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Jorma Vitkala Award for James O’Callaghan

The second Jorma Vitkala Award of Merit was awarded to the professor of Architectural Glass for his contributions to the development of…

NWO Smart Culture grant for The Critical Visitor

NWO Smart Culture grant for The Critical Visitor

The project has been granted a € 500.000,- NWO Smart Culture Grant and seeks to develop an intersectional methodology to achieve more…

NWO Open Mind Grant for drones for children with autism

NWO Open Mind Grant for drones for children with autism

Dr. A. Jamshidnejad has been awarded a NWO Open Mind Grant for the project "Drones interacting with children with autism via dance-movement…

Scanning for Syria

Scanning for Syria

The clay tablets with cuneiform writing from the museum in Raqqa in northern Syria have been destroyed or plundered. But a lot of valuable…

It takes a big tank to research a megaproject

It takes a big tank to research a megaproject

The Geoscience and Engineering lab is home to a device that looks much like an ordinary aquarium - except this one is five metres high, two…

Building for eternity

Building for eternity

Forget the pyramids. Engineers are designing final disposal repositories for radioactive waste that will outlive these ancient structures by…

Securing leaking dykes using a natural binding agent

Securing leaking dykes using a natural binding agent

Even the most robust of dykes can be prone to seepage: groundwater that permeates the soil underneath the dyke and ends up in the polders…

Drilling for heat deep down below

Drilling for heat deep down below

The deeper you go into the ground, the hotter it gets. Richard Bakker, a researcher at the Geoscience & Engineering department, knows all…

Old data shed new light on moon’s origin

Old data shed new light on moon’s origin

The moon, like the earth, is subject to quakes deep beneath its surface. TU Delft-based geophysicists Deyan Draganov (assistant professor)…

Sustainable waste water purification

Sustainable waste water purification

On 13 May 2016, Merle de Kreuk was awarded a Vidi for her research into granular sludge (“Inside granular sludge – the effects of suspended…