26 April 2020
Merel Vergaaij wins Heinz Stoewer Space Award 2020
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Merel Vergaaij won with her MSc thesis “Time-optimal solar-sail transfers from Earth to pole-sitters at Mars and Venus”.
21 April 2020
Dedoussi on Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list
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Irene Dedoussi is on this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe: Healthcare and Science list.
16 April 2020
Kooy Prize 2020 awarded to Laurent Declerck
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For his MSc thesis, Laurent Declerck has received the Kooy Prize 2020 by KIVI.
15 April 2020
Guido de Croon appointed as professor 'Bio-inspired Micro Air Vehicles'
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Guido de Croon has been appointed as a professor at the Department of Control & Operations.
09 March 2020
Minister sends action plan Hybrid Electric Flying to Parliament
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The plan provides insight into how the Netherlands can develop in the field of hybrid and electric flying.
04 March 2020
Aerospace Engineering in top five global QS Subject Ranking
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The QS Subjects ranking 2020 places TU Delft in the top five in the discipline Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing engineering.
03 March 2020
Joris Melkert new Director of Education
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As of 12 July 2020, Joris Melkert will become the new Director of Education of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.
03 March 2020
Aerospace Engineering involved in four new studies of planets and exoplanets
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Researchers of the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft are involved in four of the eight new projects that will start within the Dutch planetary and exo-planetary programme ‘PEPSci’.
18 February 2020
2.75M EU grant for STEP4WIND
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Project STEP4WIND aims at increasing the commercial readiness level of floating offshore wind energy.
13 February 2020
Health problems from air pollution often originate from distant emissions
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Air pollution, and the associated premature deaths, are strongly affected by distant emission sources. In the US about half of the premature mortality occurs outside the state that produces the emissions.