Latest news Open menu Search 295 results rss Open menu 21 March 2024 NWO Mozaïek 2.0 grant for Mr. Hoessein Alkisaei Ir. Hoessein Alkisaei has been awarded an NWO Mozaïek 2.0 grant. Mozaïek 2.0 is a doctoral fellowship program aimed at graduates with a migration background from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Turkey who are underrepresented in the Netherlands. Read more 19 March 2024 Salt marshes put to test in wave flume Can salt marshes serve as a natural solution for flood protection? Researchers of the project ‘Living Dikes’ transported 62 big blocks of salt marshes, containing soil and vegetation, from the coast of Friesland to the Delta Flume at Deltares. After four weeks of exposure to extreme waves, almost the entire salt marsh is still standing there. Read more 05 March 2024 Taking the pulse of Earth’s ecosystems Susan Steele-Dunne has been awarded a NWO Vici grant. She will explore how to monitor the pulse of the Earth’s ecosystems using radar observations. Variations in radar observations from a forest during a day can reveal early warning signs of declining health conditions of a forest. An improved understanding of these processes will allow us to make better predictions of how ecosystems will respond to respond to climate change. In the long term, it may even offer opportunities for early interventions. Read more 01 March 2024 Colleague prof.dr. Pacelli Zitha (GSE) passed away Read more 12 February 2024 Clouds disappear quickly during solar eclipse Cumulus clouds over land start to disappear almost instantly during a partial solar eclipse. Until recently, satellite measurements during the eclipse resulted in dark spots in the cloud map, but researchers from TU Delft and KNMI were able to recover the satellite measurements by using a new method. The results may have implications for proposed climate engineering ideas, because disappearing clouds can partly oppose the cooling effect of artificial solar eclipses. The results were published today in Nature Communications Earth and Environment. Read more 02 February 2024 NWO grant for Human-Centred AI for crowd crisis response AI has the potential to support crowd crises decisions, yet the increasing use of AI has led to a debate about the legal and ethical implications. To address these challenges, the AI-COMPASS consortium, led by TU Delft, develops real-time decision support systems, considering context, behaviour, and values. The project is financed by the Collaboration between Humans and (semi-)Autonomous systems programme of NWO. Read more 22 January 2024 Students crafting flood resilience during hackathon During the 182nd Dies Natalis of TU Delft, we delved into the theme of "Redesigning Deltas" to underline that we need rethink our approach to keep deltas around the world safe and liveable in the future. As part of the preceding Delta week, we organised a hackathon. On 9 January, students joined forces and took up the challenge: Crafting flood resilience in the Rotterdam region. Read more Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 You are on page 4 Page 5 Page 6 ... Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page