Who is Thomas Goldman?


I am an Aerospace Engineer specialised in spacecraft flight dynamics. In November 2023, I graduated from the Delft University of Technology. My master courses have prepared me for trajectory optimization, orbit determination, GNC and planetary sciences. Moreover, during my master thesis I researched the opportunity to use Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINN) to design and optimize low-thrust transfer trajectories. I intend to have a carreer in the space industry. Currently, I am working at the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR), where I work on Space Situational Awereness topics. Allthough space flight and spacecraftt flight dynamics is my passion, I have a wide scientific background, due to to my bachelors degree in Physics and participation in a large amount of astronomy master courses. As a consequence, I am comfertable in a wide area of quantitative fields. Additionally, I enjoy working with computers and am proficient in the Python programming language and I'm always open to learn new languages. If you want to know more about me, don't hesitate to contact me!

Education

Delft University of Technology
MSc Aerospace Engineering
2021-2023
  • Space Flight track where I focused on spacecraft flight dynamics.

  • Thesis: Physics-Informed Neural Network for Desigining Spacecraft Trajectories

Relevant courses
Rocket Motion Numerical Astrodynamics Propagation and Optimization Astrodynamics Re-entry Systems Satellite Orbit Determination Planetary Sciences 1 & 2 Space Systems Engineering Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control Machine Learning in Astrodynamics Scientific Programming in C++
University of Amsterdam
MSc Astronomy & Astrophysics
2020-present
  • Completed 54 ECTS (in the study year 2020/2021) out of the 120 ECTS (2 year degree) before transferring to a different program at the Delft University of Technology.

Relevant courses
Statistics Space Instrumentation for High Energy Astrophysics Radio Astronomy Machine Learning Computational Finance Accretion Disks Structure and Evolution of Stars Atmospheres and Radiative Transfer Quantum for Business and Society
University of Amsterdam
BSc Physics & Astronomy
2016-2020
Graduated with honours (gpa: 7.8/10)
  • I received an honours certificate rewarded to students participating in additional courses (30 EC)

  • Bachelor thesis: A planetary companion interpretation of pulsar timing variations. (Grade: 9/10).

Experience

Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR)
R&D Space Engineer
Jaunary 2024 - Present
  • I work in the Aerospace Systems Information Supremacy Department on Space Situational Awereness Topics.
Skills
Python Space Situational Awereness Space System Engineering
Satelligence
Remote Sensing Engineer Intern
June 2022 - September 2022
  • I worked in the R&D department on a project to test whether the land and vegetation height data from the ICESAT-2 satellite can be used to infer above ground biomass density.
  • Contributed to operational biomass-estimating software library in Python
Skills
Python Git Remote Sensing
Boswell-Beta
Teaching Assistent Math & Physics
2018-2021
  • Assisting high-school courses for adults covering the full program on mathematics and physics for national and international students.
  • Supervising exams.
Skills
Teaching Communication
Natuurwetenschappelijke Studievereniging Amsterdam
Board Member, Treasurer
February 2019 - February 2020
  • The NSA is the physics and mathematics study association for students in Amsterdam organizing educational and leisure activities
  • Responsible for managing all financial matters of the association: Creating, managing and executing the budget (yearly revenue ~100k) and bookkeeping.
  • Additionally: member of Audit Committee (after board position), chair of committee organizing Dutch University Physics Olympiad, treasurer in Symposium Committee, chair of Anniversary Committee.
Skills
Finance Communication Gnucash Presenting Managing

Contact

thomas1gold@hotmail.com
+31 (0) 6 36528964
Netherlands