Education
Studying for a master's degree at ASSET is a very multi-disciplinary affair. Students will know early on which project they will be their master thesis and they are given the freedom to fill in part of their forth year courses accordingly. Studying at ASSET will entail attending most courses and lectures at other chairs, other faculties or even other universities if required. The number and types of courses attended by the student will be monitored to a certain degree by supervisors to warrant sufficient scientific value.
The master thesis phase in the fifth and last year of the Aerospace faculty in Delft and is perhaps the most exciting part of the entire education. This is certainly so for a master thesis at ASSET. At ASSET students will enjoy tremendous freedom to take their project to new levels. Whether they are doing aerodynamic calculations on kites for the laddermill or structural design of the next solar car, At ASSET students get the opportunity to go the distance. In order for sustainable development to be a success, a "go and do it" mentality needs to be adopted. This is the spirit in which a master thesis at ASSET is done.
Proposals for BSc, MSc & PhD projects
MSc research project: "Development of a kite based high altitude wind measurement system" [pdf]
MSc research project: "Development of a fast, reliable wireless link for Kite-Power-Systems" [pdf]
BSc research project: "Building a small-scale kite power system demonstrator" [pdf]
BSc/MSc research project: "Economic analysis of the pumping kite concept for energy generation"
MSc research project: "Performance optimization of a kite power system" [pdf]
MSc research project: "Integration of a Laddermill system with current air traffic"
MSc research project: "Improving flight performance & stability of the Kiteplane"
MSc research project: "Automatic control of tethered airfoils for airborne wind power generation" [pdf]
MSc research project: "Dynamic analysis of a kite using a Finite Element model" [pdf]
MSc research project: "Aerodynamic analysis of deforming kites" [pdf]
PhD research project: "Automatic flight control of tethered kites" [pdf]
PhD research project: "Aero-elastic analysis of tethered flexible membrane wings" [pdf]
For further information, contact Dr. Schmehl at r.schmehl@tudelft.nl
