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In this interview, we talk to Henri Werij, Dean of the faculty of AE and Axelle Viré, Faculty Diversity Officer. What are their perspectives on gender equality and inclusion? What are their thoughts and actions on improving gender diversity at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering?

This week, it was announced that three proposals had been approved for the RDM subsidy scheme, in which fieldlab SAM|XL and TU Delft (Faculty of Aerospace Engineering) are jointly involved.

TU Delft researchers Andrei Anisimov, Roger Groves and Nan Tao used their special research equipment in the Rijksmuseum last week, to make the invisible structure of The Night Watch visible.

Antonia Terzi died last week in a road accident in Great Britain. She was the driving force behind TU Delft’s Superbus.

On 2 and 3 October the (Dutch) Weekend of Science will take place. Fortunately, this year there are more activities on location. For example, you can learn all about the coronavirus in the Science Centre Delft. But you can also get up close and personal with meteorites and other impact rocks in the online Delft Meteorite Lab.

National Geographic Magazine's October cover story 'How green, how soon?' is about sustainable aviation. In the spring, top photographer Davide Monteleone visited the faculty to take spectacular photos of the Flying-V and the SmartX-alpha flexible aircraft wing for the magazine.

We all know that emissions from aviation are increasing. The Paris climate agreement does not actually specify climate goals for aviation, but targets for reducing the climate impact from aviation do exist in other policies, regulations and research. Is the pace of innovation and policies high enough, however, for aviation to support the Paris agreement goals?

On Monday 6 September, Delft University Fund awarded Max Mulder the title of Professor of Excellence 2021. Mulder is Professor of Control & Simulation in the Department of Control & Operations at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (AE).

The 10 stamps artistically show that innovations from Delft can be found in a wide range of fields.

On 30 June, the first Dutch military nanosatellite was launched from the Mojave Desert in the United States. The nanosatellite BRIK II was brought into orbit by the company Virgin Orbit.