13 March 2018
Nigel Drenthe first-time winner Heinz Stoewer Space award
On 6 March 2018, Nigel Drenthe was announced as the first-time winner of the Heinz Stoewer Space Award for his thesis work, titled “SOLSTICE, Small Orbital Launch Vehicles, a Tentative Initial Cost Estimate”.
13 March 2018
Wouter Terra makes cyclists go faster – in a sports hall
TU TV interviewed aerodynamics researcher Wouter Terra of the Aerodynamics, Wind Energy, Flight Performance & Propulsion (AWEP) Department about his and his colleagues’ work on the question of how to make cyclist cycle faster.
13 March 2018
‘Flying start’ for Unmanned Valley
On 6 March the municipality of Katwijk and TU Delft announced that they established the Unmanned Valley foundation that allows companies, research and education institutes and governments to work together on cutting edge innovation in robotics and unmanned systems.
13 March 2018
Extraterrestrial kids lectures Science Centre started
On Sunday 11 March the series ‘extraterrestrial kids lectures’ at the Science Centre Delft started with a lecture by Jasper Bouwmeester ‘How to build a satellite.’ About 80 children from 8 to 12 years old will follow a total of four lectures about space, organised by the Science Centre as part of their MuseumJeugdUniversiteit programme.
02 March 2018
Wind energy: driving down costs
Despite its recent growth, there’s still a lot of room for cost reductions in wind energy. That’s the view given by prof.dr. Simon Watson in his inaugural lecture at TU Delft on Friday March 2nd.
22 February 2018
Horizon2020 grant for aircraft maintenance research
Aerospace engineering researchers Dr. Santos, Dr Zarouchas, Dr. ir. Verhagen and Dr. Mitici received a 6.8 million euros Horizon2020 grant for their proposal to build an Integrated Fleet Health Management solution.
13 February 2018
Team Laced Horns wins Drone Clash
On 13 February 2018 eight teams competed in the DroneClash competition at Valkenburg airport. The teams used their own drone(s) to take down as many other drones as possible.
13 February 2018
Mark Voskuijl, Marlie Koekenberg and even more aviation in Portraits of Science
Mark Voskuijl and alumna Marlie Koekenberg are included in this year’s Portraits of Science
31 January 2018
Dutch drone first to map pristine national park in half a century
ATMOS UAV, a start-up company from the faculty of Aerospace Engineering, announced on 31 January that their drone Marlyn was used to chart the tropical island of Silhouette in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
30 January 2018
Eelco Doornbos talks about the failed Ariane launch (TU Delta)
A rare mishap took place during the launch of an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guyana last Thursday.