Nitish Shrimal

A highly skilled Space Propulsion Engineer with over 7 years of valuable experience at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in spacecraft propulsion. Proficient supervision of testing and realizing satellite thrusters for various satellite programs. Holds an MSc. in Satellite Communication Engineering from the University of Surrey, UK, with exceptional academic achievements. Possesses comprehensive problem-solving, analytical, leadership, and management skills.

TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS OF WATER ELECTROLYSIS PROPULSION FOR SPACE PROPULSION APPLICATIONS at University of Surrey

• Preliminary design of a water electrolysis thruster was done using nozzle flow field modelling using CEA
• A MATLAB code was developed to estimate nozzle exit and throat diameter based on the chosen area ratio (AR), combustion chamber pressure (pc) and Mixture Ratio (MR)
• WEP tradeoff analysis for a reference GTO to GEO transfer of 2.3875 km/s, was performed with respect to conventional NTO-MMH propulsion system
• WEP is found efficient than the conventional propellants when split burn of most intense burn (MIB) strategy was used

EARTH RE-ENTRY TRAJECTORY OPTIMISATION at IIST

• Final year project was done on the topic EARTH RE-ENTRY TRAJECTORY OPTIMISATION FOR SHIFT IN LANDING SITE
• A C++ code was written for a module re-entering through earth atmosphere and the effect of change of landing site over Trajectory was determined
• Angle of attack modulation was used while trajectory optimisation and optimised trajectories were produced for different latitudes and longitudes

SUN SYNCHRONOUS POLAR ORBIT (SSPO) DESIGN at ISTRACK Bengaluru

• Sun synchronous polar orbit design code was written in C++ Linux based software and characteristics were matched with an existing research paper
• Subsequently, new results were produced for India specific satellites

Participated in Post Launch Activities of various ISRO satellite launch missions at their Satellite Tracking Centres.

Technology Demonstration Project:

• Involved in the development of an H2O2-Ethanol based Green Hyperbolic Bi-propellant Propulsion system within the organization. Investigated and addressed the Hard-Start problem for non-hypergolic thrusters.
• Passionate about Green Propulsion Techniques for Space Propulsion.

• Earned Employability Award, Employability Award Plus, and Global Graduate Award for Sustainability at University of Surrey.
• Volunteered for event management at One Young World (OYW), 2022, held in Manchester, UK.
• Completed Intrapreneurial Knowledge Exchange Enterprise Pathway (IKEEP) Award training and internship placement at a UK Start-up Power Quad during MS studies at the University of Surrey.
• Member of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and UKSEDS.

• Setsquared Partnership Intrapreneurial Project Placement Experience Award (IKEEP), Powerquad, 2021
• Employability Award Plus, University of Surrey - 2022
• Cable and Wireless Award for Overall Best Performance in MSc., University of Surrey, 2023