Research News
18 December 2018
First joint PhD degree Materials Science TU Delft and Ghent University
18 December 2018
Lunch Lecture e-Refinery
18 December 2018
Superheroes in the classroom
17 December 2018
Peter Visser receives the Scientist of the Year Award from AkzoNobel
12 December 2018
‘Healing’ water jets for cartilage damage in joints
11 December 2018
2018 George Nicholson Paper Award
11 December 2018
Renewable Energy Systems - The Next Step Forward
Replacing large coal and nuclear power plants with renewable resources, especially wind and solar energy implicitly emphasised an increased use of ICT to control, monitor and protect future power systems; the final goal being to provide cheap and clean energy through a power system that operates with high levels of reliability and security of supply. This is reflected in what has become a generally accepted definition of a smart grid.
10 December 2018
Cooperation between the Foundation for Gas Turbine Education (SGO), TU Delft and InHolland extended
Gas turbines are best known as the jet engines that power aircraft.
07 December 2018
Sponsorship for Assistant/Associate Professor Geothermal Science and Engineering
During the Geothermal Get-Together on 29 November 2018, it was announced that research on Geothermal Science and Engineering at TU Delft got another boost. A consortium of seven partners signed a certificate for sponsoring an Assistant/Associate Professor.
06 December 2018
New climate response model calculates impact of road traffic fast
Vanessa Rieger created a model which assesses impact of road traffic emission scenarios on O3 and CH4 concentration and the subsequent climate effect.
05 December 2018
The best tech idea of 2018 according KIJK is...
...the solar battery charger for electric cars made by EEMCS’ Gautham Ram!
05 December 2018
NIH Grants awarded to research team Raf Van de Plas
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are awarding two prestigious American grants to the research team led by Raf Van de Plas from the Department of DCSC.
05 December 2018
Researchers discover mechanism disrupting CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing
The discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 has made gene editing very easy. Unfortunately, the molecular tool has recently been found to be less precise than previously assumed. It can lead to unwanted mutations in a cell’s DNA. Researchers at Delft University of Technology have now identified a mechanism that causes such mutations when CRISPR-Cas9 is used incorrectly. This can cause dormant genes to become expressed, which is potentially very dangerous. The researchers have created a checklist based on their findings. Using this checklist will prevent the harmful mechanism from being activated and makes gene editing using CRISPR-Cas9 safer.
05 December 2018
New Professor of Nanomechanics aims for ‘nanoscale floating’
In the words of Professor Peter Steeneken, Head of the Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems section at TU Delft, nanoengineering is required to bridge the gap between nanoscience and concrete nanomechanical applications.
04 December 2018
How to transform urban energy systems
Sustainable Urban Energy Systems Conference. Ambitious climate change targets can only be realized by transforming urban energy systems into smart low carbon energy systems. Thinking and discussing about how to achieve this happened on November 8 and 9 at TU Delft and The Green Village by 150 attendees, from more than 90 organizations and 16 – not only European – countries.