Wolfgang Koschel

Wolfgang Wilhelm Koschel (born October 30, 1938 in Berlin ) is a German aerospace engineer and former director of the Institute for Space Propulsion of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

Life

Koschel completed his studies in flight technology at the Technical University of Berlin from 1957 with distinction. He was initially a research assistant at the Institute for Aerospace Engines at the TU Berlin and a visiting researcher at Société Nationale d'Etudes et de Constructions de Moteurs d'Aviation in France. In 1970 he became a Dr.-Ing. At the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the TU Berlin with a thesis on the heat transfer of impact rays. PhD . He was a senior engineer at the Institute for Jet Propulsion and Turbo Machinery at RWTH Aachen University . In 1981 he qualified as a professor at RWTH Aachen University with a thesis on methods of thermodynamic function control and damage analysis of aircraft engines with the help of flight data recording systems and was appointed professor for the operational behavior of jet propulsion systems at RWTH Aachen University.

In 1995 Koschel was released from RWTH Aachen University and has since worked as Institute Director Space Propulsion at DLR in Hardthausen.

Koschel has been a member of the Catholic student association KDSt.V. since 1960 . Borusso-Saxonia Berlin in the CV .

Act

From 1987 to 1995 Wolfgang Koschel was a member of the steering committee of the National Hypersonic Technology Program of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research . From 1996 to 1997 he was a member of the “Space Transport” advisory group of the former German Space Agency .

He is a member of the “Industry and Research” committee of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry , a member of the “Space Infrastructure” program committee of DLR and of the “Haut Conseil Scientifique” of the Office National d'Études et de Recherches Aérospatiales in France.

In 2001 he was appointed as an expert in the international commission of inquiry into the missed flight No. 510 of Ariane 5 on July 12, 2001; He was the head of the international commission of inquiry into the missed flight no. 517 of Ariane 5 on December 11, 2002. He was instrumental in defining and qualifying the improvements to the engine nozzle that led to the final flight qualification: mechanical reinforcement of the upper third of the nozzle, Increase of the flow of the cooling liquid (liquid hydrogen) through the cooling tubes and ceramic coating of the nozzle inner wall.

honors and awards

In 2003 Koschel received the plaque from the Association aéronautique et astronautique de France in recognition of his services in the field of space propulsion.

In 2004, Federal President Horst Köhler awarded him the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for his scientific life's work.

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1. ↑ Stefan Schlechtriem new director of the Institute for Space Propulsion. Retrieved February 24, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Heavy-duty unit now fully operational in: Astronews of November 22, 2005
3. ↑ DGLR: MITTEILUNGEN 3/2002 of the DLGR (PDF, 1.5MB)
4. ↑ RWTH Aachen: "Federal President honors Professor Wolfgang Wilhelm Koschel personally" , 2004
5. ↑ DLR: “Award of the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class for the Federal Order of Merit to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Koschel “ ( Memento of the original dated February 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 8, 2004