Transversal Competency Level of Engineering Graduates Dictated by European Industry

The importance of which transversal competencies, a collective term for non-technical competencies such as problem-solving and communication skills, are required for student success in the labor market has been studied. There is no doubt that students need transversal competencies for professional practice. However, little is known about the...

Comparison of first-year student conceptions on their future roles as engineers between Belgium and The Netherlands

Temperature effect on the static behaviour of adhesively-bonded metal skin to composite stiffener

The purpose of this research is to study the effect of temperature on the static behavior of an hybrid structure consisting of adhesively bonded Fiber Metal Laminate skin to a composite stiffener. This hybrid structure was tested using stiffener pull-off tests, which is a typical set-up used to simulate the structural behaviour of full-scale...

Modeling and characterization of dielectrophoretically structured piezoelectric composites using piezoceramic particle inclusions with high aspect ratios + Erratum

In this work, the piezoelectric properties at high electric fields of dielectrophoretically aligned PZT—polymer composites containing high aspect ratio particles (such as short fibers) are presented. Polarization and strain as a function of electric field are evaluated. The properties of the composites are compared to those of PZT-polymer...

Using the Engineering Design Cycle to Develop Integrated Project Based Learning in Aerospace Engineering

Over the past four years the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has redeveloped its BSc curriculum to mimic an engineering design cycle. Each semester represents a step in the design cycle: exploration; system design; sub-system design; test, analysis & simulation; verification & validation.

TPMagic, a universal airport surface traffic planning analysis and optimization tool

Adding runways and taxiways is a way of solving capacity problems at major airport. As this also increases the intensity of airport ground operations, safety and efficiency might be compromised. This is one of the main reasons why a significant amount of research has been done in this field, such as research with respect to Advanced Surface...