Research groups at the Faculty AE

Research within the faculty of Aerospace Engineering is conducted by the chairs. Chairs with related areas of interest are placed together in departments.

The faculty has the following departments and chairs and their conducted research:

Aerodynamics, Wind Energy, Flight Performance and Propulsion (AWEP)

• Aerodynamics
• Wind Energy
• Flight Performance & Propulsion

Control and Operations (C&O)

• Control and Simulation
• Air Transport and Operations   

Aerospace Structures and Materials (ASM)

• Aerospace Structures & Computational Mechanics 
• Novel Aerospace Materials
• Structural Integrity & Composites 

Faculty AE has a very advanced structures and materials laboratory:

Delft Aerospace Structures and Materials Laboratory 

Space Engineering (SpE)

• Astrodynamics and Space Missions
• Space Systems Engineering

Research priorities 2012-2015