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Delft, ZH, NL

Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany

My role entails the continued investigation of permeation and leakage phenomena in composite materials at cryogenic temperatures, for the safe design of lightweight liquid hydrogen tanks.

Delft Aerospace Structures And Materials Laboratory (DASML)

I am investigating the effect of strain-rate on the energy absorption of Fibre Metal Laminates (FMLs). In practice, a large number of different GLARE test coupons are being tested under three-point bending untill complete failure.A future scope of the project may involve generating fully validated numerical models to predict flexural energy absorption of.

I am involved in the development of the 'Tanks' section of the launch vehicle. I anticipate contributing to the composite tooling, and in-house machining of key components, as well as leading the prototyping of inter-tank skirts.

TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering

I worked as a Recovery Engineer in the Parachute Research Group (PRG) of DARE, aiming to develop recovery systems for sounding rockets. I helped improve the technological readiness level of a vast range of decelerators as follows:- Stratos-V: I led the design, manufacturing and wind-tunnel testing of an iso-tensoid Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD).

Delft Aerospace Structures And Materials Laboratory (DASML)

I manufactured a range of flat, curved and stepped pre-preg carbon fibre samples,through hand lay-up on a custom mandrel followed by autoclave curing.I adhesively bonded composites to metal parts, for application in interfacemechnisms of sounding rockets.

TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering

The Aviation Department/Luchtvaartdispuut (LVD) promotes aviation related activities among students at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering.As the commisioner of lectures, I had the pleasure to coordinate several lunch lectures, thus inviting guest speakers from Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Dutch Ministry of Defense.The highlight of my year was the biannual.

TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering

I fulfilled the Public Relations function of the Lambach Board. I was responsible for improving outreach by organising events such as design presentations and recruitment drives, as well as creating a presence on our social media platforms.On top of that, I was deeply involved with the day-to-day administration of the society. For example, I was the.

TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering

I developed the aircraft wing group for multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), specifically performing structural design and analyses of key wing components (ribs, spars, skin). I provided input on wing-fuselage integration too.I contributed to the manufacturing of the UAV prototypes. I learnt and applied common processing techniques used in.

TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering

With a team of six motivated engineers, I designed, built and tested a solid rocket that reaches an altitude of 1000m and safely recovers an egg as payload. The rocket was successfully launched and recovered.I was especially involved in the conceptualisation and realisation of the parachute recovery system, as well as Assembly, Integration, Testing (AIT).

Msc Aerospace Structures And Materials

Track: Design and Safety of Structures Relevant Coursework: Design and Analysis of Composites, (Computational) Structural Dynamics.

Bsc, Aerospace Engineering, 8.6/10.0 (Cum Laude)

Final Project: Design of Autonomous Drone for Offshore Wind‑Turbine Inspections using Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

Minor, Computational Sciences And Engineering, 7.8/10.0

Research project: Preconditioning Space-Time discretised Navier-Stokes using Isogeometric Analysis

A* Across 5 A Levels: Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Activities and Societies: Head-Boy Club Leader of Engineering Society (incld. CREST Programme Coordinator) Model United Nations (MUN).