Latest news Open menu Search 293 results rss Open menu 03 December 2019 Understanding and predicting sandy beaches Sand is the second most widely used raw material in the world, after water. Sand dunes keep our country safe from flooding. Read more 29 November 2019 Minimising fruit crop losses due to frost Bas van de Wiel (Professor Atmospheric Physics) wants to minimise the fruit crop losses due to frost. Yet surprisingly little is known about this phenomenon. Therefore Van de Wiel received a grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to together with colleague Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis provide clarity on fruit frost. Read more 21 November 2019 Crowdsourced ‘supercomputer’ enables more localised and accurate rainfall forecasts Accurate forecasts of rainfall are crucial in Africa, where 95% of agriculture depends on highly localised rainfall. Currently, forecasts are based on satellite data and are not sufficiently accurate for small geographical areas. Read more 12 November 2019 Djonno Bresser is TU Delft Best Graduate 2019 Today, at the TU Delft Best Graduate Award Ceremony 2019, eight recently graduated engineers presented their research and results of their excellent master thesis. Djonno Bresser, graduate of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG), received the prestigious title TU Delft Best Graduate 2019. Read more 11 November 2019 First cycling behaviour experiment on Leeghwaterstraat The Leeghwaterstraat on the TU Delft Campus has officially been put into use as a living lab for research into cycling behaviour and autonomous driving. Read more 08 November 2019 Guaranteeing freshwater with a virtual delta Freshwater is vital for drinking water, nature, agriculture and industry. However, the availability of freshwater is under pressure in deltas throughout the world. Salty seawater is penetrating further up the rivers due to human intervention, such as the deepening of waterways, as equally climate change. Read more 08 November 2019 CEG subsurface research featured in Delft Outlook Various research projects of our faculty regarding the underground, have been featured in the magazine Delft Outlook. Read more ... Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 You are on page 32 Page 33 Page 34 ... Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page