Meet our scientists: Ice2Thrust.Space Highlights Tomas Mrazek — Engineering at the Edge of Possibility

On the picture: Tom Mrazek, Technical University of Munich, Portfolio Manager WEP Docking & ACS

For Tomas Mrazek, curiosity has always come with a spark—sometimes literally, encouraged early on by teachers who valued experimentation. Not all attempts succeeded, but each failure accelerated a passion for understanding how things move, flow, and sometimes fall apart.

That same drive carried him through university studies in motorsports and aircraft propulsion and a research Master’s in turbomachinery. Yet his real fascination lies with fluid dynamics—the invisible structures in motion.

Today, as a PhD researcher contributing to Ice2Thrust.Space, Tomas brings that curiosity to one of the most demanding environments imaginable. Space. A PhD in space engineering becomes deeply multidisciplinary.

Ice2Thrust.Space has added an entirely new dimension to his work. “Everyone on the team is an expert in something I hadn’t even heard of a few years ago,” he says. “The learning curve has been incredible.” Together with colleagues across Europe, he is helping push forward a new generation of high-performance, sustainable propulsion technologies—advancing Europe’s capabilities in autonomous docking, in-orbit refuelling, and solar-powered space mobility.

For Tomas, it’s an opportunity to be part of something bigger: a collaborative effort to reshape how spacecraft manoeuvre, refuel, and operate far from Earth. And it all began with a teacher who encouraged him to experiment.

Contact: Tomas Mrazek, Portfolio Manager WEP Docking & ACS, tomas.mrazek(@)tum.de