Highlights 2015
KLM donates CF6-50 aircraft engine Piero Colonna starts as Chair of ASME International Gas Turbine Institute Alexander in t Veld announced TU Delft lecturer of the year
Start Development Centre for Maintenance of Composites (DCMC) with Royal Netherlands Air Force, Fokker, NLR and Airborne. Extension School awards 25.000 Euros each to Mark Voskuijl and Roeland de Breuker for new online courses. Roelof Vos receives the Kenneth Harris James Prize 2014 for the best technical publication in the Journal of Aerospace Engineering.
The faculty receives the Excellent Aerospace Education Award of the Nederlands Lucht- en Ruimtevaartfonds (NLF). Eberhard Gill appointed member of SRON Board Finale Van der Zwaag s IOP Self Healing Materials, book with results published. DARE launches Stratos II to 21.457 metres Arvind Rao and colleagues publish CleanEra A Collection of Research Projects for Sustainable Aviation published. Jan Schneiders wins study prize of Experimental Sciences in the period 2013-2015 for his master thesis.
The International Space University announces it s Space Studies Program will be hosted in the Netherlands in 2018 International CEAS conference hosted at TU Delft.
Sofia Teixeira de Freitas awarded Veni grant for research bonding in composite aircraft Wall of fame winner Formula Student TU Delft wins international Formula Student competition for second year Faculty hosts successful Air Transport and Operations Symposium
MSc student Gil De Backer receives Southwest Airlines Outstanding Performance Award TU Delft signs partnership agreement with Airbus Group Faculty hosts Airborne Wind Energy Conference and International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying 29 April 2015 Hester Bijl, Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
PhD student Sathiskumar Ponnusami wins Airbus Global Student Challenge with team MultiFun TU Delft launches new TU Delft Space Institute 29 April 2015 Hester Bijl, Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Alumni Chapter Toulouse kicks off Hester Bijl takes on position as the new Pegasus president Alexandru Macovei and Bas Tijs, both employed at Fokker, receive first certificates online master education TU Delft Start expansion physics and chemistry laboratory Roelof Vos will present his recently published book Introduction to Transonic Aerodynamics. Sofia Teixeira De Freitas and Dimitrios Zarouchas organise symposium to bring together TU Delft community on Structural Joints 29 April 2015 Hester Bijl, Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
A paper about a new ice-propelled microthruster system for nano-satellites by Angelo Cervone, Alexandru Mancas and Barry Zandbergen Space Systems Engineering was picked up by the American popular science magazine New Scientist Researcher Loek Boermans awarded The Lilienthal Gliding Medal 29 April 2015 Hester Bijl, Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Professor Fulvio Scarano and his group receive a European proof of concept grant of 150,000 for FLOVIST. Aim: to bring this new technology that traces airflows with tiny soap bubbles to the sports market. 29 April 2015 Hester Bijl, Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Richard Anderson, CEO of Delta Air Lines, spoke at the KLM TU Delft Dr. Albert Plesman Memorial lecture at the Science Centre in Delft. BSc student Sebastiaan van Schie and MSc students Malcolm Brown, Koen van de Kerkhof, Raphael Klein, Martijn Roelofs, Niels Singh and Daan Westerveld secure first positions in the international design competition by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Lustrum Year kicks off 29 April 2015 Hester Bijl, Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering