Research News
01 March 2019
Industry collaborations with Amazon and Didi Udian Technologies
Dr. J. Alonso-Mora is the recipient of an Amazon Research Award to perform research on multi-robot motion planning and a research collaboration with Didi Udian Technologies has been stablished for joint work on shared MaaS (ride-sharing). More information: http://www.alonsomora.com/
28 February 2019
LED lamp automatically resets racing heart
Researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Delft University of Technology have found a way to reset a racing heart immediately and automatically by an implanted LED device. In the scientific journal Science Translational Medicine, they describe how their bioelectronic defibrillator works in the laboratory. It could be the first step towards a pain-free treatment for patients with atrial fibrillation.
27 February 2019
START-UP grant for microchip that tests new fundamental physics theories
Richard Norte, expert in the area of micro- and nano-engineering and researcher at the Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering is developing microchips that make it possible to explore the interplay between two famous quantum effects.
25 February 2019
Education for Water Resilient Cities
Report on one day symposium at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment Delft University of Technology on what to teach and how to teach spatial planning and design for water sensitive, climate resilient cities and communities.
25 February 2019
Innovative stainless steel game changer for car industry
A car that is light, safe and will not rust, that is the goal of the project recently awarded to professor Maria Santofimia Navarro and assist. prof. Yaiza Gonzalez-Garcia from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
25 February 2019
A world first: Reinier de Graaf increases safety and efficiency with track and trace in the operating theatre
Doctor and PhD student Frederique Meeuwsen from BioMechanical Engineering conducted research on the potential application of RFID technology in the research theatre.
22 February 2019
Maxim Segeren project manager Offshore Wind
As of 1 January 2019, Dr. Maxim Segeren, former colleague at the Hydraulic Engineering Department of the Faculty of CE&GS, will start as project manager for Offshore Wind at the Valorisation Centre.
21 February 2019
Service sector has sizeable impact on urban energy demand
A better understanding of the energy demands of various users in the city – households and services such as schools, offices and shops – can facilitate urban energy transition. Nina Voulis offers this insight in her dissertation entitled Harnessing Heterogeneity, with which she will be awarded her PhD at TU Delft on 22 February 2019.
19 February 2019
TU Delta: Capturing the heat from below
Foundations for a new building at the Green Village contain 40 metre long tubes to exchange heat with the soil. Researchers will monitor the ‘energy piles’ in action.
14 February 2019
New MOOC: Zero-Energy Design: an approach to make your building sustainable
Learn how to get to a net zero energy use of an existing building.
13 February 2019
#Detox your #Fashion
"Water knits it all together”. The film and water festival ‘Let's Talk About Water’ is an annual festival that uses the power of cinema to inform and spark debate on a wide variety of topics that are connected to water. This year’s theme is: Materiality; too much, too little, too dirty.
13 February 2019
TU Delft Ideation Contest
The 1st edition of the TU Delft Ideation Contest has started! Bring your idea to the next level, get in touch with our network and develop personal skills. This is a platform that every student can benefit from!
12 February 2019
PhD defence: Electrochemical recycling of rare earth elements from NdFeB magnet waste
Rare earth elements (REEs) are indispensable in the transition towards a low-carbon economy as they are used in many high-tech and clean energy applications such as wind turbines, hybrid electric vehicles and lamp phosphors.
04 February 2019
A new approach for the fast estimation of the solar energy potential in urban environments
TU Delft researchers have developed a new approach for calculating fast and accurate the solar energy potential of surfaces in the urban environment. The new approach can significantly help architects and urban planners to incorporate photovoltaic (solar power) technology in their designs. The findings were presented on Monday 4 February in Nature Energy.
30 January 2019
The (im)practibility of materials in a circular economy
Our growing world population and increasing prosperity is putting more and more pressure on global energy consumption and the demand for materials. The challenges in the area of energy consumption, materials consumption and climate change are closely interlinked, but the use of materials is often something we take for granted.