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TU Delft Aerospace Engineering

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TU Delft Aerospace Engineering

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Faculty of Aerospace Engineering One of the largest faculties devoted entirely to Aerospace The field of study is extremely broad and exciting.

It is the only unique institute carrying out research and education directly related to aerospace engineering in the Netherlands. Through the years, the Faculty has responded to the increasing demands of the aerospace industry by further expanding its facilities and laboratories. It has also expanded existing aerospace engineering topics to cover important fields such as earth observation and wind energy. Today the Faculty has a student body of over 2000 undergraduates and graduates, about 250 members of academic staff and 100 PhD students. Around 25% of the student population has a foreign nationality. It is not confined just to the aerospace industry. Besides acquiring the specialist know-how you will also learn to work in teams, to make compromises, to search for solutions to complex problems and to communicate effectively. The degree programme in Aerospace Engineering is the only one at TU Delft to offer a complete English-language Bachelor’s degree programme.

13/10/2026

🏆 A team of six students, led by Prof. Dr. Marilena Pavel, has won 1st place in the undergraduate category of the 43rd Annual Student Design Competition of the Vertical Flight Society.

The competition challenged students to redesign the Bell XV-15 tiltrotor, originally developed as a prototype with NASA in 1977, into a hybrid-electric tiltrotor configuration for future Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) applications. The redesigned aircraft was required to address the demands of a 21st-century aircraft architecture, incorporating a new propulsion system, aerodynamic enhancements, improved structural efficiency, advanced flight-control systems, and increased operational flexibility.

The HEXV-15 Kestrel solution, designed by the team, proposed a novel wing–proprotor configuration featuring nacelle-mounted wing extensions and a comprehensive redesign of the XV-15’s proprotors, main wing and structural frame. These modifications were developed to accommodate the hybrid-electric propulsion architecture whilst accounting for the performance and integration requirements of future battery technologies.

Congratulations to Michael Boutros, Ruben van Duuren, Elias Gruters, Paris Limnidis, Rishi Nair and Mick P***k, and their supervisors Marilena Pavel, Ivan Komala and André Correia on this achievement👏

The winning design will be presented at the VFS Annual Forum & Technology Display in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2027.

04/10/2026

It’s World Animal Day, and we’re celebrating some unexpected teachers of aerospace engineers: animals. 🐝🐭🐦🐿️

At TU Delft, researchers are looking to for smart solutions to some of the challenges of flight and robotics.

🐭 Feel like a rat.
🐦 Land like a bird.
🐝 Navigate like a bee.
🐿️ Fly like a squirrel.

From tiny drones that use whiskers to navigate by touch in the dark, and drones that feel for a branch before landing, to the SquirrelDrone, inspired by the whole-body movements of flying squirrels.

And then there are honeybees. 🐝 Inspired by the way bees learn their surroundings and find their way home, Bee-Nav helps small robots navigate using remarkably little memory.

Meanwhile, new research into tactile flight is exploring how drones could use touch to find their way when they can’t rely on sight, taking inspiration from animals such as rats and moles.

Nature has had millions of years to develop ingenious ways to sense, navigate, move and adapt. For aerospace engineers, there is still plenty to discover.

Happy World Animal Day! 💙

17/09/2026

👀Curious what it’s like to study Aerospace Engineering ?

Here’s a day in the life of one of our BSc students: from lectures to project work to the moments in between that make this community feel like home.

🚀If you are curious about aerospace or technology, pay a visit to our faculty. Check out our website for more information about our upcoming Bachelor Open Campus days on 16 and 19 October! https://www.tudelft.nl/en/education/study-programme-orientation/preparing-for-a-bachelor/open-days

🤝This video was made in collaboration with Luchtvaart in Transitie.

03/09/2026

Our students have voted for their favourite educator! 🚀 Roberto Merino-Martinez was awarded the Educator of the Year for the programme and Guido de Croon for the programme. Congratulations to both! 🎉

During the faculty’s Opening of the Academic Year on Tuesday, VSV ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ revealed that our students have voted for the faculty's overall Educator of the Year: Guido de Croon! Guido will participate in the election of Educator of the Year for the entire .

Guido was recognized for making the challenging field of Artificial Intelligence approachable while maintaining the academic depth expected at the Master's level. Students highlighted his enthusiasm about the topic, his clear explanations, practical teaching methods, and the supportive learning environment he creates, where students feel comfortable asking for help.

Students praised Roberto for his engaging and interactive teaching style, his ability to make complex topics accessible, and the enthusiasm he brings to the classroom. He also went beyond the classroom, organizing a trip to the anechoic and reverberation chambers. His creative initiatives and real-world demonstrations have inspired many students and enriched their learning experience.

Have you ever followed a lecture from Roberto or Guido? We would love to hear about it! 👇🏻

31/08/2026

Inspired by the human hand, researchers developed a flying robot with a human-like hand and embodied tactile sensing 🖐️🤖🛸.

Like a bird, this drone feels its way to a safe landing. The drone uses the tactile hand to probe and feel for an object, continuously refining its position and orientation until it can grasp it securely.

The compliant hand adapts to different shapes and surfaces, allowing the drone to perch reliably even when its initial estimate of the target is inaccurate. Rather than relying on precise visual information, the drone uses touch as a source of information for action, introducing a new approach to autonomous perching across a wide range of structures.

The work by Anton Bredenbeck, Anish Jadoenathmisier and Salua Hamaza has now been published in Nature npj Robotics.

🔗 Read more on our website: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/lr/like-a-bird-this-drone-feels-its-way-to-a-safe-landing

16/07/2026

We are very pleased to announce that the Executive Board of TU Delft has appointed Prof. Mirjam Snellen as the new Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, effective 1 January 2027.

Prof. Snellen will take over the role from Prof. Henri Werij, who will be stepping down as Dean after many years of dedicated leadership and commitment to the faculty.

After graduating in Aerospace Engineering from TU Delft, Snellen joined the faculty in 2003. Over the years, she has built a deep understanding of Aerospace Engineering and its community, while establishing herself as an inclusive leader committed to people, collaboration, and the continued development of the faculty. She has built an internationally leading research programme in the field of aircraft noise and was appointed Professor ‘Acoustic Data Analysis and Imaging for Aircraft Noise’ in 2020. She currently serves as Chair of the Control & Operations, is a member of the Faculty Management Team, and holds the role of Vice Dean.

Mirjam Snellen: “I look forward to working together with our staff, students and partners to further strengthen an open, inclusive and future-proof faculty, where education, research and societal impact go hand in hand.”

We warmly congratulate Prof. Mirjam Snellen on her appointment and look forward to this next chapter for the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.

09/07/2026

Congratulations to our BSc students for completing their DSE last week and for graduating! 🎓👏🏻🎉

The team that won the first prize is team #7 with their REAVER project guided by Steve Gehly 🏆

The REAVER mission aims to design a scalable spacecraft system capable of autonomously capturing and enabling the reuse of derelict satellites in geostationary orbit, thereby reducing orbital congestion and supporting the transition towards a sustainable, circular space economy.

🏆Congratulations to the team on their first prize! 👏

📹Read more about all the DSE projects and watch the presentations via our link in bio.

02/07/2026

🏆A historic achievement for student team Lambach Aircraft

After finishing 3rd place at last year's Payload Challenge, organized by the British Model Flying Association, the team returned for redemption this year.

This year, the team:
✈️ Achieved the highest Design Report & Technical Drawings score in the competition, outperforming every team from recent years by more than 10%.
✈️ Designed and built an RC aircraft weighing just 730 g
✈️ Successfully completed the qualification round and a round with 2 kg of payload.

For the final, the team made a risky decision. Despite challenging windy conditions and an aircraft designed right at the limits of what was possible, they went for the maximum 4 kg payload. The aircraft lifted off successfully and completed roughly one-third of the required circuit before an unexpected power failure caused it to crash.

But engineering is about more than a perfect flight. Thanks to an ultralight design and competitive reports, the team secured enough points to bring home the trophy🏆

This marks a historic success for Lambach Aircraft. TU Delft's name will now be engraved on the Payload Challenge trophy alongside renowned institutions including Beijing Institute of Technology, University of Stuttgart, PFH Göttingen, and many more.

Congratulations to the entire team 💙✈️ and follow their journey Lambach Aircraft

25/06/2026

DSE SYMPOSIUM - Join us tomorrow, Friday 26th June at 09:00, on-site or online for the closing of the Design/Synthesis Exercise!⁠
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Finally, after 10 weeks, our BSc students can present their design in front of a jury of national and international experts. ⁠
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Read more about the designs via our and find the program of the day and the presentation live streams for each group.⁠
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Good luck to all! Let us know in the comments which group you belong to or which group you are supporting 📣👇🏻⁠
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📍Faculty of Aerospace Engineering⁠

➡️www.tudelft.nl/ae/dse
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08/06/2026

Flying squirrels perform some of the most agile aerial manoeuvres found in nature. Inspired by these remarkable gliding mammals, researchers developed the SquirrelDrone🐿️🤖, a flying robot that morphs its entire body during flight.

While most bio-inspired aerial robotics research focuses on birds, the SquirrelDrone combines coordinated limb movement, spine and tail morphing, and a flexible membrane that adapts to airflow. The result? Enhanced:
✅agility
✅manoeuvrability
✅stability in flight.

Through wind-tunnel testing and real-world flight experiments this study helps understanding how whole-body morphing contributes to glide flight in complex, cluttered environments such as forests and helps shaping fundamentally new aircraft designs.

The work by Salua Hamaza, Liming Zheng and Alexander van Zuijlen has been published in
Communications.

🔗Read more on our website!

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