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In de World University Rankings by Subjects 2019, die vandaag is verschenen, staat de TU Delft in vier vakgebieden Delft in de wereldwijde top 10, namelijk Architecture / Built Environment (3), Civil (4), Mechanical (4) en Chemical Engineering (10). Vorig jaar was dat in twee vakgebieden het geval. In het voor Delft belangrijke Engineering & Technology stijgt de universiteit van 22 naar 17. Daarnaast is de TU Delft in twaalf vakgebieden de hoogst genoteerde Nederlandse universiteit.

Topic: field measurements on scour by propeller jets

Objective: To assess tropical cyclone (TC) risk by developing a TC database with a hydraulic model combined with probabilistic or machine learning techniques

From the first of February, Bas Hofland has been appointed by the dean as Associate Professor Coastal Structures. Congratulations!

Tjerk Zitman is the new director of studies of Civil Engineering and Kristina Reinders is a new member of the Board of Examiners. Congratulations!

The shipping crates that fell from a container ship in the North Sea last week could be a blessing in disguise for oceanographers.

The 'Waternetwerk Scriptieprijs' is awarded every year during the KNW Autum Congress. It is initiated to help HBO- and WO-students to profile themselves in the water sector. The Master's prize 2018 has been won by Ileen van den Berg for her thesis 'Effect of irregularities in the under layer on the stability of XblocPlus concrete armour unit'.

In September, Marcel Stive received the Jiangsu Friendship Award from the governor of the province of Jiangsu (China).

Een team met onderzoekers van de TU Delft, Van Oord en het Australische onderzoeksinstituut CSIRO vertrekt deze week naar het Great Barrier Reef bij Australië om een nieuwe methode voor grootschalig herstel van koraal te testen.

On the first of November, the ninth edition of the delta congress took place in Zwolle. At the congress it was busier than ever.