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26 February 2019
Four fields of study at TU Delft in global top 10 of QS Subject Rankings
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26 February 2019
Five Vici grants for TU Delft researchers
No less than five TU Delft will each receive 1.5 million euros from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
25 February 2019
A world first: Reinier de Graaf increases safety and efficiency with track and trace in the operating theatre
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Doctor and PhD student Frederique Meeuwsen from BioMechanical Engineering conducted research on the potential application of RFID technology in the research theatre.
21 February 2019
Service sector has sizeable impact on urban energy demand
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A better understanding of the energy demands of various users in the city – households and services such as schools, offices and shops – can facilitate urban energy transition. Nina Voulis offers this insight in her dissertation entitled Harnessing Heterogeneity, with which she will be awarded her PhD at TU Delft on 22 February 2019.
21 February 2019
A global network of radio telescopes exposes the aftermath of a violent generator of gravitational waves
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Astronomers have combined radio telescopes from five continents to prove the existence of a narrow stream of material (jet) emerging from the only gravitational wave event involving two neutron stars observed so far. These findings have now been published in the Science magazine by an international team of scientists, led by Giancarlo Ghirlanda from the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF, Italy). Professor Leonid Gurvits (JIVE and TU Delft) is co-author of the Science paper.
21 February 2019
Dutch King opens Microsoft Quantum Lab on TU Delft campus
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On 21 February, King Willem Alexander opened the Microsoft Quantum Lab on the campus of TU Delft. With the lab, Microsoft strengthens quantum research in Delft, a research area where TU Delft ranks among the world's best.
15 February 2019
New educational concept for teacher training in February
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At the beginning of February, a new cohort of sixteen prospective teachers started the teacher training programme of the Science Education & Communication department. This is the first time that students will be able to start the study programme in February. The new cohort will also be exposed to a new educational concept.
06 February 2019
TU Delft signs contract with UNICAMP to host the TU Delft office in Brazil for coming 5 years
On 5 February 2019, Professor Marcelo Knobel, President of the largest technical university of Latin America in Campinas signed an agreement for collaboration with Professor Patricia Osseweijer, University Ambassador Brazil of TU Delft.
04 February 2019
A new approach for the fast estimation of the solar energy potential in urban environments
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TU Delft researchers have developed a new approach for calculating fast and accurate the solar energy potential of surfaces in the urban environment. The new approach can significantly help architects and urban planners to incorporate photovoltaic (solar power) technology in their designs. The findings were presented on Monday 4 February in Nature Energy.
01 February 2019
TU Delft continues to grow
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The number of new students at TU Delft this academic year once again exceeds the previous year. In 2018, 5,929 students began studying at TU Delft: 3,971 started a Bachelor’s degree programme (BSc), 1,748 started a Master’s degree programme (MSc) and 210 students started a bridging programme. The 7% growth at TU Delft is slightly above the national trend of 5.3%. Today, Dutch universities publish their intake figures for the current academic year.