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[Column] The limits of control

We will travel to distant planets setting up colonies as modern explorers, discover bizarre worlds and gaze at a sunset with three suns. My ambition when I started studying aerospace engineering was something like that. I was 18 and it was 1996.

The firm: ForestWise

How do you make the rainforest so valuable that deforestation for agricultural purposes no longer happens? With his company ForestWise, that’s what alumnus Dirk-Jan Oudshoorn is working on.

How a guest lecturer enhances education

Many former students return to TU Delft later in their careers as guest lecturers. Two of them talk about their experiences. “The questions students ask make you reassess your own assumptions.”

Clinical technologists increasingly trusted

The Bachelor's degree programme in Clinical Technology was launched six years ago. The aim of this new programme was to bridge the gap between medical experts and engineers. Although no one had yet heard of clinical technologists at that time, their prospects on the job market are now looking good. And rather than holding them back, the coronavirus pandemic now seems to be a driving force behind this process.

‘There are too few generalists in academia’

Bert van Wee has been named Professor of Excellence 2020. What are his views on his doctoral candidates and the influence of coronavirus on transport systems?

New future for Delft Dream Teams

With the Nuna solar car, the Hyperloop and many other projects over the last 20 years, the TU Delft Dream Teams have proven to be an innovative way for students to learn. New requirements are now being developed to continue this.

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