Meet the Team

Principal Investigator

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Sofia Teixeira de Freitas

Principal Investigator

Postdoc Researcher

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Michele Gulino

Postdoc Researcher

PhD Candidate

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Marcello Calì

PhD Candidate (co-supervised with ISAE-Supaero)

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Andrea Corrado

Visiting PhD Candidate

Katharina Hoidis

PhD Candidate

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Mohamed Amine TAZI

PhD Candidate (co-supervised with CESI-France)

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Zhiyuan Xu

PhD Candidate

Master Student

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Myriam Edward

MSc Student

Collaborator

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Ran Tao

Postdoc Researcher

Alumni Postdoc

  • Charline van Innis , Fracture characterization of metal-tothermoplastic interfaces, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, 2024-2025
  • Mohamed Saleh , Fracture mechanisms of bi-material bonded joints with thick bondlines under maritime environmental conditions, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, 2018-2021
  • Wandong Wang , Fatigue and durability of Titanium skinsto-CFRP-stiffeners bonded joints for application in aircraft leading edges,Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, 2017-2018

Alumni PhD

  • Mostafa Moazzami , Cyclic aging of bi-material adhesively bonded joints, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
  • Xi Li , Unfolding the early fatigue damage accumulation for cross ply laminates, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, October 2022
  • Márcio Arouche , Fracture mechanics of bi-material bonded joints: mixed mode under maritime conditions, CEFET, Brazil, July 2021
  • Romina Lopes Fernandes , Understanding of crack growth in bi-material bonded joints with thick bondlines, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, July 2021
  • Eirini Tsiangou , Thermoset-to-thermoplastic Ultrasonic Welding, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, April 2021
  • Julian Kupski , Novel adherend laminate designs for composite bonded joints, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, November 2020

Alumni MSc

  • Clara Onofre, 3D printed TPU Skeletons to Upgrade Bio-Based PU Resins, Aerospace Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal, 2025
  • José Guilherme Vilas Boas Teixeira, Sustainable 3D Printed TPU Cores/Films to Upgrade Biobased Materials for Aerospace Structures, Aerospace Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal, 2025
  • Luis Pereira, 3D printed microstructures for reinforcing biobased resins, Aerospace Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal, 2025
  • Nkosinathi Peter, 3D printed meta materials for sandwich cores of biobased materials, Aerospace Engineering, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal, 2024
  • Martino Giobbio, Repair Methods for CFRP Aircraft Structures with Functional inserts, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft-Airbus, 2023
  • Atharva Joshi, Effect of Composite Layup on The Mechanical Behaviou of Adhesively Bonded T-joints, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, 2022
  • Michal Skarka, Development of a quasi-static simulation methodology for a damage tolerance assessment of impact damage in bonded CFRP structures, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft-Airbus, Cum laude, 2022
  • Francisca Ferreira, Bonded repair optimization for composite structures, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft-Universidade da Beira Interior, Cum laude, 2021
  • Teodor Gheorghe, Sub-component design of composite bonded joints for maritime applications, Civil Engineering, TU Delft–TNO, 2020
  • Koen Gribnau, Fiber Reinforced Polymers for reinforcement of steel bridges, Civil Engineering, TU Delft–IV Infra, 2020
  • Joao Freitas, Composite laminate effect on the damage progression of composite single lap bonded joints, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, 2019
  • Joost de Jong, Bonded FRP-steel deck-to-girder connections: renovation of movable bridges, Civil Engineering, TU Delft–Iv Infra, 2018
  • Chantal de Zeeuw, The behaviour of steel bonded joints under hygrothermal and creep loadings, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft–BAM Germany, Cum laude, 2018
  • Cristina Mestre Rodriguez, The thickness effect in adhesive bonded joints, Civil Engineering, TU Delft–TNO, 2018
  • Xavier Deville, Induction heating with carbon nanotube fibres, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft–EPFL Switzerland, 2017
  • Miriam Gomez Garcia, Adhesion performance on carbon fibre reinforced poly-phenylene sulphide depending on surface treatments, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft–Airbus Germany, 2017
  • Luis Eduardo Espinosa Chavez, Design of an Experimental Test Set-up for Buckling of a Trailing Edge Composite Bonded Joint Specimen Based on Semi-analytical and Numerical Models, European Wind Energy Master (EWEM), TU Delft-DTU Denmark, 2017
  • Anna Ioannidou-Kati, Mechanical behaviour of transparent structural silicone adhesive laminated connections under monotonic and cyclic loading, Civil Engineering, TU Delft, Cum laude, 2017
  • Sebastien Lachance-Barrett, Investigation of Trailing Edge Sub-Components in Wind Turbine Blades, European Wind Energy Master (EWEM), TU Delft–DTU Denmark, 2016
  • John Haverkamp, Simulation of the thermoplastic automated tape laying/fibre placement process, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, 2016
  • Christophe Severijns, On the Assessment of Induction-Heated Adhesive Bonding: An Experimental Investigation of its Abilities as a Green, Next-Generation Manufacturing Technique for the Aerospace Industry, Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, 2016

Alumni BSc

  • Théo Maillère, Instituto Superior Técnico-CESI, France, 2025
  • HO XUAN Ngoc Chau, TU Delft–ENSMA, France, 2023
  • Arthur Breau, TU Delft–ESTA Bretagne, France, 2022
  • Nicolas Roux, TU Delft–ENSMA, France, 2021
  • Gabin Charpentier, TU Delft–ENSMA, France, 2019
  • Armand Gibert, TU Delft–ENSMA, France, 2019
  • Jiri Dolinsky, TU Delft–Brno University of Technology, Check Republic, 2018
  • Florence Badan, TU Delft–ESIR, France, 2017
  • Guilherme Telles, TU Delft–UFSCAR, Brazil, 2016
  • Isabela Vieira, TU Delft–UFF, Brazil, 2016