Archive
07 September 2023
Mathias Peirlinck in various media
06 September 2023
TU Delft students create 3D-printed larynx
In cases of upper airway obstruction, acute surgery to open the trachea just below the larynx is the only solution. Due to the rarity of this syndrome, doctors have very little experience with this life-saving procedure. Doctors at the Reinier de Graaf Hospital and students at TU Delft decided that this had to change. Together they developed a realistic and durable model of the larynx.
05 September 2023
ERC Starting Grant for developing adaptive transport systems with self-learning capabilities
Bilge Atasoy, associate professor at the Department of Maritime & Transport Technology, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to develop adaptive transport systems. She will work on a holistic adaptive modelling framework that considers the interactions between supply and demand to make transport more efficient, sustainable and user-centric.
14 August 2023
Gifted children introduced to Marine Technology
The faculty building, which had been somewhat empty during the summer holiday, was enlivened by the visit of 40 enthusiastic children of above-average intelligence. The group was given an interactive introduction to the world of Marine Technology.
10 August 2023
Research on drop-outs and transfer students at 3mE and CEG
The 3mE faculty and CEG faculty of TU Delft and The Hague University of Applied Sciences are conducting research to place and retain students in the most appropriate programmes as quickly as possible. For this purpose, they have received an AC grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.
08 August 2023
Yongxiang Yang in various media
04 August 2023
Liselore Tissen in various media
03 August 2023
Four 3mE researchers receive Veni grant
TU Delft receives a total of 17 Venis, 4 of which are awarded to researchers at the 3mE faculty. The funds will be used for a variety of research projects, from giving robots the intelligence to handle deformable objects to a catheter that ensures safer minimal invasive heart surgery.
31 July 2023
Matthijs Langelaar appointed professor of Computational Design & Mechanics
Matthijs Langelaar was appointed professor at TU Delft on 5 July. His research focuses on developing algorithms capable of solving mechanical design problems.
21 July 2023
In memoriam - Cees van Rhee (1959-2023)
It is with sadness that we learned of the passing of our dear colleague Cees van Rhee on Saturday 15 July 2023 during his holiday in France. Cees was professor of Dredging Technology at the Department of Maritime & Transport Technology at TU Delft since 2007.
07 July 2023
Extra-resilient crops through integration of plant biology, simulation models and AI
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) announced its contribution of 15 million euros to PlantXR, a CropXR research programme into 'smart breeding' of extra resilient crops (eXtra Resilient, XR). This impulse brings CropXR's total budget to over €90 million for the next 10 years. NWO’s grant marks the start of the new Dutch institute CropXR, which integrates plant biology, computational modelling, and artificial intelligence into 'smart breeding methods'. Those will be used to develop crop varieties that are more resilient to climate change and less dependent on chemical crop protection. In CropXR, TU Delft works together with Utrecht University, Wageningen University and Research, the University of Amsterdam and dozens of plant breeding, biotech and processing companies on basic scientific research, data collection and data sharing, education, and advancing broad application of the results.
06 July 2023
Marjon Stijntjes voted best 3mE educator 2022-2023
They praised her for the clear structure of her teaching and innovative teaching methods. Among other things, Stijntjes develops and teaches the course Extramural Sensing and Virtual Stimulation as part of the master’s programme in Technical Medicine.
03 July 2023
2023 Professor of Excellence Award goes to Just Herder
The 2023 Professor of Excellence Award has been awarded to Just Herder, professor of Interactive Mechanisms and Mechatronics, for his exceptional ability to demystify complex concepts and for his special role as a mentor and an example to students and PhD students at home and abroad.
29 June 2023
Three Vidi's for 3mE: Wouter Westerveld, Remco Hartkamp and Carlas Smith
Eight researchers from TU Delft, including two from the 3mE Faculty, namely Wouter Westerveld, Remco Hartkamp and Carlas Smith, received a Vidi grant in June for their research proposals.
26 June 2023
Review of the Maritime Engineering Design Day
During the Design Day of the undergraduate Maritime Engineering program, all first-year students tested their self-designed ship model. The students were instructed to make the sailing condition and heavy load condition as optimal as possible.
26 June 2023
Jeroen Pruijn in various media
23 June 2023
Jilt Sietsma in various media
23 June 2023
Maria Santofimia Navarro in various media
20 June 2023
Mechanical engineering students display their Precision Disc Thrower
Designing a precision disc thrower is an ambitious challenge. ‘A lot goes into this kind of mechanical design. It has to have sufficient power, speed and precision. The rotation of the disc around its own axis – known as the gyroscopic effect – is also important,’ says Regine Vroom, coordinator of the design project.
12 June 2023
Aimée Sakes in various media
08 June 2023
Pupils from VMBO 1 are introduced to professions at faculty 3mE
The 3mE faculty provided a short internship for pupils from the first class of VMBO (pre-vocational secondary education) SC Delfland from Delft. The introduction on what a university is and the importance of technology and education & research for Delft and society was followed by four introductions to professions at 3mE.
07 June 2023
ChatGPT designs its first robot with TU Delft researchers
Can ChatGPT also design a robot? And is this a good thing for the design process, or are there risks? TU Delft researchers published their findings in Nature Machine Intelligence.
26 May 2023
David Abbink in various media
16 May 2023
Sikke Klein in various media
09 May 2023
Shoshan Abrahami in various media
08 May 2023
TU Delft focuses on battery of the future
A major challenge in the energy transition is the efficient and flexible storage and transportation of renewable energy. Batteries will play an important role in this. However, much research and innovation are still required. In order to encourage this, on Thursday 11 May 2023 TU Delft will be launching e4BatteryDelft: a brand-new platform that will focus on electrochemical storage of renewable energy – with respect for the world around us, in a way that is affordable and also totally European.
04 May 2023
Dingena Schott appointed professor of Machine Cargo Interaction Engineering
Dingena Schott has been appointed professor of Machine Cargo Interaction Engineering in the Department of Maritime and Transport Technology (M&TT) starting 26 April 2023. Schott’s research focuses on improving and developing tools for transporting and processing granular materials.
28 April 2023
Jilt Sietsma, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering made Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion
26 April 2023
Four Royal Honours at TU Delft
Professors Marileen Dogterom, Herman Russchenberg, Jilt Sietsma and Peter Vink all received royal honours on 26 April 2023.
20 April 2023
Amir Zadpoor in various media
18 April 2023
An improved dart and TU Delft research hit the bullseye for professional Dutch darts players
A dart that is less sensitive to player errors and is therefore almost 50% more accurate than a conventional dart. TU Delft researchers may have developed a groundbreaking dart that can significantly improve the performance of elite-level darts players.
17 April 2023
Erik Offerman in various media
17 April 2023
Frans van der Helm in various media
17 April 2023
Richard Norte in various media
13 April 2023
Othon Moultos has been awarded an NWO OTP grant of 1 million euros for water treatment research
The board of NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences awards funding to seven research projects through the Open Technology Programme, a programme that gives companies and other organisations a way to join scientific research that should lead to applicable knowledge. One of the seven proposals has been awarded to Othon Moultos.
13 April 2023
KIC grant awarded to sustainable surgery robot for minimally invasive surgery
NWO has awarded six research projects in the KIC call ‘Key enabling technologies for minimally invasive interventions in healthcare’, including the research of Tim Horeman, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Surgery & Translational Technology at the Department of Biomechanical Engineering.
04 April 2023
Girls’ Day 2023: inspired by science and technology at a young age
The annual Girls’ Day took place again on 30 March. It’s a day that gives girls the opportunity to experience how valuable and fun a technical education can be. Fifty pre-university students aged between 13 and 16 from Schiedam visited TU Delft’s 3mE faculty to learn more about mechanical engineering and – new this year – marine technology.
28 March 2023
New CardioVascular Biomechanics Lab presents golden opportunity for engineers, physicians and patients alike
Delftse wetenschappers en studenten die onderzoek doen naar de biomechanica van het hart en bloedvaten werken samen met cardiologen, neurologen en radiologen van het Erasmus MC in het CardioVascular Biomechanics Lab (CVBL). Ze werken dagelijks aan biomechanische vraagstukken op het gebied van hart -en vaatziekten en blijken daarbij van onschatbare waarde voor elkaar.
22 March 2023
New microchip links two Nobel Prize-winning techniques
Physicists at Delft University of Technology have built a new technology on a microchip by combining two Nobel Prize-winning techniques for the first time. This microchip could measure distances in materials at high precision, for example underwater or for medical imaging. The instrument could lead to new techniques to monitor the Earth’s climate and human health. The work is now published in Nature Communications.
20 March 2023