Latest News Open menu Search 869 results rss Open menu 25 February 2019 A world first: Reinier de Graaf increases safety and efficiency with track and trace in the operating theatre Doctor and PhD student Frederique Meeuwsen from BioMechanical Engineering conducted research on the potential application of RFID technology in the research theatre. Read more 21 February 2019 Service sector has sizeable impact on urban energy demand 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. Read more 21 February 2019 A global network of radio telescopes exposes the aftermath of a violent generator of gravitational waves 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. Read more 21 February 2019 Dutch King opens Microsoft Quantum Lab on TU Delft campus 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. Read more 15 February 2019 New educational concept for teacher training in February 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. Read more 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. Read more 04 February 2019 A new approach for the fast estimation of the solar energy potential in urban environments 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. Read more 01 February 2019 TU Delft continues to grow 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. Read more 29 January 2019 Stephanie Wehner wins Ammodo Science Award Stephanie Wehner (QuTech/EEMCS) is one of the eight winners of the Ammodo Science Awards 2019. Ammodo announced this today. The laureates each receive a sum of 300,000 euros. They can use this money in the coming years to explore new avenues in fundamental scientific research. Read more 29 January 2019 A ship with airbags 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? Read more ... Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 You are on page 71 Page 72 Page 73 ... For journalists Looking for an expert? Please contact our press officers. At TU Delft we are always willing to help journalists. Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page