Research News
16 July 2019
Project Olindo Isabella awarded for funding by NWO
The project "Colour coated solar panels for the built environment” is awarded for funding by NWO and will kick off in September.
16 July 2019
Twelve Veni awards for TU Delft researchers
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Veni grant worth up to 250,000 euros to twelve highly promising young scientists from TU Delft.
15 July 2019
Michaël Wiertlewski awarded best paper IEEE Transactions on Haptics 2019
15 July 2019
Faculty receives 2.7 million euros a year from science/engineering sector plan
10 July 2019
Leiden, Delft and Erasmus strengthen cooperation
Leiden-Delft-Erasmus, the strategic alliance of the three universities in the province of South Holland (Zuid Holland), are to build further on their successful cooperation. In the coming years, four social themes will guide their joint research and education: Healthy Society, Sustainable Society, Digital Society and Inclusive Society. Topics of concern to the metropolitan area around Rotterdam and The Hague will serve as a source of inspiration.
08 July 2019
Programmable soft actuators show the great potential of soft robotics
Researchers at TU Delft have developed highly programmable actuators that, similar to the human hand, combine soft and hard materials to perform complex movements.
08 July 2019
TU Delft Solar Boat Team world champion solar boat racing on open sea
The TU Delft Solar Boat Team became world champion in open-sea solar boat racing during the Solar & Energy Boat Challenge 2019.
04 July 2019
BTIC combines knowledge and innovation strengths for building sector
Dutch ministries, knowledge institutions and building sector organisations jointly signed a collaboration agreement for the Building and Technology Innovation Centre (BTIC) that combines knowledge and innovation strengths for the entire building sector.
04 July 2019
Jenny Dankelman is Professor of Excellence 2019
On Thursday 4 July, Jenny Dankelman, Professor of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Intervention Techniques at the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE), was informed by Delft University Fund that she will receive the prestigious Professor of Excellence Award 2019.
03 July 2019
Added value of Clinical Technology proven in practice
03 July 2019
Best lecturer of the year 2018-2019
All students from the 3mE faculty have had the opportunity to vote for the best lecturer of the academic year 2018-2019. This award enables them to pay tribute to lecturers and show their appreciation for the unique and creative way in which they teach their classes.
03 July 2019
Digicampus accelerates innovation in digital government services
All parties involved in digital innovations within the public sector will from now on work together within one platform: Digicampus. The new partnership for the development of innovative government services was officially launched on Wednesday by state secretary Knops (interior affairs) during the iBestuurscongres.
03 July 2019
TU Delft self-driving car anticipates pedestrian behaviour
A research team from the Department of Cognitive Robotics (CoR) has achieved a milestone in the area of autonomous driving in an urban environment.
28 June 2019
Team TU Delft wins award for best aviation innovation
The team ‘The Zero Heroes’ of TU Delft has won the finals of the Airbus Fly Your Ideas competition.
26 June 2019
David Abbink in De Wereld van Morgen (NPO1)
Research by the Haptics Lab into symbiotic driving will be shown on Dutch television in prime time. David Abbink was interviewed by Vivianne Bendermacher to explain and demonstrate the current issues with driver-automation interaction, and how our research contributes to solving these.