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Ezgi Demiröz

Ezgi Demiröz Ezgi received her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Gazi University, Turkey. Afterward, she went to Eindhoven University of Technology for an Erasmus internship. Thereafter, she obtained her Master’s degree from Koç University, Turkey. In January 2023, she joined our group as a PhD student working on electrocatalytic production of liquid organic hydrogen carrier and chemicals from lignin link ( https://eic-epoch.eu/ ) .

NWO Vici grants for Guido de Croon and Marios Kotsonis)

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Vici funding of up to 1.5 million euros to three Delft scientists. Two of them are colleagues from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering: Prof Guido de Croon and Prof Marios Kotsonis.

José Palomo Jiménez

José Palomo Jiménez Academic background. José graduated as Chemical Engineer in 2013 at the University of Malaga. In 2014, he was awarded with a predoctoral grant offered by the Spanish Ministry of Education in the call for University Faculty Training (FPU) grants, which financed his PhD studies, under the supervision of Prof. José Rodríguez-Mirasol and Prof. Tomás Cordero, at the University of Malaga. His PhD studies were devoted to the development of alternative advanced catalysts for efficient direct dimethyl ether synthesis. During his PhD, he spent a research stay at the Catalysis Engineering (CE) group at Delft University of Technology, working under the supervision of Prof. Freek Kapteijn. Upon completion of his PhD studies in December 2019, he continued his work in the development of advanced fibrillar catalysts structured catalyst and the assessment of kinetic studies at the University of Malaga. In 2020, he was awarded with a postdoctoral research fellowship in the call Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA-IF-2020), which allowed him to work under the supervision of Prof. Atsushi Urakawa at the Catalysis Engineering (CE) group at Delft University of Technology. He joined Prof. Urakawa’s research group in June 2020 as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Current project José’s current project, entitled KinGrad-OCM, aims to set up a new methodological approach based on the application of operando spatial reactor analysis techniques for the study of the Oxidative Coupling of Methane reaction both in conventional furnace heated and microwave-assisted reactors. The application of these cutting-edge techniques will lead to a better understanding of how the reaction proceeds in space and time in the reactor (mechanism and kinetics of the process) and the development of advanced efficient catalysts. A particular focus is given to the assessment of reaction kinetics by the operando spatial reactor analysis through the physicochemical gradients present in the reactors.

Gul Afreen

Gul Afreen Afreen received her Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Amity University, India. Then, she pursued a Master’s degree in Material Science from Aligarh Muslim University, India. Thereafter, she finished her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Sreedevi Upadhyayula at Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. Her research was focused on thermo-catalytic conversion of biomass into fuel and value added chemicals. After completing her PhD, she worked for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited in India for one year where her research work was focused on catalyst and process development for renewable fuel production from rice husk and mixed-plastic waste. She joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher in June 2022 and works on CO 2 hydrogenation reactions in continuous flow reactors under high pressure conditions.

Benjamin Mockenhaupt

Benjamin Mockenhaupt I studied chemical engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen and passed it with the degree of Master of science in 2018. Afterwards I started my PhD thesis in the group of Prof. Behrens at the University of Essen, where I worked on methanol synthesis catalysts from preparation to catalysis. In October 2021 I shifted to the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel where I assisted prof. Behrens in establishing the research group, especially the catalysis laboratories and introduction of the new colleagues to the catalyst testing plants. I will start my new position in catalyst synthesis and development for the carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol. Therefore, high pressure application and operando spectroscopic methods are selected to characterize the catalyst.

Jeroen Homan

Jeroen Homan After finishing a bachelor Chemistry at the University of Groningen and a master Materials Science & Engineering at the TU Delft, Jeroen joined the Catalysis Engineering group in September 2022. His research is focused on the processing of the catalyst layer of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC). Applying different processing techniques or strategies to the catalyst layer will result into different interactions, structures, performances and durability of a PEMFC. The relation between all the aforementioned phenomena is aimed to be explained with science. Next to the Catalysis Engineering group, most of his research will be executed at Cellcentric in Stuttgart, which is a joint venture of Daimler and Volvo with the aim of mass producing PEM fuel cell systems for heavy transport applications.

Damian Vico van Berkel

Damian Vico van Berkel Damian Vico van Berkel obtained his MSc in Chemical Engineering at TU Delft in 2023, and his BSc in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at TU/e. During his studies, he was member of our group, where he worked in the development of spatially resolved SSITKA-DRIFTS and kinetic model. After a stay in Paul-Scherrer Institute, he joined the Urakawa group as a PhD candidate. His thesis, funded by the VICI grant awarded to prof. Urakawa, will focus on the development of novel operando IR spectroscopy methodologies aimed at unraveling structure-activity relationships of heterogeneous catalysts under true operating conditions.

Ahmad Alrefaei

Ahmad Alrefaei Ahmad obtained his bachelor degree in chemical engineering from Dalhousie university in Canada 2012 and his master degree in chemical engineering from king Abdulaziz university in 2019. He joined Saudi Aramco 2012 as a process engineer in Jeddah Refinery. In 2018, he moved to Aramco research and development center under the chemicals division as a researcher. In 2020, he was nominated by Aramco to continue his PhD at TU Delft. He joined our group in December 2020 and his research is mainly focused on the high pressure hydrogenation of CO 2 to methanol and DME under the supervision of Prof. Urakawa.

Min Li

Min Li Min Li is originally from China. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Dalian University of Technology, China. Then, she pursued a Master degree in Southeast University, Nanjing, China. She joined our group as a PhD student in July 2021. Her work is focused on Electrocatalytic conversion of COx and NOx.

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Ezgi Demiröz

Ezgi Demiröz Ezgi received her Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Gazi University, Turkey. Afterward, she went to Eindhoven University of Technology for an Erasmus internship. Thereafter, she obtained her Master’s degree from Koç University, Turkey. In January 2023, she joined our group as a PhD student working on electrocatalytic production of liquid organic hydrogen carrier and chemicals from lignin link ( https://eic-epoch.eu/ ) .

NWO Vici grants for Guido de Croon and Marios Kotsonis)

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Vici funding of up to 1.5 million euros to three Delft scientists. Two of them are colleagues from the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering: Prof Guido de Croon and Prof Marios Kotsonis.

José Palomo Jiménez

José Palomo Jiménez Academic background. José graduated as Chemical Engineer in 2013 at the University of Malaga. In 2014, he was awarded with a predoctoral grant offered by the Spanish Ministry of Education in the call for University Faculty Training (FPU) grants, which financed his PhD studies, under the supervision of Prof. José Rodríguez-Mirasol and Prof. Tomás Cordero, at the University of Malaga. His PhD studies were devoted to the development of alternative advanced catalysts for efficient direct dimethyl ether synthesis. During his PhD, he spent a research stay at the Catalysis Engineering (CE) group at Delft University of Technology, working under the supervision of Prof. Freek Kapteijn. Upon completion of his PhD studies in December 2019, he continued his work in the development of advanced fibrillar catalysts structured catalyst and the assessment of kinetic studies at the University of Malaga. In 2020, he was awarded with a postdoctoral research fellowship in the call Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA-IF-2020), which allowed him to work under the supervision of Prof. Atsushi Urakawa at the Catalysis Engineering (CE) group at Delft University of Technology. He joined Prof. Urakawa’s research group in June 2020 as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Current project José’s current project, entitled KinGrad-OCM, aims to set up a new methodological approach based on the application of operando spatial reactor analysis techniques for the study of the Oxidative Coupling of Methane reaction both in conventional furnace heated and microwave-assisted reactors. The application of these cutting-edge techniques will lead to a better understanding of how the reaction proceeds in space and time in the reactor (mechanism and kinetics of the process) and the development of advanced efficient catalysts. A particular focus is given to the assessment of reaction kinetics by the operando spatial reactor analysis through the physicochemical gradients present in the reactors.

Gul Afreen

Gul Afreen Afreen received her Bachelor’s degree in Biotechnology from Amity University, India. Then, she pursued a Master’s degree in Material Science from Aligarh Muslim University, India. Thereafter, she finished her PhD under the supervision of Prof. Sreedevi Upadhyayula at Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. Her research was focused on thermo-catalytic conversion of biomass into fuel and value added chemicals. After completing her PhD, she worked for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited in India for one year where her research work was focused on catalyst and process development for renewable fuel production from rice husk and mixed-plastic waste. She joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher in June 2022 and works on CO 2 hydrogenation reactions in continuous flow reactors under high pressure conditions.

Benjamin Mockenhaupt

Benjamin Mockenhaupt I studied chemical engineering at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen and passed it with the degree of Master of science in 2018. Afterwards I started my PhD thesis in the group of Prof. Behrens at the University of Essen, where I worked on methanol synthesis catalysts from preparation to catalysis. In October 2021 I shifted to the Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel where I assisted prof. Behrens in establishing the research group, especially the catalysis laboratories and introduction of the new colleagues to the catalyst testing plants. I will start my new position in catalyst synthesis and development for the carbon dioxide hydrogenation to methanol. Therefore, high pressure application and operando spectroscopic methods are selected to characterize the catalyst.

Jeroen Homan

Jeroen Homan After finishing a bachelor Chemistry at the University of Groningen and a master Materials Science & Engineering at the TU Delft, Jeroen joined the Catalysis Engineering group in September 2022. His research is focused on the processing of the catalyst layer of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC). Applying different processing techniques or strategies to the catalyst layer will result into different interactions, structures, performances and durability of a PEMFC. The relation between all the aforementioned phenomena is aimed to be explained with science. Next to the Catalysis Engineering group, most of his research will be executed at Cellcentric in Stuttgart, which is a joint venture of Daimler and Volvo with the aim of mass producing PEM fuel cell systems for heavy transport applications.

Damian Vico van Berkel

Damian Vico van Berkel Damian Vico van Berkel obtained his MSc in Chemical Engineering at TU Delft in 2023, and his BSc in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at TU/e. During his studies, he was member of our group, where he worked in the development of spatially resolved SSITKA-DRIFTS and kinetic model. After a stay in Paul-Scherrer Institute, he joined the Urakawa group as a PhD candidate. His thesis, funded by the VICI grant awarded to prof. Urakawa, will focus on the development of novel operando IR spectroscopy methodologies aimed at unraveling structure-activity relationships of heterogeneous catalysts under true operating conditions.

Ahmad Alrefaei

Ahmad Alrefaei Ahmad obtained his bachelor degree in chemical engineering from Dalhousie university in Canada 2012 and his master degree in chemical engineering from king Abdulaziz university in 2019. He joined Saudi Aramco 2012 as a process engineer in Jeddah Refinery. In 2018, he moved to Aramco research and development center under the chemicals division as a researcher. In 2020, he was nominated by Aramco to continue his PhD at TU Delft. He joined our group in December 2020 and his research is mainly focused on the high pressure hydrogenation of CO 2 to methanol and DME under the supervision of Prof. Urakawa.

Min Li

Min Li Min Li is originally from China. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Dalian University of Technology, China. Then, she pursued a Master degree in Southeast University, Nanjing, China. She joined our group as a PhD student in July 2021. Her work is focused on Electrocatalytic conversion of COx and NOx.
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Moving the Closet

You simply cannot miss it, it is big and magenta: the Pink Closet . On 12 November 2024 the Pink Closet will head to the Main Hall of the TU Delft Library for the first time! The Pink Closet will take its place at the Nook, where it will feature as part of the Studium Generale programme on loneliness. More information on events that coincide with and incorporate the Pink Closet at TU Delft Library will soon be available on the website of Studium Generale .

Green ammonia remains a challenge, but researchers make significant progress

The production of ammonia, essential for fertiliser production, is responsible for almost 1.5% of global carbon emissions. This needs to be greener, which is why researchers have been looking for sustainable alternatives for years.

"Measuring brain activity through the skull with ultrasound opens new doors"

PhD Candidate Rick Waasdorp is looking for ways to correct the distortion caused by the skull when using Ultrasound technology. ‘’My goal is to develop an adaptive method for skull corrections that automatically measures the skull of new patients.’’

NWO funding for flexible power demand in electrically driven industry

NWO is funding two projects to explore ways to make the power demand of industry more flexible, allowing it to better align with future energy supplies. One of these projects, “DEFLAME,” is led by Machteld van den Broek from TU Delft.

Students Amos Yusuf, Mick Dam & Bas Brouwer winners of Mekel Prize 2024

Master students Amos Yusuf, from the ME faculty (Mick Dam, from the EEMCS faculty and graduate Bas Brouwer have won the Mekel Prize 2024 for the best extra scientific activity at TU Delft: the development of an initiative that brings master students into the classroom teaching sciences to the younger generations. The prize was ceremonially awarded by prof Tim van den Hagen on 13 November after the Van Hasselt Lecture at the Prinsenhof, Delft. They received a statue of Professor Jan Mekel and 1.500,- to spend on their project. Insights into climate change are being openly doubted. Funding for important educational efforts and research are being withdrawn. Short clips – so called “reels” – on Youtube and TikTok threaten to simplify complex political and social problems. AI fakes befuddle what is true and what is not. The voices of science that contribute to those discussion with modesty, careful argument and scepticism, are drowned in noise. This poses a threat for universities like TU Delft, who strive to increase student numbers, who benefit from diverse student populations and aim to pass on their knowledge and scientific virtues to the next generation. It is, therefore, alarming that student enrolments to Bachelor and Master Programs at TU Delft have declined in the past year. Students in front of the class The project is aimed to make the sciences more appealing to the next generation. They have identified the problem that students tend miss out on the opportunity of entering a higher education trajectory in the Beta sciences – because they have a wrong picture of such education. In their mind, they depict it as boring and dry. In his pilot lecture at the Stanislas VMBO in Delft, Amos Yusuf has successfully challenged this image. He shared his enthusiasm for the field of robotics and presented himself as a positive role model to the pupils. And in return the excitement of the high school students is palpable in the videos and pictures from the day. The spark of science fills their eyes. Bas Brouwer Mick Dam are the founders of NUVO – the platform that facilitates the engagement of Master Students in high school education in Delft Their efforts offer TU Delft Master Students a valuable learning moment: By sharing insights from their fields with pupils at high school in an educational setting, our students can find identify their own misunderstandings of their subject, learn to speak in front of non-scientific audiences and peak into education as a work field they themselves might not have considered. An extraordinary commitment According to the Mekel jury, the project scored well on all the criteria (risk mitigation, inclusiveness, transparency and societal relevance). However, it was the extraordinary commitment of Amos who was fully immersed during his Master Project and the efforts of Brouwer and Dam that brought together teaching and research which is integral to academic culture that made the project stand out. About the Mekel Prize The Mekel Prize will be awarded to the most socially responsible research project or extra-scientific activity (e.g. founding of an NGO or organization, an initiative or realization of an event or other impactful project) by an employee or group of employees of TU Delft – projects that showcase in an outstanding fashion that they have been committed from the beginning to relevant moral and societal values and have been aware of and tried to mitigate as much as possible in innovative ways the risks involved in their research. The award recognizes such efforts and wants to encourage the responsible development of science and technology at TU Delft in the future. For furthermore information About the project: https://www.de-nuvo.nl/video-robotica-pilot/ About the Mekel Prize: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tpm/our-faculty/departments/values-technology-and-innovation/sections/ethics-philosophy-of-technology/mekel-prize

The ENHANCE Diversity Seed Fund

Are you a student at TU Delft or another ENHANCE university with a passion for promoting diversity and inclusion? The ENHANCE Diversity Seed Fund is your chance to turn that passion into action. ENHANCE provides funding to support innovative, student-led projects that address key challenges related to inclusion and diversity within our academic communities. Key Details: Funding Available: Up to 1500 Euros per project in the 1st round! Eligibility: Students from ENHANCE member universities. Staff can also join student-led initiatives. Application Deadline: 8 January 2025. More information: Join the online Information Event on the 26 November 2024 16:00-17:00 CET on Zoom . More information: enhanceuniversity.eu/diversity/diversityseedfund/

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