Ed Chester
Head of R&D
Ed's professional background includes ground segment systems architect and integration and test engineer at ESA-ESOC (Germany), flight operations team member at ESOC (Germany), flight operations and system management for the Beagle-2 Mars lander (UK), I.T. management (UK) and instrumentation/embedded system design (UK). He is interested in data systems, payload operations, system design, design methods, and operational research. He has participated in a number of space missions in all phases except C.
He holds a Bachelor degree in Physics, a Masters degree in Electronics, and a Ph.D. related to computer architecture and signal processing. His thesis concerns the theory and applications of nonlinear number systems in the context of high-performance and/or low-power computing for any digital signal processing application. He attended the International Space University Space Studies Program in 2002, was a lecturer in 2003, Teaching Associate in 2006, Project Chair in 2008, and has been Faculty of ISU since the start of 2009. He is Professor of Space Systems Design at the School of Aeronautics and Industrial Engineering at UPC.
Ed is currently Head of R&D at CTAE, where he coordinates the team responsible for all technical projects, supervises new staff and intern students, and works in the management team in the general operation of the centre. He is a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (UK), and Associate Member of the Royal Society of Aeronautics (UK).