December edition Delft Matters published
Delft matters. And Rotterdam matters. This edition features a must-read interview with mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb and professor of environmental technology and design Arjan van Timmeren about the resilience of the city.
It is a powerful reminder that if you want to go far, you have to do it together. Both men insist on the value of cooperation, with the mayor highlighting the need for togetherness among politicians and citizens, and the professor advocating collaboration between humanities, STEM, and social science to bring about major systemic changes. And don’t forget about business, because employment is the driving force behind the economy and all those fossil jobs will have to be replaced by green ones. That is why the people, businesses, and organisations of Rotterdam have bundled their forces to collectively foster a safe, healthy, prosperous, and attractive city and society.
In this edition, among others:
The strength of a women's network
A network of TU Delft alumnae: that did not exist yet. Until October 2023, when the Delft Female Impact Community met for the first time. What do the initiators, who are themselves alumnae, want to achieve? And how did they succeed in setting up a community and a special fund together with TU Delft? “This is an excellent example of how we want to shape this community.”
Dreamteam Emergence
Emergence is the newest tenant of TU Delft’s Dream Hall. This new student team does not build a new type of car or a rocket, they make art that aims to offer insight into successful but misunderstood technologies.
Alumnus of the Year
Describing her as ‘a textbook example’ and a ‘versatile and innovative engineer’, TU Delft chose Hester Anderiesen-Le Riche as Alumnus of the Year 2023. How would the inventor of the Tovertafel (Magic table) explain her success?
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