Research Lab

Future Energy Lab

In the Future Fuels Lab scientists are researching green fuels and cleaner combustion methods for engines.

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Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and interfaces

Within this theme we address:

  • Multiphase flow
  • Porous media
  • Turbulence
  • Microfluidics
  • Fluid-solid interactions
  • Reactive flows
  • Machine learning and artificial intelligence
  • Multiscale
  • Digital experimentation.

Energy technology

Within this theme we address:

  • Heat storage
  • (Next Gen) District heating
  • Hydrogen Storage and Transport
  • Solar
  • Wind
  • Power-to-X
  • Batteries
  • Heat Pumps
  • DAC

Engines and Fuels

Within this theme we address:

  • Metal fuels
  • E-fuels
  • Combustion engines
  • Burners
  • Gas turbines
  • Hydrogen production and use
  • Hydrogen turbines and burners

High tech systems

Within this theme we address:

  • Semiconductors
  • Photolithography
  • Printing
  • Material synthesis
  • Life-science
  • Life-cycle analysis
  • Circularity

Meet some of our researchers

Full Professor

Niels Deen

Power & Flow
Full Professor

David Smeulders

Energy Technology

Focus areas

Iron Power

Let's start a new kind of fire

Zero Emission Transport

Systems for Sustainable Heat

POMES

Advanced porous materials play a significant role in the energy transition: In this initiative we design their properties to optimize the…

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Energy Technology

The mission our group is to advance heat & flow technologies for energy and high-tech applications. This mission encompasses the scientific…

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Power & Flow

Power & Flow focuses on clean and efficient combustion and process technology, to cater for fast-growing energy demands.

Visit our other state-of-the-art labs and facilities

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Center for Multiscale Electron Microscopy

The CMEM offers unique facilities for the study of soft materials and uses the knowledge gained to develop synthetic materials. 

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CWTe lab facilities

The CWTe facilitates research on wireless systems and antennas, raising the Internet of Things to a higher level.

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Darcy Lab

The Darcy Lab offers unique MRI facilities specially equipped for researching the properties of technological porous materials.

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Equipment & Prototype Center

The Equipment & Prototype Center (EPC) makes custom experimental setups and prototypes for various fields of research.

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High Capacity Optical Transmission Lab

The High Capacity Optical Transmission Lab facilitates research on innovative optical fibers and signal processing techniques to enable…

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Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Laboratory

ICMS/Lab facilitates the development and characterization of innovative materials from a molecular perspective. 

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Laboratory for Cell & Tissue Engineering

The Laboratory for Cell & Tissue Engineering facilitates culturing of autologous tissues across the full spectrum of the research field.

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Microfab/Lab

The Microfab/Lab facilitates the development of new micromanufacturing technologies for use in life sciences applications.

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Multiscale Lab

The Multiscale Lab facilitates research on the micro-mechanical deformation and failure behavior of a broad class of (innovative) materials…

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NanoAccess

NanoAccess makes it possible to produce, process and analyze innovative materials with nanometer accuracy, without releasing the necessary…

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NanoLabTUe

The NanoLabTUe offers a unique combination of equipment for developing optical chips and other applications based on compound semiconductor…

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