Cooperation between the Foundation for Gas Turbine Education (SGO), TU Delft and InHolland extended
Gas turbines are best known as the jet engines that power aircraft. In addition, they are the workhorses of the large power stations that generate electricity for our factories and homes, and they make an important contribution to a reliable and sustainable energy system. As a result of the importance of gas turbine technology to Dutch industry, TU Delft is collaborating in its research in this field with the InHolland University of Applied Sciences and the Foundation for Gas Turbine Education (SGO), part of the Dutch Gas Turbine Association (DGTA) .This month, Theun Baller, dean of the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE), and Henri Werij, dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (AE), will sign a two-year renewed funding and cooperation agreement with SGO and InHolland.
The Foundation for Gas Turbine Education (SGO)
SGO, part of the Dutch Gas Turbines Association (DGTA), has been funding the Gas Turbines chair of TU Delft’s Department of Process & Energy since 2015. In addition to funding this chair, SGO has also been co-funding ‘Gas Turbine Propulsion’ of the TUD Faculty of Aerospace Engineering for decades, as well as InHolland’s higher vocational Aviation Engineering programme. Read more about DGTA and SGO here.
René Kalmann, chair of the Foundation for Gas Turbine Education
‘SGO is delighted that we can support the programmes at TU Delft and InHolland again for two years thanks to the contribution of our participants. The demand for skilled engineers in this field has increased dramatically in recent years. Maintaining and further developing the high standards of education and research in the area of gas turbines is crucially important for Dutch industry, which develops, uses and maintains gas turbines, both in the aviation and energy sectors.’
Gas turbines: essential for the transition to renewable energy sources
TU Delft sees the signing of the agreement as an excellent opportunity for a round-table discussion about the changing role of the gas turbine with three experts who are involved in the collaboration. Professor Sikke Klein (Department of Process & Energy, 3mE), professor Piero Colonna and lecturer Wilfried Visser (Department of Aerodynamics, Wind Energy, Flight Performance & Propulsion Department, AE) explain why gas turbines are essential for the transition to a mixture of renewable sources of energy.
Read here: Gas turbines: essential for the transition to renewable energy sources
InHolland University of Applied Sciences
The InHolland University of Applied Sciences is funded by SGO in order to promote research and education in the area of gas turbines, in particular a minor in gas turbines. The minor is part of the 4th (final) year of higher vocational training of the Aviation Engineering degree in which students receive lectures about gas turbines, attend guest lectures and visit companies, and carry out projects at a company that is a member of SGO. The aim of the minor is to supply industry with highly skilled higher vocational students concentrating on gas turbine technology and its applications. In addition, the minor offers companies the possibility of training its own employees and expanding their knowledge.
The gas turbines minor bridges the gap between Dutch industry and the university of applied sciences by exchanging knowledge, carrying out joint projects and training future professionals.
