06 September 2023
Full Professor of Flow Control: “I feel honoured”
On July 1st, Marios Kotsonis started as Full Professor of Flow Control at TU Delft’s faculty of Aerospace Engineering. A new position, both for Marios and for the faculty. “I certainly feel honoured and humbled by this appointment. Mostly, I am extremely proud of the excellent work done by the former and current PhD candidates and researchers in my team. It is a privilege to work with them.”
05 September 2023
ERC Starting Grant for Edgar Steenstra: “a lifelong dream of mine”
Edgar Steenstra is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Münster, Germany, where he focuses on the geochemistry of terrestrial and planetary samples at high pressures and/or temperatures. With his grant, he plans to move to the Netherlands to conduct his research at TU Delft.
05 September 2023
Five young TU Delft researchers receive ERC Starting Grant
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the ERC Starting Grants for young researchers. Five of them are scientists from TU Delft. This European grant of €1.5 million for a five-year research programme is intended to enable individual scientists to build their own teams and conduct groundbreaking research.
31 August 2023
Working on a safe and inclusive work environment
On Tuesday 29 August, national news broke that earlier this year Associate Professor Daphne Stam left our faculty. We regret her departure. TU Delft does not comment on matters concerning individual employees - the same obviously applies to us as a faculty. What we want to emphasise is that we want to appreciate Daphne Stam's critical signal about her former working environment so that we can learn from it.
21 August 2023
Veni grant for ‘Aerial Robots in a Tangible World: Drones with the Sense of Touch Act upon Their Surroundings’
Five promising researchers from TU Delft's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering have been granted Veni funding by the Dutch Research Council (NOW). This funding, totaling EUR 280,000 for each recipient, will empower the awardees to advance their individual research concepts over the course of the upcoming three years. Today we introduce Salua Hamaza.
17 August 2023
Veni grant for ’Simulate the interaction between flows and surfaces in computer models’
Five promising researchers from TU Delft's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering have been granted Veni funding by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This funding, totaling EUR 280,000 for each recipient, will empower the awardees to advance their individual research concepts over the course of the upcoming three years. Today we introduce Frits de Prenter.
15 August 2023
Veni grant for ‘Unveil with Laser Diagnostics the local NOx and Flashback physics of H2 flames
Five promising researchers from TU Delft's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering have been granted Veni funding by the Dutch Research Council (NOW). This funding, totaling EUR 280,000 for each recipient, will empower the awardees to advance their individual research concepts over the course of the upcoming three years. Today we introduce Francesca De Domenico.
10 August 2023
Veni grant for ‘Listen to the future: Enabling sustainable aircraft technologies by minimizing their noise annoyance’
Five promising researchers from TU Delft's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering have been granted Veni funding by the Dutch Research Council (NOW). This funding, totaling EUR 280,000 for each recipient, will empower the awardees to advance their individual research concepts over the course of the upcoming three years. Today we introduce Roberto Merino Martinez.
08 August 2023
Veni grant for morphing wind turbine blades - a way to enhance the energy production in turbulent environments
Five promising researchers from TU Delft's Faculty of Aerospace Engineering have been granted Veni funding by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This funding, totaling EUR 280,000 for each recipient, will empower the awardees to advance their individual research concepts over the course of the upcoming three years. Today we introduce Delphine de Tavernier.
07 August 2023
ERC Proof of Concept grant for the Delft Laminar Hump
Marios Kotsonis, professor at the Aerospace faculty of TU Delft, and his team are awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant for DeLaH, the Delft Laminar Hump. DeLaH aims at breakthrough passive, robust, and effective laminarisation of aircraft wings.