RIP Denis Grelich

It is with great shock and sadness that the CSTART community has learned of the unexpected passing of one of its active contributors, Denis Grelich, a student of mechatronic engineering from Saarbrücken, Germany.

While Denis only joined CSTART in early Febuary 2010, he quickly established himself as a dedicated member of the team.  In addition to helping with the planning of our appearance at the SpaceUp conference, Denis was a strong advocate for replacing the ad hoc and disorganized manner in which technical decisions for CSTART projects were being made at the time of his arrival with a systematic and principled approach, in which the precise requirements for problems and the rationale for the adopted solutions are clearly documented.  The current efforts in this direction, particularly the work on the CSTART Engineering Process, are a direct response to Denis’ concerns, and CSTART will be better off for implementing these processes sooner rather than later.

The CSTART community offers its sincere condolences to Denis’ friends and family.