About us

Name of the department:  Radiation Science and Technology (RST)

Name of Head of the department:  prof.dr.ir. J-L. Kloosterman

Date of establishment:  January 1, 2005

Institutional affiliations and formal responsibilities

• The Department of Radiation Science and Technology (RST) is part of the Faculty of Applied Sciences (TNW) of Delft University of Technology (TUD)
• The Chairman of RST reports to the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Professor dr. ir. Lucas van Vliet
• RST is one of the five departments providing the BSc and MSc educational programs Technische Natuurkunde (Applied Physics)
• RST coordinates the MSc Sustainable Energy Technologies (SET) program at Delft University of Technology: director of education
• Participation in:
• Delft Research Centre for Sustainable Energy: scientific director
• 3TU Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies: scientific director

List of research programmes and programme leaders

• Reactor Physics and Nuclear Materials (RPNM): Programme leader: prof.dr. ir. J.L. Kloosterman
• Fundamental Aspects of Materials and Energy (FAME): Programme leader prof. dr. E.H. Brück
• Neutron and Positron Methods in Materials (NPM²): Programme leader: prof.dr. C. Pappas
• Applied Radiation and Isotopes (ARI): Programme leader prof.dr. H.T. Wolterbeek
• Biomedical Medical (RD&M): Programme leader prof.dr. F. Beekman
• Medical Physics and Technology (MP&T): Programma leader dr.ir. D.R. Schaart
• Luminescent Materials (LM): Programme leader prof.dr. P. Dorenbos
• Storage of Electrochemical Energy (SEE): programme leader Prof.dr.ir. M. Wagemaker

Facts & figures (2019-10)

• Full professors: 15
• Associate and assistant professors: 17
• Postdocs: 17
• PhD students: 45

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