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06 August 2021

Uber both competes with, and complements public transport

Uber both competes with, and complements public transport

Tussen een en twee op de vijf Uber-reizen hebben geen haalbaar alternatief in het openbaar vervoer. Het aandeel reizigers dat Uber verkiest boven openbaar vervoer neemt af naarmate de reistijd van het openbaar vervoer concurrerender is. Dat zijn twee bevindingen in een nieuw onderzoeksrapport over ritdiensten, dat gebaseerd is op een vergelijking van gegevens van Uber en het openbaar vervoer uit zes steden in de VS en Europa.

24 June 2021

Kornelis Blok announced as TU Delft | Global Initiative Steering Committee Member

Kornelis Blok announced as TU Delft | Global Initiative Steering Committee Member

‘It’s been surprising to see what determination, science, and solidarity can really do. In literally four months we were able to go from nothing to a working machine, produced in a country that supposedly cannot feed its own population.’ Diego Quan, founder of non-profit Respira-Guatemala, sometimes cannot fully believe the success his team has had in setting up a local production line and assembling and delivering ventilators to Guatemala this past summer. The non-profit partnership in Guatemala with help from dr. Gerwin Smit and Project Inspiration of the TU Delft aim to produce around 100 ventilators by the end of this year, and another 160 in the first five months of 2021.

22 June 2021

Sea level rise outpaced by vertical dune toe translation on prograding coasts

Sea level rise outpaced by vertical dune toe translation on prograding coasts

Karin Sluis, Senior Advisor and former Director of Witteveen+Bos, has been chosen as TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2021.

10 June 2021

De Mijnbouwstraat 120. From 1912-2021 a striking building

De Mijnbouwstraat 120. From 1912-2021 a striking building

The building at Mijnbouwstraat 120 was owned by the TU Delft for over 100 years and has a rich history. But this year it was sold.

10 June 2021

Karin Sluis is TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2021

Karin Sluis is TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2021

Karin Sluis, Senior Advisor and former Director of Witteveen+Bos, has been chosen as TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2021.

01 June 2021

Exhibition Data traces: from clay tablets to bits

Exhibition Data traces: from clay tablets to bits

From June 5, 2021, the exhibition 'Bits of You' will be on display at The Studio in Amsterdam. In Bits of You you will experience how the data traces that we leave behind us every day affect our lives.

01 June 2021

To the bottom of Greenland's ice sheet

To the bottom of Greenland's ice sheet

The Greenland ice sheet looks calm. But inside it rumbles and grumbles, scientists and researchers discovered while drilling a kilometer deep hole. Among them are Bart Schilperoort and Bas des Tombe from TU Delft.