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First tests of Stratos II rocket motor are promising
18 June 2013
Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering (DARE) carried out the first series of tests on the Stratos II rocket motor last month at TNO. With a peak thrust of 10,000 N, this motor is powerful enough to lift up a small car and is without a doubt one of the most powerful rocket motors that has ever been built and tested by students. The Aurora motor is a hybrid rocket motor developed in order to bring the...Continue
Visit by the Chinese Ambassador to the Netherlands
17 June 2013On Tuesday June 25 the Chinese Ambassodor to the Netherlands, Mr Chen XU will visit the TU Delft. At 15:00 Prof dr Hester Bijl will welcome mr Chen XU to our faculty. A visit will be made to the Structures and Materials Laboratory and the SIMONA flight simulator.Continue
Lecture Professor R.Curran video conferenced to Airbus sites
17 June 2013
On June 6 Professor R. Curran (Aerospace Transport & Operations) held an operability lecture in Toulouse. It was the first time a lecture has been video conferenced to Airbus England, Spain, Germany (2 sites) and India. This shows again the industries interest in the TU Delft. Continue
41 Aerospace Engineering students to Paris Air show on 17 June
17 June 2013
As many as 41 AE (Aerospace Engineering) students visited the 50th edition of the Paris Air show on Monday 17 June. Based on their motivation letters, CVs and transcripts, 21 Master’s students were selected for the activities organised by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) during the show. These selected students are given a day’s access to the show and their travel costs...Continue
Changed opening times summer period
17 June 2013Modified opening times for the holiday period apply for the restaurant and the Fellowship. The faculty is opened until 22.00 hrs as usual en does not close earlier contrary to previous years. The Fellowship is closed during the summer, with the exception of the week of the exams (week 33 from Monday August 12). Continue
You tube videos temporarily not available
10 June 2013Due to a technical problem the You tube videos of the TU Delft are temporily not available. Continue
Already more than 15,000 enrolments for free TU Delft online courses
11 June 2013Registration for the first free TU Delft MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) is going very well. Applications for the first two courses have already topped 15,000. Solar Energy has already had more than 10,000 applications and Introduction to Water Treatment has received over 5,000. Both MOOCs will start on 16 September 2013. Registration opened a month ago and since then numbers have been rising...Continue
Aerospace Women’s Day
06 June 2013
Tuesday 11th of JuneEveryone knows that there is a difference in being a student and a professional. The bridge between the two is an important one: it determines who you are as a professional and who you are going to be in your future career. As females in the Aerospace Industry we are special because we are not many. It is therefore that we, ‘Women with Wings’ (women’s committee aerospace...Continue
Kite Power Group at Summer Festival
31 May 2013
Friday, 31 May 2013, the setup of the kite power system will be presented on campus TU Delft as part of the summer festival.Continue
