{"id":8,"date":"2020-02-01T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T16:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hendrik.kolveng.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2020-02-02T20:58:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T20:58:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hendrik.kolveng.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n            #resume-650.rb-template-container { max-width: 100% !important; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }            #resume-650 .rbt-header-wrapper { border-color: rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 ); }\n            #resume-650.rb-template-container { background: transparent !important; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0 !important; }                                                @media screen and (max-width: 900px) {\n                #resume-650.rb-template-container {\n                    padding:45px !important;\n                }\n            }\n        <\/style><section id=\"resume-650\" class=\"rb-template-container\"><div class=\"rb-template-default\"><div class=\"rbt-header-wrapper\"><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#rb-template-288 .rbt-header .rbt-name,\n\t#rb-template-288 .rbt-header .rbt-title { color:#000000; }\n\t#rb-template-288 .rbt-header .rb-button { background:#2271b1; }\n\t#rb-template-288 .rbt-header .rb-button:hover { background:#000000; }\n\t#rb-template-288 .rbt-header > .rbt-photo { width: 100px; height: 100px; }\n<\/style>\n\n<div id=\"rb-template-288\" class=\"rb-template-default\">\n\t<section class=\"rbt-header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rbt-name\">Dr. Hendrik Kolvenbach<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rbt-title\">Robotics Technologist<\/div>\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-body\"><div class=\"rbt-column full\"><div id=\"rb-template-454\" class=\"rb-template-default\">\n\t\t<div class=\"rbt-introduction\" style=\"color:#000000;\"><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: black\">Hendrik received his B.Sc. and M.Sc.in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University in 2013 and 2014, respectively. After a training period at the European Space Agency from 2014 to 2016, he joined the Robotic Systems Lab of ETH Zurich to pursue a doctoral degree, which he concluded in 2021. His research interests include robotic system design, space exploration, and the use of technologies to solve the worlds most pressing issues.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t#rb-template-344,\n\t\t#rb-template-344 .rbt-history-blocks .rbt-history-block { color: #000000; }\n\t\t#rb-template-344 .rbt-section-heading { color: #2271b1; }\n\t\t#rb-template-344 .rbt-history-blocks .rbt-history-block > div::before { background: #000000; }\n\t\t#rb-template-344 .rbt-history-blocks .rbt-history-place-time > span::after { background: #000000; }\n\t\t#rb-template-344 .rbt-history-blocks .rbt-history-block .rbt-history-job-degree:after { background: #2271b1; }\n\t<\/style><div id=\"rb-template-344\" class=\"rb-template-default\"><div class=\"rbt-section-heading\">Work experience<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-blocks\"><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">Postdoc in Robotics (Robotic Systems Lab)<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">2021-ongoing<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">Phd student in Robotics (Robotic Systems Lab)<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">2016-2021<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">German National Trainee in the Robotics Section (TEC-MMA)<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">2014-2016<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">M.Sc. thesis student<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">German Aerospace Center, Bremen, Germany<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">2013-2014<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">Student assistant in the Media computing group (Computer Science chair 10)<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">2010-2013<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">B.Sc. thesis student and internship<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">Airbus Defence and Space, Immenstaad, Germany<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">2012<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-section-heading\">Education<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-blocks\"><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">Summer School Program (SSP16) in Haifa, Israel<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">International Space University<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">2016<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">B.Sc\/M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">RWTH Aachen University, Germany<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">2008-2014<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">Semester abroad<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">2011<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-section-heading\">Talks, Presentations and Media Coverage<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-blocks\"><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">Legged robots for space exploration<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">Podcast with TechBriefs.com<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">05.08.2020<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">This robot can tell when sewers need repairing by scratching the walls<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">Interview with the NewScientist<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">04.06.2020<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">SpaceBok and co, towards legged robots for space exploration<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">German Aerospace Center, Munich, Germany<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">19.02.2020<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">SpaceBok: The jumping space robot<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">Interview with TCT magazine<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">31.12.2019<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-block\"><div class=\"rbt-history-job-degree\">Space exploration with legged robots<\/div><div class=\"rbt-history-place-time\"><span class=\"rbt-history-company-school\">Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan<\/span><span class=\"rbt-history-dates\">02.09.2019<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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