, 2011
25. ↑ International Communication ( Memento of October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Description of the research funding program, accessed on January 26, 2011