Articles

275 results

Going underground

Going underground

In the over seven kilometres of tunnels beneath the TU Delft campus you will find heating pipes, cables and – once a year – an inspector.

View - Timo Heimovaara

View - Timo Heimovaara

Professor of environmental geotechnology Timo Heimovaara (CEG) is studying ways to extract raw materials without producing waste and…

‘I learn a lot from my PhD candidates’

‘I learn a lot from my PhD candidates’

Professor Jenny Dankelman has been awarded the Leermeesterprijs.

Lucky find becomes top material

Lucky find becomes top material

Researchers at Delft have discovered a versatile raw material that is created during the ‘Nereda’ wastewater treatment process.

After Delft – Joris Thijssen

After Delft – Joris Thijssen

Joris Thijssen’s fascination with space travel began when, as a child, he heard that Wubbo Ockels was going to be an astronaut.

Will the Flying-V get off the ground?

Will the Flying-V get off the ground?

Reseachers at the faculties of AE and IDE are working on a new type of aircraft; the Flying-V.

‘The Nederlands will really need a thorium reactor’

‘The Nederlands will really need a thorium reactor’

According to Jan-Leen Kloosterman, the Netherlands needs nuclear power to reduce CO2 emissions.

Crazy paving

Crazy paving

It happened so gradually that I hardly noticed, until a visitor pointed it out to me.

The firm – Flying Fish

The firm – Flying Fish

With the experience they gained with the Solar Boat Team, three former TU Delft students launched Flying Fish, a maritime innovation…

Working together with companies and institutions

Working together with companies and institutions

‘TU Delft demolishes last wall between science and industry’ headlined Het Financieele Dagblad in February.

Sharing ideas

Sharing ideas

Foreword

‘Why retire if you’re enjoying yourself?’

‘Why retire if you’re enjoying yourself?’

The president of Huisman maritime equipment, Joop Roodenburg, has been voted TU Delft Alumnus of the Year.

‘The material side of design is at risk of disappearing’

The Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, has two new ‘home-grown’ female…

Travelling among the stars

Travelling among the stars

Humans will inhabit other galaxies, predicts Dr Angelo Vermeulen. We will travel for decades on spaceships that exploit asteroids like…

‘Look down on Earth as though we were aliens’

‘Look down on Earth as though we were aliens’

There are planets revolving around most stars in the sky. Many of these so-called exoplanets are small and rocky, like our Earth. Dr Daphne…