Hemanth - About

Engineering spacecraft as integrated systems — from requirements and architecture to hardware verification.

My work sits at the intersection of spacecraft mechanical engineering and systems engineering, where I look at how decisions in structure, configuration, interfaces, manufacturing, and verification affect the spacecraft as a whole. My experience spans spacecraft structures and mechanical design, human-spaceflight system studies, automated CAD/FEA verification, and radiation analysis, with a focus on solving practical engineering problems through analysis and trade-offs. Alongside engineering, I am developing research interests in space-system reliability, health monitoring, and advanced sensing, exploring how emerging technologies can improve the way spacecraft are designed, understood, and verified.

Education

Space Exploration Systems MSc

University of Leicester

Core Course of Study -

Human Spaceflight and Nuclear Systems
Spacecraft Systems Engineering
Spaceflight Dynamics and Propulsion
Advanced Spacecraft Engineering
Spacecraft Instrumentation for Space and Planetary Science

Industrial Engineering B.Tech

College of Engineering Trivandrum

Core Course of Study

Engineering Mechanics
Fluid Mechanics & Machinery
Thermal Engineering I & II
Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials
Theory of Machines
Machine Design
Manufacturing Technology
Object-Oriented Programming and Numerical Methods
System Dynamics
Applied Ergonomics

Research Publications

Coco, S., Peluso, A., Paschero, M., ..., Hemanth, H., et al., 2024. Feasibility Study of a European Commercial Space Station in Low Earth Orbit. New Space, 12(4), pp.273-289.

Kamal, V.V., Kiran, A., Hemanth, H., et al., 2023. Comparative analysis of variation in macroscopic design process parameters of triboelectric nanogenerators. Materials Today: Proceedings.

Conference Proceedings

Coco, S., Peluso, A., Paschero, M., ..., Hemanth, H., et al., 2024. Feasibility Study on a Crewed Mars Lander. 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC-23). IAC-23,D1,IP,5,x77691.

Coco, S., Peluso, A., Paschero, M., ..., Hemanth, H., et al., 2024. Feasibility Study of a European Commercial Space Station in Low Earth Orbit. 74th International Astronautical Congress (IAC-23). IAC-23,B3,2,3,x77683.

Kamal, V., Kiran, A., Francis, J., Hemanth, H., et al., 2022. Comparative Analysis of Variation in Macroscopic Design Process Parameters of Triboelectric Nanogenerators. 4th International Conference on Contemporary Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICCAME-2022). Submission No. 9235.