Current Team
Markus Heinsdorff: Project Leader
Andreas Zeiselmair: Project Leader
Matthias Menzinger: Web and mechanical
Philipp Schaltenberg: Business Development
Origin
The rotor is an idea of the installation artist Markus Heinsdorff. With initiative by environmental engineer Andreas Zeiselmaier, a team of engineers and students was compiled, to develop the final deployable prototype, with the support of universities.
Team Background
As a team of various backgrounds and generations we are a very fruitful combination of members with the same idea and goal: We want to make change happen! Our initiative Mobile Hydro was founded 2013 after the great success at the Siemens Empowering People Award in Nairobi. With the vision to replace Diesel-Generator through eco-friendly alternatives and the ambition to supply electricity to off-grid areas, we started our work in 2013.
Mission
Empowering people and replacing Diesel generators. The innovative invention ‘Rotor’ is a small low-cost mobile hydro power plant which provides electricity for regions without grid connection.
Founder
Markus Heinsdorff
Idea, Concept & Design
Internationally working installation artist
markus [at] heinsdorff [dot] de
www.heinsdorff.de
Johannes Deckert
Technical Development
Cand. M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Andreas Zeiselmair
Organization, Development and Implementation
M. Sc. in Environmental Engineering
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Christoph Helf
Strategic Development and Implementation
B. Eng. in Recource Management
University of Augsburg
Supporter
Mechanical
Hasan Güven Kaya
Technical Development and Testseries
Cand. B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Christoph Haslinger
Construction and Manufacturing
Cand. M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Erik Petersen
Hydromechaniks
Cand. B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Electrical
Andreas Drexler
Electrobox - Developing and Production
Cand. M. Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Melanie Manersberger
Analysis of the Suitability of a DC machine as a Generator for a Small Stand-Alone Hydropower Plant
B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Renan Schwinden
Test and Implementation
Cand. B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Brazil (UFSC)
Business
Philipp Schaltenberg
Business Development
Entrepreneur in the Energy Sector
Marlies Ehring,
Thies Hofmann,
Luise Hogrefe,
Dominik Knoblic
Opportunity Assessment Plan
Technology Enterpreneurship LAB
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Industrial Design and Construction
Markus Sick
Industrial Design and Construction
markus sick design
markus [at] markussickdesign [dot] com
Hannes Seehauser
Investigation and Optimization of a low-cost Water Resources Concept for Distributed Applications in Developing Countries
B.Sc.
Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck
Sebastian Braun,
Katharina Kurz,
Daniel Pourroy,
Tina Weikard
Product and Production Analysis and Optimization
Cand. M. Eng. Technologie Management
University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
Sarah Godoj,
Tristam Pears,
Philipp Pelzl,
Martina Schlusnus,
Anna Várnai,
Daniel Wünsch
Concept & Design
M.Sc. Industrial Design
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Pilot Project: Bangladesh
Benoit Durillon
Association Watever
Environmental Engineering
University Paris-Saclay
Mechanical & Web
Igor Fickel
Project Completion, Web Development & Open Source Implementation
Cand. B. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Applied Sciences Kempten
Matthias Menzinger
Web Development
Cand. B. Eng. in Mechatronics Engineering
University of Applied Sciences Munich
