Latest News
29 January 2019
A ship with airbags
![A ship with airbags](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/6/2/csm_airbag_904095c9f6.jpg)
How do you prevent a maritime disaster such as the one five years ago with the Korean ferry Sewol? And how do you give passengers more time to safely disembark during a critical situation?
24 January 2019
TU Delft students present eight innovative robots
![TU Delft students present eight innovative robots](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/0/c/csm_Lobster_3f02b8e0ec.jpg)
A robot that removes weeds, a robot that journeys deep below the sea and a robot that can fish blue algae from the water. These, together with five other robots, will be on display at the demo day of the TU Delft Minor in Robotics on Thursday, 30 January 2018.
18 January 2019
The TU Delft Solar Boat Team presents the design of the first Dutch solar boat for the open sea
![The TU Delft Solar Boat Team presents the design of the first Dutch solar boat for the open sea](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/8/8/csm_Solarboatdesign_c9016cebeb.png)
For the first time in Dutch history, the TU Delft Solar Boat Team is taking the step to develop a solar boat for the sea. It will be a trimaran, a boat with three hulls, which will completely control the ocean on solar energy. On Tuesday evening, January 15, the team presented the new design of the boat. With this boat, they plan to win the world championship for solar boats in Monaco this summer and to break a world record by crossing The Channel as the fastest solar boat in the world.
18 January 2019
New robotics fieldlab opens doors on TU Delft Campus
![New robotics fieldlab opens doors on TU Delft Campus](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/1/9/csm_190117-ROBO-HOUSE-3_image%20by%20Daniel%20Verkijk_c6ee27a547.jpg)
Another fieldlab has started on TU Delft Campus: RoboHouse. This fieldlab for advanced cognitive robotics is meant for companies and organisations that want to know how they can apply smart robots. Students can make use of the facilities as well.
16 January 2019
The Hague worst hit in the case of extreme precipitation
![The Hague worst hit in the case of extreme precipitation](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/9/2/csm_7583761316_eea3411edc_k_9ff830c493.jpg)
A new precipitation index compares the risks that different cities face from extreme rainfall. In The Netherlands, The Hague will be affected most.
15 January 2019
TU Delft students present design, a transformation of inefficient offices into apartments that produce more energy than they use
![TU Delft students present design, a transformation of inefficient offices into apartments that produce more energy than they use](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/f/5/csm_prototype_20render_0d6f6e3b56.jpg)
The MOR (Modular Office Renovation) team of the TU Delft, which consists of 54 students, is working on a design to renovate (a part of) an inefficient office into an apartment that produces more energy than it uses. On the 15th of January 2019, the team revealed the definitive design of this prototype. With the prototype, the team will travel to Hungary in July 2019 to participate in an international student competition for energy-efficient residences.
15 January 2019
Planning for large-scale thermal energy storage systems could be greatly improved
![Planning for large-scale thermal energy storage systems could be greatly improved](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/9/5/csm_promo%2015%20jan%20Marc%20Jaxa-Rozen_storage_ATES%20wells__bewerkt2_bb99d8d726.jpg)
In some places in the Netherlands, the ground is starting to run out of space for thermal energy storage systems, which can provide heating and cooling to large buildings in an energy-efficient manner. There is a much better way to do that, says researcher Marc Jaxa-Rozen. On Tuesday 15 January, he will be awarded his PhD at TU Delft for his work on the subject.
14 January 2019
The secret to Rembrandt’s impasto unveiled
![The secret to Rembrandt’s impasto unveiled](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/e/a/csm_Marten_Soolmans-Rembrandt_en%20OOpjen_header%20bewerkt_c321184627.jpg)
Rembrandt van Rijn revolutionized painting with a 3D effect using his impasto technique, where thick paint makes a masterpiece protrude from the surface. Thanks to the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble, France, three centuries later an international team of scientists led by TU Delft and the Rijksmuseum have found how he did it.
14 January 2019
TU Delft designs environmentally-friendly ‘kitchen for life’
![TU Delft designs environmentally-friendly ‘kitchen for life’](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/b/e/csm_Keuken%20voor%20het%20leven_foto_156a6646b5.jpg)
At TU Delft, a prototype of a ‘circular kitchen’ has been developed, which has a significantly reduced impact on the environment. The kitchen will be presented on Thursday 17 January.
11 December 2018
Gas turbines: vital for the transition to renewable energy sources
![Gas turbines: vital for the transition to renewable energy sources](https://filelist.tudelft.nl/_processed_/6/e/csm_turbine_f78364786f.jpg)
Gas turbines are mainly known as the jet engines that are used to propel aircraft. But they are also the workhorses in the huge power plants that supply electricity to our factories and houses.