DrThorsten Kostulski

Thorsten holds a PhD in experimental satellite communications from UTS (2008) and a Graduate Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) in telecommunications engineering from UAS Aachen, Germany (2002) for which he received the University Medal.

Before his current role in research management, Thorsten worked in several positions in the UTS Faculty of Engineering & IT at UTS. In the $65m 'Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems' (2000-2007), he contributed to the design, construction and operation of a fast-tracking Ka-band earth station located at UTS. During this period, he collected world-first 20/30 GHz wave propagation data on the rapidly moving, Australian microsatellite 'FedSat' and measured the physical effects of inclement weather conditions on the signal.

After the conclusion of the FedSat project in 2008, he joined the then UTS Remote Labs Team (FEIT) under the $2.1m DIISR-funded "LabShare" project and worked on the establishment of remotely accessible engineering and science experiments in Australian higher education, including the evaluation of engineering laboratories at 34 Australian universities.