SLICE: Space Launch Impacts and Climate Effects 

SLICE investigates the environmental and climate impacts of space launch systems, advancing research on emissions, atmospheric interactions and sustainable design. The project delivers essential insights to support European policies and trains a new generation of researchers to shape a more sustainable future for space transportation.

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DOCTORAL CANDIDATES (DC)

Open Positions:

• DC1

  DC1: Numerical study of the impact of operative conditions on combustion emissions
  Host: Institut Superieur de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace (ISAE)

  Main Supervisor: Prof. Annafederica Urbano

• DC2

  DC2: Development of a chemical reduction scheme
  Host: Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

  Main Supervisor: Prof. Alessandro Parente

• DC3

  DC3: Generation of experimental data for validating numerical modelling of launcher engine exhaust chemical composition in ground tests of CH4/O2 thrust chambers
  Host: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)

  Main Supervisor: Dr. Justin Hardi
  

• DC4

  DC4: End of life emissions of composite materials upon re-entry
  Host: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

  Main Supervisor: Prof. Véronique Michaud

• DC5

  DC5: Numerical modelling of ablation products resulting from upper stage re-entries
  Host: Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

  Main Supervisor: Prof. Thierry Magin

• DC6

  DC6: Experimental investigation of ablation products from gas-surface interaction during re-entries
  Host: University of Stuttgart (US)

  Main Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Löhle
  

• DC7

  DC7: Evolution of the rocket engine exhaust plume along the flight trajectory
  Host: Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)

  Main Supervisor: Dr. Christian Bach

• DC8

  DC8: Large eddy simulation of the nozzle flow and interaction with ambient air
  Host: Centre Euopéen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique (CERFACS)

  Main Supervisor: Dr. Guillaume Daviller

• DC9

  DC9: Evolution of ablation induced emissions during re-entry phase
  Host: Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)

  Main Supervisor: Dr. Christian Bach

• DC10

  DC10: Global atmospheric model simulations and sub-grid plume parameterization
  Host: Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL)

  Main Supervisor: Dr. Didier Hauglustaine

• DC11

  DC11: Modelling of rocket impacts on atmospheric composition, dynamics, and climate
  Host: Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos and World Radiation center (PMOD)

  Main Supervisor: Dr. Timofei Sukhodolov

• DC12

  DC12: Studying the impacts of rocket upper stage and satellite re-entry using laboratory experiments and chemistry-climate modelling
  Host: University of Leeds (UL)

  Main Supervisor: Prof. John Plane
  

• DC13

  DC13: Assessing the environmental sustainability of future launchers with respect to different systems architectures and operating scenarios
  Host: Politecnico di Torino (POLITO)

  Main Supervisor: Prof. Nicole Viola
  

• DC14

  DC14: Multi fidelity, multi-disciplinary optimisation for sustainable rocket-based launcher systems
  Host: University of Strathclyde (UOS)

  Main Supervisor: Prof. Christie Maddock
  

• DC15

  DC15: Multidisciplinary system-level trade-offs w.r.t. environmental impact for reusable first stages
  Host: Office national d’études et de recherches aérospatiales (ONERA)

  Main Supervisor: Dr. Loïc Brevault

• DC16

  DC16: Missionisation of re-entry and recovery architectures for upper stages
  Host: Deimos Engineering and Systems S.L.U. (DES)

  Main Supervisor: Dr. Federico Toso

• DC17

  DC17: Analysis of a methodology for global effects of launchers on the atmosphere and environment
  Host: University of Stuttgart (US)

  Main Supervisor: Prof. Stefanos Fasoulas
  

• DC18

  DC18: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) framework for quantification of environmental im-pacts rocket launches and re-entry
  Host: Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)

  Main Supervisor: Karin Treyer