While regions in the so-called Global South, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, face extraordinary challenges, they also offer extraordinary opportunities. That’s why researchers at TU Delft work on cutting-edge science and technology specifically aimed at those regions. The TU Delft | Global Initiative programme is founded […]
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Gas turbines are best known as the jet engines that power aircraft. But they also are the work horses of large power plants generating electricity for our industry and homes. At TU Delft, at both the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering (AE) and the Faculty of […]
When you apply a force on a non-rigid hollow tube, it will deform in a certain way. From everyday experiences, we all have a feeling for how a tubular structure buckles when it is compressed. By making the tube more rigid, the risk of deformations […]
The principle of a wind turbine and that of a ship’s propeller don’t differ all that much. In both cases, an optimal efficiency needs to be extracted from a number of rotating blades. Yet there is surprisingly little synergy between the two areas. That was […]
Their offices at the Dept. of Precision and Microsystems Engineering are located only a few metres from each other, yet Dr. Murali Ghatkesar and Dr. Hassan HosseinNia work in vastly different areas of mechanical engineering. Ghatkesar is an expert in micro/nano-engineering, building for example innovative […]
It has been the undisputed gold standard for implants for dozens of years: titanium. This strong, light and corrosion-resistant metal can be safely incorporated into the body. And yet there is a great deal of discussion about how titanium implants are made. The rise of […]
Sometimes it’s not just the chemical composition of a substance that matters but also the way in which the ingredients are ordered at the atomic level: the crystal structure. For example, the wrong crystal structure of one and the same material could mean the difference […]
Over the past decades, scientists have uncovered that by making systems so small that the dimensions approach those of single molecules or atoms, exciting new functionalities and possibilities emerge that larger systems cannot offer. The scale where this happens is the scale of the nanometer […]
Diamond is not just a natural mineral famous for its beauty and cost; it is also a highly useful crystalline form of carbon that can be grown in a synthetic fashion. The list of properties that make diamond an attractive engineering material seems endless: extreme […]