26 July 2018
Launch of TU Delft Student Rocket Fails
On Thursday 26 July at 03:30 AM, students from the Delft University of Technology, made an attempt with a home-built rocket (Stratos III) to beat the European altitude record and reach the threshold of space. Twenty seconds after the launch the rocket disintegrated above the safety zone at sea. The team and INTA (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial) are currently investigating the anomaly and the cause of the failed attempt.
12 July 2018
Students participate in Airnovation Summer Academy
Two students from the Faculty joined the second Airbus Airnovation Summer Academy.
12 July 2018
Aerospace students finish top in Best Graduates competition
Two master’s students from the Faculty have taken 2nd and 4th place.
06 July 2018
Delft simulation model for optimum performance during team time trials
During his Mechanical Engineering degree programme, TU Delft student Mats Overtoom came up with a mathematical model that could provide answers to such questions as ‘What is the optimum changeover schedule for a cyclist in a team time trial?’ and ‘How fast does he need to cycle up a mountain to reach optimum performance?’. The input for the simulation model was data from cyclists from Team Sunweb and specific track information. It gives the Dumoulin team strategic tips for optimum performance, the best order of the cyclists and the length of turns on the front during a team time trial.
05 July 2018
Science Cafe The Hague
Only available in Dutch
02 July 2018
Students win Dassault Aviation Prize
Two master’s students from the Faculty traveled to Paris last week as part of the Student Aerospace Challenge
28 June 2018
Quieter airports and wind turbines
Salil Luesutthiviboon is passionate about noise reduction. Having completed an Aerospace master’s in 2017, his research aims to contribute to a sustainable and quiet future by reducing noise at airports and also at wind turbines.
25 June 2018
Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects wins state-of-the-art multibeam echo sounder
The Aircraft Noise and Climate Effects group is the winner of the R2Sonic Multispectral Challenge. The prize is a R2Sonic 2026 multispectral multibeam echo sounder.
25 June 2018
Sizzling Summer of Space van start – publiek welkom bij topsprekers van het ISU Space Studies Program 2018
Een astronauten-panel, de man die de Hubble-telescoop een nieuwe ‘bril’ gaf, ruimtevaartfilms, een speciaal science café in Den Haag, Breakthrough Starshot over de missie naar Alpha Centauri, en een LEGO-robotcompetitie tussen scholieren en de SSP18-studenten.
21 June 2018
Bedrock below West Antarctica rising surprisingly fast
Researchers have found that the bedrock below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is rising much more rapidly than expected, revealing a very different Earth structure than previously believed. This discovery has important implications in understanding climate changes in Antarctica. The team of researchers, from ten universities including TU Delft, report on their findings in Science on June 22th.