Archive
11 June 2019
Wenbin Ma in Delta
Extracting raw materials from the seabed is costly and potentially quite damaging to the marine environment. Wenbin Ma developed a framework to weigh up all the factors.
03 June 2019
Geeske Langejans in Nieuws en Co
Geeske Langejans explains to NOS Nieuws en Co. the discovery in a cave of charred remnants of cooked starchy foods that are more than one hundred thousand years old. She explains what the archaeologists found and why the homo sapiens apparently were already well adapted to starch in prehistoric times.
03 June 2019
Arend Schwab in diverse media
The steer-assist system is the first system in the world that can keep a bicycle upright. ‘This system keeps the bike and its rider stable at speeds above 4 km/h,’ explains TU Delft researcher Dr Arend Schwab.
27 May 2019
Erik Offerman in EngineersOnline
While worldwide attention is mainly focused on reducing CO2 emissions and reducing energy consumption in order to combat climate change, insufficient attention is paid to the consequences of a shortage of materials. This mainly concerns so-called critical materials, materials that are crucial for our well-being and our economy. "Fortunately, there is a growing awareness that we need to pay much more attention to this," said Erik Offerman
26 May 2019
Ad van Wijk in various media
There will be cheap and green hydrogen, says Ad van Wijk, professor of Future Energy Systems.
21 May 2019
Andrea Mangel Raventos in Delta
PhD candidate Andrea Mangel Raventos thinks we need more women in leadership positions in science and technology.
20 May 2019
Earl Goetheer in de Volkskrant
It is industrial waste, the main cause of climate change and ... a commodity that is worth money. Captured CO2 is increasingly proving itself as a building block for all kinds of useful things, from peppers to medicines.
13 May 2019
Sebastien Callens & Amir Zadpoor in Materials Today
Origami enables the creation of three-dimensional structures from flat two-dimensional shapes. While the traditional Japanese art uses paper as its medium, materials scientists are employing this concept to construct three-dimensional structures from other materials but so far only with flat surfaces.
29 April 2019
Paul Breedveld in NWO
Engineers from the Bio Inspired Technology Group (BITE-Group) of TU Delft used the so-called laying wasp of the parasitic wasp as a source of inspiration to build thin needles for medical applications. They studied the operation and built various prototypes. “We now have needles of 0.45 millimeters thick, which is only three times as thick as a human hair. The needle is flexible and steerable and automatically travels through the tissue, "says Professor of Medical Instruments & Bio Inspired Technology Paul Breedveld.
25 April 2019
Arjan Mol in Maintenance magazine
"In the design and production of metal structures, all aspects of the project are generally taken into account. Unfortunately, corrosion management can often be neglected”, says Prof. Arjan Mol.
25 April 2019
Ad van Wijk in Etotaal
Hydrogen cars can act as a buffer in a sustainable energy system.
15 April 2019
Riender Happee on BNR Newsradio
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15 April 2019
Frédérique Meeuwsen in Delta
After 10 years of preparation, everything came together when tagged instruments were used in a real operation for the first time last February.
11 April 2019
Jaap Harlaar on Radio West
A look into the care of the future with Medical Delta, a partnership between the universities and academic hospitals of Leiden and Rotterdam and TU Delft.
08 April 2019
Jerry Westerweel in Delft Integraal
Delft flow experts have made a model of how air pollution from the A13 is spreading through neighboring Overschie. The DisTUrbE project (dispersion in the turbulent urban environment) tests the effectiveness of measures against air pollution.
04 April 2019
Erik Offerman in Delta
Mining, using and disposing. We have never done anything else. But according to Erik Offerman, things have to change. He wrote a book about it for (future) engineers.
01 April 2019
e-Refinery in various media
TU Delft, Shell and various Top Consortia for Knowledge and Innovation (TKIs) are investing 5 million euros in the development of electro-conversion technology to make the petrochemical industry more sustainable.
21 March 2019
Barry Fitzgerald in Delta
“This is not your standard innovation lecture”, says Barry Fitzgerald. There'll be quizzes, film trailers and more in the BingeWatch Academy starting Thursday night 14 March.
19 March 2019
Riender Happee in NRC
"Acceleration is proportional to forces and stresses in tissues. And with that, normative for the risk of injury, "says Riender Happee, who works at TU Delft and specializes in research into car collisions.
14 March 2019
Rudy Negenborn in various media
If ships and other transport systems exchange information with each other, the infrastructure can be used much more efficiently and sustainably. That is what Rudy Negenborn, professor of Multi-Machine Operations & Logistics, will give his inaugural address at TU Delft on 15 March 2019.
04 March 2019
Joost de Winter in de Volkskrant
One successful study after another appears to have a different outcome if the experiment is repeated. To learn what such a repeat study says, Delft researchers also made one: do pupils betray someones emotions?
25 February 2019
Frédérique Meeuwsen in various media
In the operating room of the future, all movements of the surgeon are followed with chips. It must improve safety for patients.
25 February 2019
Arjan Mol in Medisch Contact
The replacement of chromium-6-containing paints by chromium-free paints is not yet so simple, experts say.
25 February 2019
Arend Schwab in De Telegraaf
It is a room of just forty square meters that you just pass by at TU Delft. You do not realize that the mecca of bicycle science is home here. Worldwide, the developments that are being done here are being watched. The last discovery is a bicycle simulator, which has to save lives...
18 February 2019
Bachelor students Marine Technology in Delta
Inflatable bracelets could help prevent ships from capsizing when damaged. Delft students calculated how this extra safety measure can be achieved.
12 February 2019
Barry Fitzgerald in Delta
For Barry Fitzgerald, superheroes like Iron Man are no longer fantasy. He aims to use technology to create actual superhuman powers that have a positive influence on society.
11 February 2019
Jan Klein on NPO Radio 1
At the Antonius Hospital in Sneek, patients are no longer admitted to the rheumatology outpatient clinic for months. The cause: doctors are at odds with each other. Specialists who are fighting: not for the first time. We go back to 2006, to the Radboud Hospital in Nijmegen. We look back with Jan Klein, Professor of Patient Safety at TU Delft, and at the time researcher on the situation in Nijmegen for the Healthcare Inspectorate.
31 January 2019
Paul Breedveld in Alliance of Advanced BioMedical Engineering
The same mechanism that enables a parasitic wasp to lay her eggs inside a caterpillar without killing it could one day help surgeons operate deep inside the human brain or reach tumors in parts the body that are currently inaccessible.
24 January 2019
Nima Tolou in Delta
Pacemakers run out of batteries after around 7 years, so wearers undergo several open-heart operations during their lifetime to replace them. The solution? The heart itself.
22 January 2019
Victor Gonzalez and Joris Dik on Rembrandt’s painting technique in various media
Henk Polinder (MTT) has radio talk on challenges of wave energy extraction in NOS Radio 1 Journal. (Dutch)
14 January 2019
Jaap Harlaar in Kennislink
14 January 2019
Henk Polinder in NOS Radio 1 Journal
Henk Polinder (MTT) has radio talk on challenges of wave energy extraction in NOS Radio 1 Journal. (Dutch)