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Title lecture: Process Integration and Design Optimization tools. Software solutions for Simulation Process Knowledge capturing and execution
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Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Presentations of all TU Delft minors
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Work outs: ‘New Jack swing’ with Patrick Karijowidjojo (Ultimate Dance Battle), clip dance with Gilton. Also Kizomba, BURN, Reggaeton and more.
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The next Master Event for all TU Delft master's programmes will be on 24 April 2012.
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On this day the following master students will receive their MSc diploma.
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Guest lecture by Prof. Thorgier Palsson, from the Reykjavik University.
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Educative evening for young women about technical studies and professions.
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It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the Kick-off of the Graduate School of Aerospace Engineering.
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BSc graduates will receive their diploma. Due to the faculty's BSc diploma ceremony the seating area of the AE restaurant will be closed for employees and students.It’s possible to get your lunch at the restaurant during this days.
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Ad Rutten, COO Schiphol Group, will visit our faculty on December 6, 2011, to debate with students, employees and Alumni on current issues concerning the expansion possibilities of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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Join us for the Master Event, the Master’s information day, on Tuesday 22 November at the TU Delft. Register now!
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Organisation: NVR /Micro-Electronic Systems & Technology Association (MEST)
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On Friday September 23 Eric Mazur, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University, will give a seminar over Stopping Time.
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. W. Haans: "Wind turbine aerodynamics in yaw - unravelling the measured rotor wake"
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NASALaRC Invitation
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On September 13 Jason L. Speyer, from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of UCLA, will give a seminar over Particle Filters.
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Thesis defence by Mr. C.A. Cooper: "Development of a methodology to support design of complex aircraft wings"
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Wolter J. Fabrycky, Lawrence Professor, Emeritus at Virginia Tech and Chairman, Academic Applications International, Inc. will give a seminar on System Design Evaluation September 9.
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The dean invites all students and employees to join him in opening the new acadmic year together.
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On the first of September 2011, ISIS – Innovative Solutions In Space organizes the Delft Nano satellite Symposium together with the Delft University of Technology and the Netherlands Space Society NVR.
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Thesis defence by Mr. E.W.M. Roosenboom: "Image based measurement techniques for aircraft propeller flow diagnostics"
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. R. De Breuker: "Energy-based aeroelastic analysis and optimization of morphing wings"
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The public meeting is scheduled for 30 June, from 14:00 until 16:00, in meeting room 1.
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On Wednesday June 29 the symposium ‘Teacher Quality: knowing without measuring’ will be organized for full professors. This symposium provides the unique possibility to discuss a complex topic with colleagues from other faculties: how do I get a reliable picture of the pedagogical qualities of my staff members?
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Thesis defence by Mr. A.C. in 't Veld: "Self-Spacing Algorithms for Continuous Descent Approaches"
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Thesis defence by Mr. M.J.T. Schroijen: "Aspects of Complexity in Design for Sustainability"
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. M. Kruijff: Tethers in Space - A Propellantless Propulsion In-orbit Demonstration
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Promotie van De heer M.J.T. Schroijen: "Aspects of Complexity in Design for Sustainability"
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On Thursday 19 May 2011 at 12:30 Professor Wubbo Ockels will give children''s lecture at the faculty, over 200 children aged 10-12 years will follow this lecture. Ockels will explain the children what the latest developments in his research field are.
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Within the framework of the Geomatics course 3DGIS Olivier Courtin from Oslandia will give a general introduction on PostgreSQL/PostGIS and will address 3D support, inside coming PostGIS 2.0 as well.
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Invitation
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Thesis defence by Mr. M.Z. Abd Rahman: Estimation of composite hydrodynamic roughness over land with high density airborne laser scanning
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Information about the various minors of the TU Delft.
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Thesis defence by Mr. A.K. Bucksch: Revealing the skeleton from imperfect point clouds
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In November the first CEO debate took place with the general director of the NLR, Michel Peters. On April 20th a new edition will take place in the AE-restaurant. This time, the Lt.Gen Jansen (Commander of the Royal Netherlands Airforce) will visit Delft. We expect a strong debate in which this ''CEO'' will be tested on different technical airforce related subjects.
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Thesis defence by Mr. M.E.G.D. Colin: Underwater Detection, Classification and Localisation: Improving the capabilities of towed sonar arrays
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Are you planning to start on one of TU Delft’s Master’s programmes in the next academic year, and would you like to know more about the opportunities available? Then come to the next Master Event on Tuesday 19 April 2011.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. E.R. van Oort: Adaptive Backstepping Control and Safety Analysis for Modern Fighter Aircraft
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Thesis defence by Mr. G. la Rocca: Knowledge Based Engineering Techniques to Support Aircraft Design and Optimization
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We are looking forward to meeting you.
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The ATOS 2011 team kindly invites you for the second Air Transport & Operations Symposium 2011 with the overall theme "Optimizing Value in Air Transport & Operations". ATOS 2011 will take place on Monday 28th of March 2011 and Tuesday 29th of March 2011 each day from 9:00-18:00 hrs at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. E.N. Doornbos: Thermospheric Density and Wind Determination from Satellite Dynamics
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Kom naar het lagerhuisdebat op 24 maart en ga in discussie met o.a. Rector Magnificus Karel Luyben over loopbaanperspectief na de MSc studie.
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This annually organized symposium will take place on the 8th of March in the Auditorium of Delft University of Technology, alongside a workshop day hosted by the NLR and Dutch Space on the 7th.
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Please be informed that this guest lecture is postponed to another date (yet to be decided).
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Inaugural speech by Prof.dr. I. de Pater
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4-day course Airline Management & Operations
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Thesis defence by Mr. S.W. Choi: Optimization of microstructure and properties of high strength spring steel
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More information will be published when available.
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Bachelorstudents present the designs they developed during ten weeks of intensive cooperation.
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Welcome to the first edition of the Dutch Nano-satellite symposium. This is a series of symposia, organised by Space Systems Engineering at Delft University of Technology, providing a platform for information exchange and increased cooperation within the nanosatellite community. The first symposium, `E-Moth’ on 26 January, 2011, focuses on nano-satellites to the Moon and is co-organised by E-Moth...
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Thesis defence by Mr. G. Totaro: Multilevel optimization of Anisogrid latice strutures for aerospace application
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Thesis defence by Mr. F. Meng: "Aero-elastic Stability Analysis for Large-Scale Wind Turbines
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. J. Breukels: An Engineering methodology for Kite Design
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. T. Van Helleputte: The integration of spaceburn accelerometry in the precise orbit determination of low-flying satellites
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. H.J.K. Lemmen: Fatigue and Damage Tolerance of friction stir welded joints for aerospace applications
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BSc graduaties will receive their diplom. The seating area of the restaurant will be closed for employees and students.
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BSc graduaties will receive their diplom. The seating area of the restaurant will be closed for employees and students.
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Moritz Diehl is Professor for Optimization in Engineering at the Electrical Engineering Department (ESAT-SCD) of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and principal investigator of the Optimization in Engineering Center (www.kuleuven.be/optec/). He is actively involved in research on Airborne Wind Energy concepts since 10 years. He has recently won an ERC Starting Grant for his project...
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Thesis defence by Ms. Ir. M.M. Heiligers: "Pilot task demand load during RNAV approaches
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First year student competiion of Aerospace Engineering.
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Thesis defence by Mr. J. Yan: Algorithms for indoor positioning systems using ultra-wideband signals
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Thesis defence by Mr. C. Fagiano: Computational Modeling of Tow-Placed Composite Laminates with Fabrication Features
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Guest lecture on Nonlinear analysis of composite and functionally graded shell structures
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Starting in 2008 with a realization that kite´s can produce enormous power from strong winds, investigations into the world of ´Kite Power´ were started by a small team of students and engineers at the University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). After some first succesful testing and very simplified analysis the support of Alstom Switzerland was gained and collaborations...
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TU Delft Study Master of Science Master Event 2010 Schedule presentations Accessibility Master Event 2010 TU Delft offers over 35 Master’s programmes at the highest level. A Master’s degree from TU Delft will considerably improve your prospects on the (international) job market. Are you planning to start on one of TU Delft’s Master’s programmes in the...
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Op vrijdag 25 november 2005 worden de jaarlijkse prijzen van het Universiteitsfonds Delft voor de beste afstudeerders van de Technische Universiteit Delft uitgereikt aan de beste afstudeerders van de 8 faculteiten van de TU Delft in het studiejaar 2004 - 2005. Tevens zal - en dat is nieuw - een prijs worden uitgereikt aan de beste afstudeerder van de Universiteit in dat collegejaar.
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Ben jij een geïnteresseerd in een uitdagende technische opleiding? Speciaal voor meiden organiseren wij een aantal voorlichtingsactiviteiten.
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To help you keep on track, TU Delft is organizing its third annual PhD Event on the 18th of November. Here you can meet your fellow students, compare notes and swap experiences with them. You can also take part in interactive workshops and sessions geared to help you develop useful skills and learn from hands-on experts.
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Wednesday November 17th, you can debate with Michel Peters, CEO of the NLR, about ‘University Fundamental Research vs. Commercial Institutes’. During debate and social, free drinks and snacks are served. The Leonardo Times published an interview with AE alumnus Michel Peters in their September issue.
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''P in 1'' means completing the first year (the ''propaedeuse'') of the Bachelor’s in one year. The first year takes one year to complete, but not all students manage to gain their certificate within that period. In the academic year 2009-2010 it was only 17 percent of all first-year students.
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. E.J. Schut: "Conceptual design automation"
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Study Abroad and Internships Information Days
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The department Aerospace Structures organises a guest lecture of PhD Micheal Kezirian on the 3rd of November. The title of the guest lecture is Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPV): Flight Rationale for the Space Shuttle Program.
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Thesis defence by Ms. Ir. A.W. Blom: "Structural Performance of Fiber-Placed, Variable-Stiffness Composite Conical and Cylindrical Shells"
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Graduation Ceremony for MSc Aerospace Engineering
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Thesis defence by Mr. W.W.A. Beelaerts van Blokland: "Value leverage by aerospace original equipment manufacturers"
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Thesis defence by Mr. M.H.J. Amelink: "Ecological Automation Design, Extending Work Domain Analysis"
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Thesis defence by Mr. D.J. Cerda Salzmann: "Ampelmann. Development of the Access System for Offshore Wind Turbines"
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Thesis defence by Mr. E. de Weerdt: "Interval Analysis. Contributions to static and dynamic optimization"
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Thesis defence by Mr. E. van Kampen: "Global Optimization using Interval Analysis. Interval optimization for Aerospace applications"
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Thesis defence by Mr. S.D. Mookhoek: "Novel routes to liquid-based self-healing polymer systems"
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The dean welcomes all students and employees and with them will look forward to our new academic year. The faculty will open the doors of the new cafe The "Atmosfeer". Students and employees are invited.
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Thesis defence by Mr. S. Joncas: Thermoplastic Composite Wind Turbine Blades. An integrated design approach
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. L. Sonneveldt: Adaptive Backstepping Flight Control for Modern Fighter Aircraft
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Inaugural speech by Prof.dr. T.J. Dingemans
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. P. Lucas: "Efficient numerical methods to compute unsteady subsonic flows on unstructured grids"
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As the formal closure of the third-year Design/Synthesis Exercise a one-day symposium will be organized on Thursday June 24th. During this symposium all 21 groups will present their results. The schedule shows when and in which lecture room the presentations will be held. The presentations will be judged by a jury of national and international experts. The program for the symposium is as...
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Flying in the future will have to be a good bit more environmentally friendly than it is at the moment, but this means that the design of our aircraft will have to be completely overhauled. Researchers from the AE faculty are therefore working on the ‘sustainable aircraft of the future’. The result is a futuristic concept in which the wings, the cabin and engines are merged into a single shape, a...
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Thesis defence by Mr. V.H. Duong: "Large Footprint, Full Waveform Analysis in Laser Scanning Data and Applications"
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. G.J.A. Loeven: "Efficient uncertainty quantification in computational fluid dynamics"
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On Thursday 27 May, the division of Control and Simulation organizes an information evening for prospective Master-students interested in subscribing for the Control and Simulation or Air Traffic Management & Airports Master-profiles.
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ir. T.J.J. Lombaerts: "Fault Tolerant Flight Control. A Physical Model Approach"
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Inaugural speech by Prof.dr. M. Menenti
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Thesis defence by Mr. Ing. A. de Jong: "Improving Industrial Maintenance Contract Relationships: Optimising the allocation of decision rights and risk in contract relationships involving uncertainty in demand"
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The European Satellite Navigation Competition dares you to find some new applications for satellite navigation systems. International award: €20.000,-
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Visit the minor information session on Monday 26 April 2010, from 3.30 to 6.00 p.m. in the Aula Congress Centre of the TU Delft.
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Mr. Camiel Eurlings, Dutch Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, gave delivered on April 21 the Albert Plesman Memorial lecture on "Innovative Capacity of Air Transport as a Driver for Growth and Sustainability in the 21st Century".
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Aerospace education takes an aerodynamic flight to the future
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The ATOS 2010 team kindly invites you for the first Air Transport & Operations and the AEROSPACE Education 2020 Symposium. ATOS 2010 will take place on Wednesday 14 April 2010 and Thursday 15 April 2010 each day from 9:00-17:30 hrs at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology in Delft, The Netherlands. The AEROSPACE Education 2020 Symposium will take place on Friday 16...
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The goal of the thesis was to develop an engine for the next generation aircraft, and specifically for a blended wing body concept. To drastically reduce the CO2 emissions, the optimal solution is to use only fuels that contain no carbon, thus eliminating all CO2 created by the aircraft.
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Get in touch with interactive education at the ICTO roadshow! Enjoy a free! lunch and listen to presentations or watch demonstrations at the various stands.
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The future of Air Transportation
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Thesis defence by Mr. L.J. Souverein: "On the scaling and unsteadiness of shock induced"
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Thesis defence by Mr. S. D''Amico: "Autonomous Formation Flying in Low Earth Orbit"
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NTNU research on ocean renewables. Lecturer: Jorgen Hals, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (Trondheim)
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Thesis defence by Mr. F.M. Bos: "Numerical simulations of flapping foil and wing aerodynamics. Mesh deformation using radial basis functions"
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Véronique Dehant from the Royal Observatory of Belgium will present at the next VMSG IGD seminar 26 February. Her lecture will cover the results of the present Mars Express orbiter mission around Mars, in which the Royal Observatory of Belgium is participating, and future geophysical missions to Mars. Particular focus is on improving our understanding of the interior, rotation and orientation of...
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Thesis defence by Mr. R. Theunissen: "Adaptive Image Interrogation for PIV - Application to Compressible Flows and Interfaces -"
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Thesis defence by Ms. P.P. Parlevliet: "Residual Strains in Thick Thermoplastic Composites: an Experimental Approach"
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Inaugural speech: Prof.Dr.-Ing. G. Eitelberg | AE
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INVITATION
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Thesis defence by Mr. F.F.J. Schrijer: "Experimental investigation of re-entry aerodynamic phenomena - Development of non-intrusive flow diagnostics in a Ludwieg tube"
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Thesis defence by Mr. B. Wouters: "Identification and Modelling of Sea Level Change Contributors"
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Inaugural speech by Prof.dr. R. Curran, faculteit L&R
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Thesis defence Mr. A.A. Zad Poor: "Tailor-Made Blanks for the Aircraft Industry"
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Academic ceremony to mark the 168th Dies Natalis (Foundation Day) of TU Delft. This day will focus on the departing Rector Magnificus, Professor Jacob Fokkema.
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Prof.dr.ir. M. Mulder | faculteit AE
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High altitude wind is a major source for renewable energy and kites are a promising technology to exploit this energy. Understanding the flight dynamics of kites is essential for design and implementation of kite power generation and propulsion systems. Important practical questions are concerning the aerodynamic stability and controllability of kites and the optimization of flight trajectories....
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Thesis defence by Mr. T.F. Wittwer: "Regional gravity field modelling with radial basis functions"
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Thesis defence by Mr. Y. Memarzadeh: "Ionospheric Modeling for Precise GNSS Applications"
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At the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, you can choose from two Master’s programmes: Aerospace Engineering and Geomatics. The Master’s in Geomatics is a joint venture with the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences and the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.
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ASDA Seminar 2009 on the understanding of the relationship between air traffic management and environment.
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The international open day programme will be held on October 30 2009. If you would like to attend or receive more information, please send an e-mail to study-ae@tudelft.nl.
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Thesis defence by Mr. C.J. Simão Ferreira: "The near wake of the VAWT. 2D and 3D views of the VAWT aerodynamics"
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Thesis defence by Mr. W. Xu: ''Designing ultra high strength corrosion resistance steels for aerospace application''
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Thesis defence by Mr. B.A. Alberts: ''Regional gravity field modeling from airborne gravimetry data''
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Thesis defence by Mr. G. Carpentieri: ''An Adjoint-Based Shape-Optimization Method for Aerodynamic Design''
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Thesis defence by Mr. L.A. Krakers: ''Parametric fuselage design: Integration of mechanics, acoustic & thermal insulation''
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Thesis defence by Ms. J. Shi: ''Discrete modelling of plasticity and martensitic transformations''
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On Friday afternoon August 21, in Room A of the faculty of Aerospace Engineering, the MSc diploma''s will be handed out to the recent graduates.
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August 17th the NUNA 5 will go to Australia. Everyone can wave the NUNA and the team goodbye before it flies to Australia.
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The DUT Racing team is home from Silverstone and is preparing for FSG, the event in Hockenheim, Germany from the 5th untill the 9th August.
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Thesis defence by Mr. C.S. Faria Lopes: "Damage and failure of non-conentidual composite laminates"
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Students from TU Delft and pupils from the Grotius College will attempt to launch 250 water rockets simultaneously. This suffices for an official registration at Guinness World RecordsTM. We are looking for students who are prepared to launch such a water rocket.
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As the formal closure of the third-year Design/Synthesis Exercise a one-day symposium will be organized on June 19th. During this symposium all 24 groups will present their results. The schedule on the reverse shows when and in which lecture room the presentations will be held. The presentations will be judged by a jury of national and international experts. The symposium will be held in the...
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Thesis defence by Mr. C. Borst: "Ecological Approach to Pilot Terrain Awareness"
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Thesis defence by Mr. K.G. van der Zee: "Goal-Adaptive Discretization of Fluid-Structure Interaction"
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Thesis defence by H.J. Damveld: "A Cybernetic Approach to Assess the Longitudinal Handling Qualities of Aeroelastic Aircraft"
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May 18th: You are all kindly invited for the next prize ceremony of the Young Wild Ideas program of the Delft Center of Materials.
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Thesis defence by Mr. J. de Vries: "The Imperfection Data Bank and its Applications"
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Thesis defence by Mr. T.M. Lam: "Haptic Interface for UAV Teleoperation"
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Thesis defence by Mr. T.S. Hille: "Lifetime Modeling of Thermal Barrier Coatings"
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Thesis defence Mr. H.A. Baluch: Aeroelastic Loads Modeling for Composite Aircraft Design Support
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The First Joint Chinese-Dutch Workshop on Composites Materials and Structures will be held in the Delft University of Technology, in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Netherlands on April 21-24, 2008. The objectives of the workshop are to foster collaboration between scientists and engineers working in Composites Materials & Structures in China and Netherlands, and to provide a forum for the...
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Thesis defence by ms. T.J. Ahmed: "Composite Structure: Multifucntionality through metal fibres"
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Do you want to broaden your education?
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07/04: Promotie Ir. J.A.S. Witteveen: Efficient and Robust Uncertainty Quantification Methods for Flow and Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations
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27/03: Thesis defence by Mr. A. Knijnenberg: "Compressive Failure Behaviour of Novel Aramid Fibres"
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26/03: Taking part may be simple, but winning Red Bull Paper Wings is a very different matter indeed.
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March 19: final lecture of the course AE4-217
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March 19: The final lecture of the course AE4-217 Aerodynamics of Combat aircraft will be given by F16 pilot maj. W.R.J.A. Helsdingen of the 323 Squadron of the Leeuwarden Airforce base.
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March 6: Thesis defence by Mr. W.A.A.M. Bierbooms: "Constrained stochastic simulation of wind gusts for wind turbine design"
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March 6: PhD defence Mr. Wim Bierbooms. ''It deals with extreme loads on wind turbines due to turbulence''.
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March 5: Graduation presentation A. Kieskamp
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February 18, 2009: Colloquium by Charilaos Kotsarinis
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February 18: Thesis defence by. Mr. R.A. Humble: "Unsteady Flow Organization of a Shock Wave/Boundary Layer Interaction"
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February 12: Graduation colloquium by Bram Masselink
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February 10: Lecture for children. The first Dutch man to go into space, Professor Wubbo Ockels, gives the children’s lecture to children in the age group 10 to 14 years old.
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February 9, 2009: Guest Lecture Prof. Dr. Paolo Gaudenzi
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February 5: NWO/STW Vernieuwingsimpuls lunch meeting
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Thesis defence of Ir. D.B. Chung
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Thesis defence of Ir. J.M. Cnossen
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Thesis defence by Mr M. Mulder: "Haptic Gas Pedal Feedback for Active Car-Following Support"
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Thesis defence by Mr T. Sant: "Improving BEM-based Aerodynamic Models in Wind Turbine Design Codes"
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Thesis defence by Mr O. Seresta: "Multilevel Design and Optimization of Composite Structures with Blended Laminates"
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Promotie van dhr. E.A. Munts: "Space-time multiscale methods for large eddy simulation"
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Promotie van dhr. T. Rabbani Shah: "Automated reconstruction of industrial installations using point clouds and images"
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A ‘faculteits colloquium’ is presented by prof.dr.ir. Sybrand van der Zwaag
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Thesis defence by mr. R. Kroes: "Precise relative positioning of formation flying spacecraft using GPS"
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Thesis defence by mr. A. Smith: "Recovery and recrystallization in C-Mn steels following hot deformation"
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In the summer of 2004 the Delft Centre for Materials, a consortium of 22 chairs of the TU Delft, has decided to start a new common research line in the field of Self Healing Materials. It was decided to concentrate on building-in this newly emerging material property in structural materials.
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Presentation of MSc contract research, Xander Tielrooy: Numerical Analysis of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of the Spyker C8 Spyder.
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