Notable Members
Notable Members
Honorary Members
The honorary members of Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering are people who have collaborated with the society in an exceptional way. Many of the technical and organizational challenges would not have been possible without the advice and support of our honorary members.
Ir. Dr. Chris Verhoeven
Installed on the 28th of April 2011
Associate professor at TU Delft microelectronics, director education at TU Delft Robotics Institute.
Ir. Edwin Vermeulen
Installed on the 10th of March 2016
CEO of ArianeGroup Aerospace Propulsion Products.
Prof. Dr. Eberhard Gill
Installed on the 10th of March 2016
Professor and Chair of TU Delft Space Systems Engineering, director at TU Delft Space Institute.
Ir. Barry Zandbergen
Installed on the 20th of June 2019
Senior lecturer TU Delft, Space Engineering MSc track coordinator.
Prof. Dr. Henri Werij
Installed on the 20th of June 2019
Dean of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft.
Members of Merit
Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering cannot exist without our active members. These members helped shape the society the way we know it today, both with technical and organizational efforts.
Mark Kalsbeek – installed on 28th of September 2024
Roderick Wassenaar – installed on 28th of September 2024
Esmée Menting – installed on 17th of September 2023
Maurits van Heijningen – installed on 17th of September 2023
Dion van Strydonck – installed on 1st of October 2022
Rolf Wubben – installed on 1st of October 2022
Felix Kuhnert – installed on 1st of October 2022
Jeije van den Wijngaart – installed on 1st of October 2022
Martin Olde –
Comissioner of External Relations of the 13th Board, Cansat Committee, Stratos II Recovery, Solids/Aether, Safety.
Lars Pepermans – installed on the 30th of September, 2020
Capsule Team, Cansat Committee, Chief Recovery for Stratos III, founder of Parachute Research Group, SPEAR.
Robert Werner – installed on the 30th of September, 2020
Comissioner of Internal Affairs of the 12th Board, Morningstar rocket, DHX-200 Aurora, The Golden Age of Ballooning Project, Chair of Safety.
Maneesh Kumar Verma – installed on the 20th of June 2019
President of the 14th Executive Board, Supervisory Board Member, Launch Day Committee, CanSat Committee, Education Committee, Team Manager Project Aether, Team Manager Structures Team, Stratos II , Core Team Stratos II+.
Tobias Knop – installed on the 20th of June 2019
Safety Board, Team Manager Stratos II Propulsion, Member of the DAWN Hybrid Propulsion Team.
Ralph Huijsman – installed on the 21st of February 2019
Treasurer 11th Executive Board, Supervisory Board Member, Financial Committee, Co-founder Cryogenic Propulsion Team, Member of the DAWN Hybrid Propulsion Team, Core Team Stratos II.
Jeroen Wink – installed on the 21st of February 2019
Commissioner of External Relations 15th Executive Board, Co-founder Advanced Control Team and Cryogenic Propulsion Team, Team Manager Stratos II+, organizer of (international) DARE study tours.
Rob Hermsen – installed on the 5th of March 2015
Secretary of the 10th Executive Board, Team Leader of the Stratos II project, Team Leader of the Cryogenic Propulsion Team, Member of the ‘Deimos’ Liquid Propulsion Team, Supervisory Board Member, Mentor Small Rocket Project.
Arjan Fraters – installed on the 28th of August 2014
Commissioner of Internal Affairs of the 8th Executive Board, Team Leader of the ‘Deimos’ Liquid Propulsion Team and Hybrid Propulsion Team.
Bart Buyens – installed on the 28th of August 2014
President of the 12th Executive Board, Team Leader of the ‘Deimos’ Liquid Propulsion Team.
Bryan Tong Minh
Secretary of the 8th Executive Board.
Eric Smit
Commissioner of External Affairs of the 7th Executive Board. Lead electronic designer of the CanSat V3, V4 and V5 electronics.
Frank Engelen
Secretary of the 5th Executive Board, Treasurer of the 6th Executive Board, Designer of the CanSat V4/V5, Supervisory Board Member.
Louis Souverein
Commissioner of Design 1st Executive Board, Commissioner of Design 2nd and 3rd Executive Board.
Martijn de Milliano
President of the 7th Executive Board.
Roel Vandeberg
Commissioner of Promotion of the 4th and 5th Executive Board, Commissioner of External Affairs of the 6th Executive Board, Designer of the CanSat V4/V5, Supervisory Board Member.
Mark Uitendaal – installed on the 28th of April 2011
Steven Engelen – installed on the 28th of April 2011
Commissioner of Projects of the 4th and 5th Executive Board, Founder of the ‘Deimos’ Liquid Propulsion Team.
