CEO & Co-founder

Divyesh Motiwalla is the CEO of Eternal Engines Space, where he leads a team of experts from both academia and industry to develop and bring the most efficient electric propulsion systems to the market. With a passion for advancing humanity's journey into space, Divyesh has a background as a Software Engineer, contributing to a cloud security company that was acquired for $160 million. His technical expertise was further honed as a graduate student at USC, where he designed MPD thrusters. Now, his mission at Eternal Engines Space is to drive innovation and deliver cutting-edge propulsion solutions that will shape the future of space exploration.

CTO & Co-founder

Travis George, with a BS and currently a MS student in Aerospace engineering at San Jose State University, has about five years of experience in design and manufacturing. He started in sheet metal manufacturing as a design engineer and shop manager and is currently working on satellite propellant tanks and next gen ion thrusters. At San Jose State University, Travis led the senior design team tasked with designing a satellite propellant tank with collaboration with Benchmark Space Systems. His work involved designing a modular propellant tank that decreased the overall mass, cost and volume needed for propellant systems in CubeSats. The design process involved designing many iterations and performing FEA and CFD analysis to ensure the system met the Air Force safety standards for pressure vessels.

Chief Advisor

I am a space propulsion professional focused on electric propulsion in general and the development of Hall thruster based propulsion systems in particular.
As a senior propulsion engineer at a big defense company I am engaged in several electric propulsion system projects from early development phase to on-board propulsion system implementation. As part of my duties I am also responsible for the professional and financial sections of the company’s R&D activities in the field of electric propulsion. The experience and expertise I gained during my PhD studies at Princeton University aid me in managing the various research and experimentation activities while maintaining my focus on project schedule and goals.
In addition to my primary occupation I am teaching the electric propulsion course at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, with the purpose of educating students and training space propulsion engineers on the topic of electric propulsion.
One main feature that best characterizes me is my extensive knowledge in past and present worldwide activities in the field of electric propulsion, from basic academic research to large propulsion platform integration endeavors.
My objective is to keep contributing to electric propulsion development efforts and ultimately becoming a leading figure in the field.