Nikki Van Luijk

Experience

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  Albert Heijn

  Jul 2014 - Jul 2018

  Detailhandelmedewerker
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  TU Delft Solar Boat Team

  Aug 2019 - Jan 2023

  Provide advice and guidance to the current members of the TU Delft Solar Boat Team with regards to the design and development of the project via weekly meetings, regular design review sessions, and production aid. Within a multidisciplinary team of students, design, develop, test, and race a hydro foiling boat powered by solar energy to show the potential of renewable energy and to gain practical experience to grow as an engineer. As the hydrofoil engineer of the TU Delft Solar Boat Team 2020 I was responsible for the structural and hydrodynamic design of the hydrofoils and related structures.

  • Technical Advisory Board

    Sept 2020 - Jan 2023

  • Hydrofoil Engineer

    Aug 2019 - Sept 2020
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  TU Delft | Aerospace Engineering

  Apr 2021 - Aug 2022

  Responsible for the internal and external communication with students, employees, and alumni of the faculty of aerospace engineering of the TU Delft. Provide support to a lead teacher in charge of a course. Duties include overseeing lesson preparations, provide support and organisation for online education, help and teach students in classroom environments, and prepare lecture material. Courses include Programming and Scientific Computing in Python for Aerospace Engineers (BSc), and Advanced Aircraft Design I (MSc).

  • Student Assistant Communication and Alumni Relations

    Feb 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Onderwijsassistent

    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
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  Lilium

  Sept 2022 - Jan 2023

  Mechanical Engineering - Design Engineer
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  TU Delft

  May 2023 - now

  PhD Candidate in Experimental Vortex Aerodynamics

  Investigating the low-speed aerodynamics of highly-swept crescent wings with its application to the Flying V aircraft (https://www.tudelft.nl/lr/flying-v).