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08 January 2020

Van Leeuwenhoek lecture: Climate neutral aviation? Now boarding!

On Sunday 8 December 2019, Dean Henri Werij gave the Van Leeuwenhoek lecture ‘Climate neutral aviation? Now boarding!’ in the Science Centre.

19 December 2019

Now boarding: Airbus and TU Delft collaborate on sustainable aviation

17 December 2019

NWO Grant for harvesting thermal energy on board of aircraft

Research group Propulsion and Power have been awarded a €1.300.000 NWO Grant.

12 October 2019

The power of conscious decision making

“I believe this has the potential for change in our daily lives.” When Marina Bos-de Vos, researcher at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology, talks about the results of her research, her eyes light up. “Creativity can have a tremendous impact on society. But creative professionals often lose themselves along the way. If they can start to make conscious decisions about their business, their position will only get stronger. And then all those creative solutions, user-friendly designs and sustainable buildings will have an even bigger positive impact.”

07 October 2019

TU Delft presents scale model and cabin for energy-efficient Flying-V

At the KLM Experience Days, TU Delft will be presenting the revolutionary Flying-V.

09 September 2019

Flying "test bed" for electric/hybrid flying landed at Teuge

The Cessna 337F Skymaster landed and will be converted into an electric aircraft as part of the Dutch Electric Aviation Center Teuge (DEAC).

03 May 2019

Sustainability is a verb

Before we buy them, our products go through several phases where value is added to them. From cars and washing machines, to laptops and smartphones. Every product starts as a collection of raw materials. These have to be extracted first, after which a series of complex refining, manufacturing and transport processes start. Resources become materials, materials become parts, parts become products.
Professors Conny Bakker and Ruth Mugge talk about sustainability in design.

29 April 2019

Delft student team takes to the air on liquid hydrogen

AeroDelft, a team of students from TU Delft, is in the process of developing the very first manned aircraft driven by liquid hydrogen.

02 April 2019

TU Delft students winner in second round of the GoFly competition

Silverwing, a student team from TU Delft, is one of the five winners of the second round of the GoFly competition, sponsored by Boeing.

15 January 2019

The unexplored dimensions of renewable energy

Solar power is a great way to produce renewable energy and provide off-the-grid areas in the world with electrification. The question is how solar powered energy systems can work on a local level. To gain insight on this, Abhigyan Singh studied energy exchanges in two rural villages in India and discovered that this goes beyond just monetary gain.

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