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09 May 2019

Inaugural speeches: For truly sustainable design a new approach is needed

Inaugural speeches: For truly sustainable design a new approach is needed

Materials getting scarce, and oceans full of plastic: a radical redesign of our business models, production processes and consumer behaviour is needed.

08 May 2019

MOOCs: still lots to be learned about learning

MOOCs: still lots to be learned about learning

The potential of massive open online learning environments is vast, but the accompanying learning analytics are still in their infancy.

01 May 2019

Definitive place in the BIG law for Technical Medicine Professionals

26 April 2019

Royal Honours for three TU Delft professors

TU Delft professors Jan Dirk Jansen, Lucas van Vliet and Miro Zeman all received Royal Honours this year.

24 April 2019

Jenny Dankelman and Ronald Hanson become KNAW members

TU Delft professors Jenny Dankelman and Ronald Hanson are set to become members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). The KNAW chooses its members on the basis of their academic achievements. It currently has around 550 members. On Monday, 16 September 2019, nineteen new Academy members will be installed, including Dankelman and Hanson.

23 April 2019

Research on global infrastructure for digital university degrees

Research on global infrastructure for digital university degrees

While digital technology has started to transform education by enabling new learning pathways that are customized to each individual’s needs, the way that educational institutions issue and manage academic credentials has not changed much.

18 April 2019

TU Delft, EUR and Erasmus MC plan to strengthen collaboration

TU Delft, EUR and Erasmus MC plan to strengthen collaboration

Erasmus MC, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) intend to structurally strengthen and scale up their scientific collaboration – specifically in the health field.

17 April 2019

Corrosion is an expensive silent assassin

Corrosion is an expensive silent assassin

Corrosion can strike hard and unexpectedly, with major consequences in terms of costs and safety. This is according to Arjan Mol, Professor of Corrosion technology and electrochemistry at TU Delft, in his inaugural address ‘Rust Roest’ (Rest Rusts) on Wednesday, 17 April at TU Delft. Good integrated project management can prevent a lot of problems.

16 April 2019

Important subsidy paves way towards emission-free gas turbines

Important subsidy paves way towards emission-free gas turbines

TU Delft and partners Ansaldo Thomassen, OPRA Turbines, Vattenfall, Nouryon and EMMTEC have been awarded with a subsidy by the Dutch Government for the project ‘High Hydrogen Gas Turbine Retrofit to Eliminate Carbon Emissions’.

15 April 2019

Hydrogen car as a power source in a sustainable energy system

Hydrogen cars can act as a buffer in a sustainable energy system. This "Car as Power Plant" concept, initiated by TU Delft’s Professor Ad van Wijk, uses parked fuel cell cars as power stations.