User:Hofstetter

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Contact Information

• Name: Wilfried K. Hofstetter

• Email: wilfried.hofstetter@gmail.com

• Email: wilfried.hofstetter@developspace.net

About Me

• Educational background: mechanical / aerospace / systems engineering, systems architecting, product development, enterprise management

• Professional interest: design & development of complex systems (spaceflight, energy, transportation), business strategy / models, innovation & technology mgmt

• Current occupation: Principal with The Boston Consulting Group

• My full resume can be found here.

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Publications

Journal Publications

• Cooper C, Hofstetter WK, Hoffman JA, Crawley EF (2010) Assessment of Architectural Options for Surface Power Generation and Energy Storage on Human Mars Missions, Acta Astronautica 66 (2010) 1106–1112.

• Hofstetter WK, Wooster PD, Crawley EF (2009) Analysis of Human Lunar Outpost Strategies and Architectures, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets 2009, 0022-4650 vol.46 no.2 (419-429).

Conference Publications

• Gruenwaldt S, Hofstetter WK, Palm H (2011) A Framework for Supporting the Transition to Lean Systems Engineering, INCOSE 2011, Denver, CO, June 20-23.

• Guest AN, Hofstetter WK, Wooster PD (2010) Interplanetary Transfer Vehicle Concepts for Near-Term Human Exploration Missions beyond Low Earth Orbit, AIAA Space 2010 Conference and Exhibition, Anaheim, 30 August - 2 September 2010.

• Guest AN, Hofstetter WK, Cooper C, Crawley EF (2009) Architectures for an Integrated Human Space Exploration Program, AIAA Space 2009, Pasadena, 14 - 17 September, 2009.

• Guest AN, Hofstetter WK, Cunio PM, McLinko R, Grosse E, Hoffman JA, Crawley EF (2009) A Minimalist Approach to Crewed Lunar Exploration, AIAA Space 2009, Pasadena, 14 - 17 September, 2009.

• Cooper C, Hofstetter WK, Hoffman JA, Crawley EF (2008) Assessment of Architectural Options for Surface Power Generation and Energy Storage on Human Mars Missions, IAC-08-A3.3.B, International Astronautical Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, October 2008.

• Cunio PM, Hofstetter WK, Hoffman JA, Crawley EF (2008) Commonality Analysis for Exploration Life Support Systems, International Astronautical Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, October 2008.

• Kolk A, Hofstetter WK, Wooster PD (2008) Open Innovation for Space Systems Using the Developspace Platform for Designing a Near-Term Human Mars Mission, International Astronautical Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, October 2008.

• Hofstetter WK, Guest AN, McLinko R, Crawley EF (2008) Analysis of Launch and Earth Departure Architectures for Near-Term Human Mars Missions, AIAA Space 2008, September 9 - September 11, 2008.

• Hofstetter WK, Hong SB, Hoffman JA, Crawley EF (2008) Analysis of Architectures for Long-Range Crewed Moon and Mars Surface Mobility, AIAA Space 2008, September 9 - September 11, 2008.

• Guest AN, Hofstetter WK, Cunio PM, Hoffman JA, de Weck OL, Crawley EF (2008) The Use of Small Logistics Containers for Crewed Lunar Exploration Campaigns, AIAA Space 2008, September 9 - September 11, 2008.

• Hofstetter WK, Wooster PD, de Weck OL, Crawley EF (2007) The System Overlap Matrix – A Method and Tool for the Systematic Identification of Commonality Opportunities in Complex Technical Systems, 9th International Design Structure Matrix Conference, DSM’07 16–18 October 2007, Munich, Germany.

• Wooster PD, Simmons WL, Hofstetter WK (2007) Opening Space for Humanity - Applying Open Source Concepts to Human Space Activities, AIAA-2007-6208, AIAA Space 2007, September 18-September 20, 2007.

• Hofstetter WK, Sutherland TA, Wooster PD, Crawley EF (2007) The Intermediate Outpost - An Alternate Concept for Human Lunar Exploration, AIAA-2007-6274, AIAA Space 2007, September 18-September 20, 2007.

• Hofstetter WK, Wooster PD, Crawley EF (2007), Robotic Lunar Landers in the Context of the Vision For Space Exploration – Use Cases And Commonality Options, 11th International Space Conference of Pacific Basin Societies (ISCOPS), Beijing, May 16-18, 2007.

• Hofstetter WK, Wooster PD, Sutherland TA, Crawley EF (2006) Architecture and Design Options for NASA’s Lunar Surface Access Module (LSAM), IAC-06-D.2.7 / A.3.7.06, International Astronautical Congress, Valencia, Spain, October 2006.

• Hofstetter WK, Wooster PD, Crawley EF (2006) Extending NASA’s Exploration Systems Architecture towards Long-term Crewed Moon and Mars Operations, AIAA SpaceOps 2006, Rome, June 19-23, 2006.

• Wooster PD, Hofstetter WK, Crawley EF (2005) The Mars-back Approach to Moon-Mars Exploration System Commonality, 1st Georgia Tech Space Systems Engineering Conference, November 8-10, 2005.

• Wooster PD, Hofstetter WK, Nadir WD, Crawley EF (2005) The Mars-Back Approach: Affordable And Sustainable Exploration Of The Moon, Mars, And Beyond Using Common Systems, International Astronautical Congress, Japan, October 17-21, 2005.

• Buonova GA, Ahn J, Hofstetter WK, Wooster PD, Hassan R, de Weck OL (2005) Selection and Technology Evaluation of Moon / Mars Transportation Architectures, AIAA-2005-6790, AIAA Space 2005, August 30 - September 1, 2005.

• Hofstetter WK, Wooster PD, Nadir WD, Crawley EF (2005) Affordable Human Moon and Mars Exploration through Hardware Commonality, AIAA-2005-6757, AIAA Space 2005, August 30-September 1, 2005.

• Wooster PD, Hofstetter WK, Crawley EF (2005) Crew Exploration Vehicle Destination for Human Lunar Exploration: the Lunar Surface, AIAA-2005-6626, AIAA Space 2005, August 30-September 1, 2005.

• Hofstetter WK, de Weck OL (2005) Modular Building Blocks for Manned Spacecraft: A Case Study for Moon and Mars Landing Systems, Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Symposium, International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), Rochester, New York, July 2005.

Academic Theses

• A Framework for the Architecting of Aerospace Systems Portfolios with Commonality (May 2009) doctoral thesis according to the degree requirements at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Extensible Modular Landing Systems for Human Moon and Mars Exploration (December 2004) Diplomarbeit (Masters thesis equivalent) prepared at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, for degree of Diplomingenieur Maschinenwesen at TUM, Germany.

• Large Eddy Simulation using the AVBP Solver (January 2004), 3rd (non-mandatory) semester thesis at Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

• Methodical development of the polymer foil-clamping system for a traverse direction orienting machine (April 2004), 2nd semester thesis at PE/TUM, Germany in cooperation with Dr. Collin GmbH, Ebersberg, Germany.

• Cost-effective transfer of a satellite from LEO to GEO (December 2001), 1st semester thesis at LRT/TUM, Germany in cooperation with Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany.

Lectures

• Design Space Exploration and Set-Based Design, guest lecture at the University of Applied Sciences Munich, 25 October 2010.

• Surface Mobility and Human Spaceflight Mission Analysis, guest lecture at Technical University Munich (TUM), 2 February 2010.

• Introduction to Space Transportation Systems II, guest lecture at Technical University Munich (TUM), 19 November 2009.

Book Chapters

• Mars: Prospective Energy and Material Resources - Chapter 12: Comparative Analysis of Power System Architectures: The Case of Human Mars Surface Missions Silver M, Hofstetter WK, Cooper CA, Hoffman JA, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.

Reports

• Mindell DA, Uebelhart SA, Siddiqi A, Gerovitch S, Logsdon J, Hoffman JA, Young LR, Newman D, Oman C, Tomlinson ZA, Hofstetter WK (2009) The Future of Human Spaceflight, Space, Policy, and Society Research Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Matty D, Boren M, Connelly K, Gagne D, Hofstetter W, Nickel J (2007) US Army Aviation Lean Enterprise Transformation, project final report, ESD.61 J Integrating the Lean Enterprise, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Bairstow B, Baldesarra M, Coffee T, Fong A, Hofstetter WK, Hong SB, Judnick D, McCloskey S, Mellein J, Underwood J (2006) Extensible Planetary Surface Mobility Systems, final report MIT 16.89 / ESD 352 Space Systems Engineering, Spring 2006

• Gralla EL, Hofstetter WK (2005) A Tutorial with Java API and Examples on Valued Constraint Satisfaction Problems, MIT 16.413 final project report

News articles about my work

• The next-best thing to being on Mars [Chandler, David, February 2008]

• Despite Dust Storms, Solar Power is Best for Mars Colonies [O'Neill, Ian, November 2008]

• Design choices may hurry humans to Mars [Chandler, David, September 2005]

• Ohne Zwischenstopp zum Mond (German) [Knuth, Sven, September 2005]