News & Events

On 29 January Kornelis Blok took over the role as Chair for the Delft Energy Initiative (DEI). Rector Magnificus Tim van der Hagen applauded Paulien Herder for her achievements as Chair for the last 6.5 years. DEI will forward here work with 4 main energy pillars and has chosen 4 new themes to help them grow.

De Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) heeft aan zeven Delftse wetenschappers een Vidi-financiering toegekend. Binnen faculteit 3mE ontving Jan-Willem van Wingerden, professor Data Driven Control bij Delft Center for Systems and Control, de honorering.

On Thursday 11th of April the TU Delft Wind Energy Institute, led by AE Prof. Simon Watson, successfully organised the very first S-meeting. Over sixty scientists, students and people from industrial R&D gathered to listen to highlights in Future Wind Energy Concepts and share dinner together. Speakers came from TU Delft Aerospace Engineering and the University of Strathclyde. Andrew Garrad, co-founder of Garrad Hassan (now DNVGL) closed the series with his perception on the past , present and future of wind energy.

2. As of 1 January 2019, Dr. Maxim Segeren, former colleague at the Hydraulic Engineering Department of the Faculty of CE&GS, will start as project manager for Offshore Wind at the Valorisation Centre. Building on his previous experience in collaboration projects with industry on offshore renewable energy and his role in the GROW consortium and PhD@Sea, Maxim will be fully dedicated to the further development of offshore wind projects between the TU Delft departments and industrial parties.

On Tuesday the 19th of June 2018, at the European Academy of Wind Energy’s Board meeting, TU Delft was awarded the right to host the prestigious EAWE Torque conference in 2020. The conference will be held between the 28th and 30th May 2020 and will coincide with the International Small Wind Turbine Competition hosted annually at TU Delft.