Prof. dr. B. Dam

Research interests

The focus of my research is to find relations between the growth, the (defect)structure and the physical properties of materials. In my present research, I focus on the development of materials for sustainable energy applications, such as hydrogen sensors, hydrogen storage materials, hydrogen membranes, smart windows, and photo-anodes for solar water splitting.

Teaching

• Introduction to Chemical Thermodynamics for MST, LST and Geology 1^st year Bachelor course
• Science and Technology of the the Hydrogen Economy, 3^rd year MST Bachelor course

Other activities

• Chairman of the board of the Energy and climate division of the Dutch Physical Society
• Member of the ACTS sustainable hydrogen program committee
• Member of the board of the working group Chemistry and structure of Materials of NWO/CW (national science funding organisation)
• Scientific Director 3TU centre of excellence Sustainable Energy Technology
• TNW representative of the Delft Energy Initiative
• Chairman of the education committee of the TU-Delft master Sustainable Energy Technologies
• Member of the exam committee of the TUD bachelor Molecular Science and Technology
• Member of the Safety committee Chemical Engineering, TUD
• Member of the permanent career committee  Applied Science, TUD
• Chairman of the board of the working group Chemistry and structure of Materials of NWO/CW (national science funding organisation)

Theses supervised at VU university Amsterdam

• Andrea Baldi: Magnesium and titanium: "The odd couple". Local order and the influence of stress on the hydrogen sorption properties of Mg-Ti thin films, February 2010
• Robin Gremaud:Hydrogenography: a thin film optical combinatorial study of hydrogen storage materials, October 2008
• Ruud Westerwaal: Growth, microstructure and hydrogenation of Pd-catalyzed complex metal hydride thin films, February 2007
• Annemarie Lokhorst: Reflections on Switchable Mirrors, April 2006
• Frodo Klaassen: Strong Vortex Pinning by Natural Linear Defects in Thin YBa2Cu3O7 Films, February 2002
• Jeroen Huijbrechtse: Growth, Defect Structure and Critical Currents in YBa2Cu3O7 Thin Films, May 2001
  

Publications

• http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-3970-2008

CV

• LinkedIn profile: 
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