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The International Research Projects Delft

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The International Research Projects Delft (IRPdelft) is a non-profit organization run by 20 enthusiastic and selected Master of Science students from Delft University of Technology. Because of their different backgrounds and fields of study IRPdelft offers a multidisciplinary team of highly motivated and talented students. Furthermore, IRPdelft can provide your company a fresh and unbiased look at company specific research cases.

IRPdelft offers custom-made research solutions for organizations of all sizes. The research topic is determined in close collaboration with your company. After the preparatory phase, a multidisciplinary team of four students will perform a field research in a specified country. Below, an overview is given on our approach to the International Research Projects.

• High quality research conducted by students with state-of-the-art academic knowledge.
• Cooperation with Delft University of Technology professors before and during the research project.
• Confidential and tailor-made research based on your proposal.
• A fresh look at research topics by innovative students.
• Projects carried out on a non-profit basis, backed by the IRPdelft Foundation.

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Johan van den Heuvel – Internal affairs [email protected]

Freija Rozendaal – External affairs [email protected]

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PhD Position on the Dynamics of Long-distance Passenger Transport Systems

Understand. Intervene, Improve. Making sense of long-distance passenger transport in Europe. We should be able to do better than the current patchwork.  

Job description  

In the past century, long-distance passenger travel has become increasingly common. While bringing many advantages by means of enhanced mobility and connectivity, it also comes at a cost due to the externalities generated, such as the depletion of finite natural resources, noise pollution and its contribution to climate change. There is however a striking discrepancy between the relevance of long-distance travel for emission reduction goals and the lack of knowledge to support its design, planning and policy making.

In this ERC Consolidator Grant project, called Multi-layer, Multi-modal and Multi-class Air and Rail Systems (3MARS), the research team will develop and test models to capture the market relations and dynamics between supply and demand and amongst (air, rail and bus) service providers in response to policy interventions.

Each of the four PhD projects will work on one of the following topics, all of which in relation to long-distance passenger transport systems:

(1) multi-class traveller preferences and behavioural dynamics.

(2) multi-modal and multi-layer network assignment.

(3) (co-)evolutionary network and service design.

(4) market dynamics, pricing and alliances.

(5) supply and demand-management policy interventions.

The outcomes of this research will enable to design, assess and forecast the implications of alternative network developments and policy measures while taking into account how service users as well as service providers adapt and evolve in response to such changes.

Job requirements 

We are looking for candidates who are passionate about improving international passenger transport in Europe and have a proven track record in modelling complex systems. This position requires outstanding skills in modeling and working with big datasets. In particular, we look for highly talented and driven candidates.

The successful candidate has:

• An MSc degree in an engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, economics or any other related field.
• Demonstrated competence in optimization, (agent-based) simulation, network science, behavioral modeling, econometrics, game theory, computer science or similar, preferably with experience in transport modeling.
• Programming skills, hands-on experience with one or more languages such as Python.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English.
• The ability and interest in working as part of a research team in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural environment, as well as with external stakeholders and in supervising master students.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology) 

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context. 

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core  values  and we actively  engage  to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration. 

Challenge. Change. Impact! 

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences  

The Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences (CEG) is committed to outstanding international research and education in the field of civil engineering, applied earth sciences, traffic and transport, water technology, and delta technology. Our research feeds into our educational programmes and covers societal challenges such as climate change, energy transition, resource availability, urbanisation and clean water. Our research projects are conducted in close cooperation with a wide range of research institutions. CEG is convinced of the importance of open science and supports its scientists in integrating open science in their research practice. The Faculty of CEG comprises 28 research groups in the following seven departments: Materials Mechanics Management & Design, Engineering Structures, Geoscience and Engineering, Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Transport & Planning, Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management. 

Click  here to go to the website of the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences. 

Conditions of employment 

Doctoral candidates will be offered a 4-year period of employment in principle, but in the form of 2 employment contracts. An initial 1,5 year contract with an official go/no go progress assessment within 15 months. Followed by an additional contract for the remaining 2,5 years assuming everything goes well and performance requirements are met.  Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities, increasing from € 2872 per month in the first year to € 3670 in the fourth year. As a PhD candidate you will be enrolled in the TU Delft Graduate School. The TU Delft Graduate School provides an inspiring research environment with an excellent team of supervisors, academic staff and a mentor. The Doctoral Education Programme is aimed at developing your transferable, discipline-related and research skills.  The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, discounts on health insurance, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.   For international applicants, TU Delft has the Coming to Delft Service . This service provides information for new international employees to help you prepare the relocation and to settle in the Netherlands. The Coming to Delft Service offers a Dual Career Programme for partners and they organise events to expand your (social) network.

Additional information

For more information about this project, see the announcement on this webpage: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2024/tu-delft/four-erc-consolidator-grants-for-tu-delft-researchers. For more information about this vacancy you can contact Prof. Oded Cats at [email protected] .

Application procedure

Are you interested in this vacancy? Please apply no later than 27 January 2025  via the application button and upload the following documents:

• Single-page motivation letter.
• A detailed CV. 
• MSc thesis abstract.
• Contact information of two or three referees. 
• Two slides pitching your view on one of the PhD project topics described in the ad.

Please highlight in your motivation letter and/or CV examples of projects in which you demonstrate your (transport) network and/or operations research modelling and/or behavioral modelling and/or analytical skills. 

Doing a PhD at TU Delft requires English proficiency at a certain level to ensure that the candidate is able to communicate and interact well, participate in English-taught Doctoral Education courses, and write scientific articles and a final thesis. For more details please check the Graduate Schools Admission Requirements . 

Please note:

• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post. 
• A pre-employment screening can be part of the selection procedure.
• For the final candidates, a knowledge security check will be part of the application procedure. For more information on this check, please consult Chapter 8 of the National Knowledge Security Guidelines . We carry out this check on the basis of legitimate interest.
• Please do not contact us for unsolicited services.  

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An inspired IRP team was of great assistance to us in preparing an entry into a new market. We are now building on the foundations they were able to lay down for us!

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Throughout both our in-house events and the coaching process, the students of IRP Delft have consistently impressed us with their ability to grasp complex issues and ask critical questions. What sets them apart is their sheer enthusiasm for diving into problems and delivering high-quality work, all while expressing a sincere commitment to driving positive change. Also, they make awesome colleagues! We recommend their services and value our partnership.

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The collaboration was efficient and incisive. The assignment was completed successfully, and critical questions were continuously asked from a broad perspective which made us reflect. Truly a valuable collaboration! Outside-in views are always interesting, and IRP’s professionalism and quality of work are first class!

Mark Talens

Global head of supply chain operations at organon international.

International Research Projects Delft can help you develop your business, with studies ranging from supply chain optimization, market research to technical feasibility studies. IRP Delft has demonstrated an ability to identify market opportunities and to give a clear picture of the obstacles and procedures. I highly recommend the work of the talented students of IRP Delft.

Dutch Ambassador to Brazil

Large scale energy projects do not only involve technical questions, but also have significant commercial and social implications. International Research Projects Delft and its energetic and enthusiastic students can help companies with all these aspects. At the same time, companies such as Shell can offer these students valuable business experience.

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IRP Delft is a good and easy way of acquiring fresh thoughts and insights

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Director at damen shipyards.

The hosting of International Research Projects Delft creates a venue forcultural exchange wherein Dutch students are exposed to the corporate culture and capabilities of the Philippines while enterprises benefit from their insights on new ways to do business.

Marion Derckx

Dutch ambassador to the philippines.

The students from IRP Delft, executed a 8-weeks project on the potato market, locally in India. This research project gave valuable insights and deepened our knowledge about the local potato chain. The students were motivated and eager to learn, in a short notice they developed from not knowing the potato market at all to experts by experience on the Indian sector.

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I found the IRP Delft team to be extremely motivated, professional and talented. Their work was very thorough and they came up with some great insights. On top of it they were very easy to work with.

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Not according to plan: a novel, transdisciplinary methodology to evaluate climate action plans in cities.

Adlakha, D.

7/12/24 → 7/12/25

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Tackling ‘Fixophobia’: Improving repair practices for consumer electronics

Balkenende, A. R. & Mugge, R.

1/09/24 → 31/08/28

ShaRepair: Sharing and repairing as circular consumption practices in everyday urban life

Bakker, C. A. & van Dam, S. S.

1/09/24 → 31/08/29

ECS4DRES: Electronic Components and Systems for flexible, coordinated and resilient Distributed Renewable Energy Systems

Qin, Z. , Dong, J. , Bauer, P. & Yu, H.

1/07/24 → 30/06/27

Qin, Z. , Bauer, P. & Amadou Adamou, A.

1/07/24 → 30/06/29

Beyond ‘business as usual’: Assessing the scope of climate action plans to lower current emissions trajectories

Adlakha, D. , van Esch, M. M. E. , Sallis, J. F. & Heaney , A.

8/04/24 → 8/04/25

Accelerating Dutch innovations in offshore renewables through data-driven hybrid labs

Viré, A. C. & de Vries, G.

1/02/24 → 31/01/31

SPARKLES: SPARKing a nature-positive future of floating solar for humans and nature across LandscapES.

Ziar, H. & Colomes Gene, J. O.

1/02/24 → 28/02/30

CORPUS – Phygital Models of Cooperation in the Retrofitting of Public Space

Muñoz Sanz, V. & Yu, C.

29/01/24 → 31/07/26

ADAPT-OR: Adaptive Transportation Systems with Holistic Representation of Supply and Demand

Atasoy, B. , Duran Micco, J. , Luan, M. , Yang, C. & Scheepstra, T. K.

1/01/24 → 31/12/28

DesHealth project

Diehl, J. C. , de Koning, J. I. J. C. , Samenjo, K. T. & Faludi, J.

1/12/23 → 28/02/26

TWAIN: Integrated, Value-based and Multi-objective wind farm control powered by Artificial Intelligence

Ferrari, R.

1/11/23 → 31/10/27

SMARTER: Strategic Monitoring of Atmospheric Threats using Enhanced Radar

Fioranelli, F.

12/10/23 → 2/11/26

ATOMMA: Accurate thermosphere observations from multi-mission analysis

Siemes, C. & Anton, S. V.

1/10/23 → 30/09/27

A novel reconstruction of sea level sources from satellite altimetry

Riva, R. E. M.

QMJJ4nRSC: Using Quantum Material Josephson Junctions to explore non‐reciprocal Superconductivity

Ali, M. N. & El Mrabet Haje, H.

1/10/23 → 30/09/28

SUDOCO: Sustainable resilient data-enabled offshore wind farm and control co-design

1/10/23 → 30/10/27

Adaptive Coastal monitoring and modelling of intermittent anthropogenic and natural impacts on beach-dune systems

Lindenbergh, R. C.

Understanding the world with probabilistic programs

Dumančić, S. & Gardos Reid, R. J.

AdLap Systems: A versatile modular Advanced Laparoscopy robot platform with fully reusable cable-less instrument actuators with interaction force sensing

Horeman, T.

15/09/23 → 14/09/27

Safe-by-design Circular Products

Balkenende, A. R. , Bakker, C. A. , Weber, M. M. , Bolanos Arriola, J. & Aghaeian, S.

1/09/23 → 1/09/27

Power Quality of Energy Hubs-Modeling, Analysis, and Improvement

Bauer, P. , Qin, Z. & Yang, F. Y.

1/06/23 → 31/05/27

PATH2ZERO: PAving THe way towards Zero-Emission and RObust inland shipping

Kirichek, A. , Pruyn, J. F. J. , Negenborn, R. R. , van Koningsveld, M. , van Duin, J. H. R. , Atasoy, B. , Anku, R. S. A. , Pourbeirami Hir, M. , Kumar, D. , Ramos, V. M. & Slagter, S.

1/05/23 → 31/12/27

ANTICANCER: Game Theory Empowered by Data Science and Control Theory to Improve Treatment of Metastatic Cancer

Staňková, K. , Shankar Honasoge, K. & Jansen-Storbacka, L. R.

2/01/23 → 1/01/28

SYMBIOSYST: Create a Symbiosis where PV and agriculture can have a mutually beneficial relationship.

Katsikogiannis, O. A. , Isabella, O. & Ziar, H.

1/01/23 → 31/12/26

The two-dimensional magnon gas in atomically thin magnets

van der Sar, T. & Gerritsma, F. A.

1/01/23 → 31/12/27

Sprecher, B. , Bakker, C. A. & Engberg, N. R.

1/01/23 → 31/03/26

Moire materials from one-dimensional van der Waals heterostructures

Conesa Boj, S. & Soukaras, C.

1/11/22 → 31/10/27

Lichen Blades: Living, Innovative Materials for Circular Hierarchically structured, Erosion Resistant Natural Blades

Balkenende, A. R. , Joustra, J. J. , Carette, I. & Aghaeian, S.

15/10/22 → 31/12/26

AEGIR: DigitAl and physical incrEmental renovation packaGes/systems enhancing envIronmental and energetic behaviour and use of Resources

Zabek, M. & Konstantinou, T.

1/10/22 → 30/09/26

MERIDIONAL: Multiscale modelling for wind farm design, performance assessment and loading

Schmehl, R. , Watson, S. J. , Allaerts, D. J. N. , De Tavernier, D. A. M. , von Terzi, D. A. , Peschel, J., Fagiano, L., Bauer, F., Cheng, P. W. & Cayon, O.

DiCE : Digital health in a Circular Economy

Bakker, C. A. , Faludi, J. & Hoveling, T.

1/10/22 → 1/10/26

Towards a Unification of AI-Based Solving Paradigms for Combinatorial Optimisation

Demirović, E. & Flippo, M. L.

1/09/22 → 1/09/26

INTERACT: Intuitive Interaction for Robots among Humans

Alonso-Mora, J. , Bakker, S. , Matoses Gimenez, A. , Chen, G. , Spahn, M. , Wilde, N. & Merva, T.

1/09/22 → 31/08/27

Integration of Underutilized Ashes into Material Cycles by Industry-Urban Symbiosis

Lukovic, M.

1/06/22 → 31/05/26

Fault diagnosis for safe control and coordination of inland waterway interconnected systems

Dhyani, A. & Reppa, V.

1/05/22 → 30/04/26

Flexible Offshore Wind Hydrogen Power Plant Module

Qin, Z. , Bauer, P. , Ghaffarian Niasar, M. , Li, Z. & Mirzadarani, R.

1/04/22 → 31/03/26

TULIPS: Demonstrating lower polluting solutions for sustainable airports across Europe

Hiemstra-van Mastrigt, S. , Bakker, C. A. , van Dam, S. S. , Tschavgova, E. , Granato, G. & Estrada Mejía, C.

1/01/22 → 31/12/25

Circular Circuits: design of next generation electronics for a circular economy

Balkenende, A. R. , Bakker, C. A. , van Dolderen, D. C. & Aghaeian, S.

1/01/22 → 31/12/26

BIO-POLIS: BIOphilic MetroPOLIS, a holistic model for urban planning and building climate resilience

Lefosse, D. C.

1/11/21 → 31/12/24

AUTOBarge: European training and research network on Autonomous Barges for Smart Inland Shipping

Reppa, V. , Negenborn, R. R. & Dhyani, A.

1/10/21 → 30/09/25

ODECO: Towards a sustainable Open Data ECOsystem

van Loenen, B. , Zuiderwijk-van Eijk, A. M. G. , Mulder, I. J. , Ploeger, H. D. , Welle Donker, F. M. , Janssen, M. , Crompvoets, J., Vancauwenberghe, G., Steenberghen, T., Casiano Flores, C., Dulong de Rosnay, M., Cluzel-Métayer, L., Lopez-Pellicer, F. J., Nogueras-Iso, J., Alexopoulos, C., Charalabidis, Y., Loukis, E., Magnussen, R., Larsen, B., le Maire Munksgaard Rasmussen, L. L., Polini, A., Re, B. & Fourlis, A.

ACT: Perceptive Acting Under Uncertainty

Bohté, S. M., Medendorp, P., Alonso-Mora, J. , Martens, M., Khaled Mustafa, K. A. , Mészáros, A. , Jarne Ornia, D., Gazar, A. & Kober, J.

1/09/21 → 1/10/27

Improving treatment of metastatic cancers through game theory and dynamical systems theory

Staňková, K. , Salvioli, M. & Garjani, H.

1/09/21 → 28/02/25

EvoGamesPlus: Evolutionary games and population dynamics: from theory to applications

Broom, M., Gokhale, C. S., Kun, Á., Dubbeldam, J. L. A. , Wieczorek, S., Miękisz​, J., Hanel, R., Staňková, K. , Huang, W., Werner​, B., Sapino​, M. L., Sharkey, K., Röst​, G., Křivan, V. & Paolotti, D.

1/03/21 → 28/02/25

IEA Wind Task 45: Recycling wind turbine blades

Beauson, J., Berry, D. & Joustra, J. J.

1/01/21 → 1/01/27

TRiLOGy: Sustainable Transportation and Logistics Over Water: Electrification, Automation, and Optimization

Atasoy, B. , Alonso-Mora, J. , Karademir, C. & Trevisan, E.

1/10/20 → 31/01/25

Release: Reversible Large-scale Energy Storage

Diehl, J. C. , van Engelen, J. M. L. , Hasankhani, M. & Celik, G. S.

1/10/20 → 30/09/26

Stepping Out: Accelerating deep transdisciplinary and interprofessional learning for innovative actions, interventions and strategies of deep sustainable transitions in port area development

Chan, P. W. C. , Silva, L. R. M., Stam, C. , van Ewijk, E. & Peek, G. J.

1/09/20 → 31/08/25

Integrale energietransitie bestaande bouw

de Vries, G.

1/01/20 → 31/12/24