SWEEP investigates the idea of a “shuttlebus” to clean up space debris. It picks up debris objects and transports them to a place where they no longer pose a threat to satellites. It does so in a sustainable manner using a wafer-thin mirror to “sail” on the stream of solar photons.

Aircraft fuel consumption and emissions can be reduced by maintaining laminar flow on the wings. Breakdown of the desirable laminar flow and transition to turbulence is initiated by the crossflow instability of the boundary layer on swept wings. The goal of this project is to study the effect of steps, which occur at panel joints, on the evolution of this crossflow instability. The expected results will help to design more efficient aircraft.

Floating offshore wind turbines(FOWTs) are the future of the wind energy sector and it has a high potential to make a significant contribution in making Europe carbon-neutral. However, FOWT is a relatively nascent technology and the Levelised Cost of Energy(LCOE) is higher. A plethora of research is being carried out to reduce this Levelized cost of energy. This project deals with the hydrodynamics of offshore systems. High-fidelity simulations are carried out to understand the motion and loads acting on the sub-structures to avoid failure due to fatigue.

The RISC2IDNSI project employs space‐geodetic techniques and advanced geophysical models to investigate the long‐term (1992‐2022) seismic behaviour of the Palu‐Koro fault in Sulawesi, Eastern Indonesia. This active fault generated a large (Mw 7.5) earthquake in 2018 through Palu city, followed by an unexpected and devastating tsunami in the Palu Bay.

The largest volcanic complex known to man is located on Mars: Tharsis Rise. For decades, satellites have been trying to determine how these volcanoes have arisen and/or could exist at all. Large-scale mantle flow can be responsible for upholding these large structures and explain recent magma flows observed on the surface of Mars. These magma flows have shaped both the surface and the gravity field of the Red planet. Analysing five decades of orbiting satellites gravity measurements, we hope to find in their tiny changes the signature of planet-wide magma flow and thereby determine whether Mars is still volcanically active.