Spotlight As agile as a bird’s wing “You have to demonstrate the extent of savings in a credible manner so that an aircraft manufacturer wants to move forward with you,” says De Breuker. Deel uitmaken van een DreamTeam: “Dit is een unieke kans” Aerospace Engineering student Paul Hulsman (23) is the Team Manager of the Eco-Runner Team Delft, one of the many DreamTeams at TU Delft. Flying formation on a few drops of water The work of Dr Angelo Cervone in the department of Space Engineering (SpE) focusses on MEMS-based propulsion systems. A sabbatical in the R&T industry: ‘It’s not all that different’ Assistant professor Roeland De Breuker took a sabbatical to broaden his horizons and it proved to be a positive experience. A guitar for the future Max Roest made his own guitar for his master’s graduation project at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering. Looking backward and forward with Gijs van Kuik Looking backward and forward with professor of Wind Energy Gijs van Kuik. PocketQubes offer much to scientific progress In 2018 Jasper Bouwmeester hopes to add his small PocketQube-satellites to the 3.600 satellites currently orbiting the Earth. A voyage of discovery through our solar system with lasers Dominic Dirkx wrote his PhD dissertation on measuring the distance between the earth and satellites to within between a millimetre and a centimetre. Glue for art’s sake Hans Poulis recently received funding from the NWO for his research proposal in the field of adhesive aging. One way to make composite aircraft lighter: stop riveting and start bonding Adhesive bonding (using glue) is a safe and efficient way to join aircraft parts together. Kite power: towards affordable, clean energy A research team in the field of airborne wind energy wants to ensure cost-effective renewable energy with a low environmental footprint by using kite power. Earth evolving as seen from space The trajectory calculations for satellite missions must be as accurate as possible – an area in which Dr Ernst Schrama and his colleagues have been experts for decades. Higher up and further out Dr. Axelle Viré (Aerodynamics, Wind Energy & Propulsion) is working on the numerical modeling of floating wind turbines and airborne wind energy devices. ‘We want to build aircraft as well as design them’ Aerospace expert Joris Melkert involves students in building real aircraft. TU Delft students design new aircraft for last resort option of geoengineering If global efforts to reduce carbon emissions fail and temperatures will rise, a last resort could be to turn to geoengineering methods. Understanding aircraft behaviour on final approach Floris Herrema has developed a new air speed profile with which we can better predict the expected aircraft behaviour. Smart manufacturing The faculty of Aerospace Engineering brings together researchers, lecturers, students and external partners to focus on the smart manufacturing of composite load bearing structures. Fighting corrosion with algae If algae can be used to increase the efficiency of environmentally friendly anti-corrosion coatings, we could protect all kinds of structures without using toxic and expensive materials. The EAWE has gathered together the main research challenges in wind energy Prof. Wind Energy Gijs van Kuik made a research agenda for the European Academy of Wind Energy. Clark Borst: ‘Research and education need each other’ Clark Borst, lecturer and MSc track coordinator of Control and Operations of the faculty of Aerospace Engineering, was voted AE Teacher of the Year. Share: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email