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Energy Switch getting the Zuid-Holland job market ready for the energy transition

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Spinoza Prize for Lieven Vandersypen

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Compact nature for the compact city

Urban dwellers need green public spaces. To put oxygen in their lungs and improve their mental health. To capture carbon dioxide and mitigate extreme weather. To ensure balance between the built and the natural environments. But in densely built-up cities there is little space for greenery at ground level. So, what can be done about this? For his graduation project, Menno de Roode studied and designed compact urban public green spaces: “Following nature as far as possible enables you to avoid unnecessary maintenance and management.”

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Climate technology you hope you’ll never need

Could clouds be modified to slow global warming? Cloud expert Herman Russchenberg is investigating climate intervention but hopes his theories will never be put to the test.

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Heading for space to save the Earth

A membrane the size of the European continent. Together with other scientists, TU Delft researcher Jeannette Heiligers is currently exploring the possibilities for positioning a gigantic solar shield in space to combat global warming. A huge intervention which is not without its own issues.

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From the plane into the train

Few travellers combine plane and train: too much uncertainty, too much hassle. What needs to be done to get passengers on the train for a transfer before or after a long flight? Delft Design master's student Rosa Hendrikx researched how passenger service can be improved, designed a service to combine international train journeys and flights, and graduated cum laude

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Sand on the horizon

It’s a decade since the creation of the Sand Motor, an artificial sand bank off the North Sea coast. What happens to a natural system following human intervention on such a large scale.

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LandShapes: made to feel real

Master’s student in industrial design Frederik Ueberschär used artificial intelligence to create non-existent satellite images of the earth’s surface in his interactive installation LANDSHAPES. People can change these landscapes, and in this playful way he wants to involve them emotionally in climate change.

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Using smart technology to make fuel out of CO2

Too much CO2 in the air is currently causing a major problem: climate change. If it were up to Peyman Taheri, researcher at Materials Science and Engineering at TU Delft, we would be making smart use of surplus CO2 by converting it into a new fuel. A fuel that could power factories and send cars hurtling down the motorway.

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Tasty vegetables from a smart greenhouse

A smart greenhouse that calculates when vegetables need water and more heat. That’s what professor Tamás Keviczky from TU Delft’s 3mE faculty is working on. This approach cuts costs and is good for the environment.

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Breaking habits for a green world

We separate our waste, take shorter showers and there has been an increase in roof-mounted solar panels. Climate psychologist at TU Delft Gerdien de Vries, sees that in the Netherlands we are trying to put our greenest foot forward.

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A golden age for earth observation

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Vattenfall Solar Team on third place after intensive first day in Marocco

The Vattenfall Solar Team looks back on the first day of the Solar Challenge Morocco with satisfaction. The team lost one position and is now in third place with Nuna11, over half an hour behind leader Agoria Solar Team. Nevertheless, team captain Christiaan Wiers looks back on the first stage with a good feeling. "Yesterday was tough, with first the hectic traffic of Agadir and later in the desert camels and donkeys on the road. Also the steep mountain slopes with sharp turns were sometimes quite difficult. Fortunately, we did manage to follow our own plan." The first kilometers of the race were dominated by the heavy traffic in Agadir. Motorcycle cops made sure, with sirens blaring, that Nuna11 could be guided through the traffic without too much delay. Once the solar car left the city, the traffic quickly subsided. The whitewashed villas of the city gave way to earthen-tinted houses made of stone and rammed earth. The landscape also changed: soon the first mountain pass came into sight. To the mountains as quickly as possible The Vattenfall Solar Team had set out to head for the mountains as quickly as possible. After all, it's a lot harder to overtake on the steep and curvy roads. But the Belgian world champions from Agoria succeeded best at this. Even before Nuna had left the city limits of Agadir, the Belgians whizzed past. Then the Vattenfall Solar Team managed to overtake the first starting Groningers of Top Dutch Solar Racing. This enabled the team to reach the control stop, the mandatory fifteen minute break, in second place. Steep slopes and a camel on the road Driver Stijn van Muiden: "It was quite difficult to drive Nuna through the mountains. Of course, those steep slopes put a lot of strain on the engine. In addition, the road surface was not equally good everywhere and the sharp bends also make it difficult as a driver. Fortunately, we managed to stick to our own plan, even though we had to stop once more for a camel on the road." Cloud cover takes away a lot of sunlight Immediately after the control stop, the landscape changed to a stone desert, with a low bush here and there. The Vattenfall Solar Team was overtaken by Solar Team Twente in that desolate environment and so Nuna drove third into the encampment in Zagora. The generous sunshine that everyone had been counting on was absent the entire day. A cloud cover moved inland from the sea and none of the teams succeeded in staying ahead of the clouds. What influence this has on the amount of power left in the batteries is unknown. In order not to make the competition any the wiser, the teams are not making any statements about this. Today will be the toughest day Today is the longest stage of the race. In this stage, there are again many climbs to tackle and it will become clear whether the Nuna design is up to the challenges of the Moroccan interior. Team leader Wiers: "Today we have the steepest parts, where even an ordinary car can have difficulty. But with the experience we gained in the mountains yesterday, we look forward to the second stage with confidence." Live dashboard You can follow the race via this live dashboard , equipped with the standings and a livestream. Image by Jorrit Lousberg

Mechanism underlying the emergence of virus variants unravelled

An international consortium, led by Delft University of Technology and the University of North Carolina, has for the first time succeeded in probing the molecular origins of recombination in RNA viruses. Hiccups during the copying process of viruses cause recombination to take place: the exchange of segments of viral RNA.

TU Delft on board the world largest crane vessel for exploring future Offshore Wind Turbines

TU Delft, Deltares and ProRail to tackle rail subsidence in a structural way

New method helps identifying murder suspects more quickly

Diversity & Inclusion Week 4-8 oktober 2021

TU Delft’s first Diversity & Inclusion Week is held to coincide with Diversity Day on 5 October. We warmly invite everyone who is part our TU Delft community to join the various online and hybrid events. The most interesting conversations and the best ideas are born when people of different backgrounds, with different points of view and opinions, get together. A precondition for this, though, is that everyone can be themselves and feel free and safe enough to express their thoughts. TU Delft strives to be such a safe, inclusive environment, where we cherish diversity and in so doing encourage creativity, well-being and innovation. This ambition requires courage and participation from everyone, including you. It starts with being able to talk to each other about diversity and inclusion freely, and really listening to each other. In this first Diversity & Inclusion Week at TU Delft, we give you the opportunity to do so. You can find the programme here: www.tudelft.nl/DIWeek . On this webpage you can also register for sessions. Please note: all sessions are in English. Questions? Contact the Diversity & Inclusion Office via: diversity@tudelft.nl .

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DUWIND lecture by Dr. Antonio Segalini (KTH)(Uppsala University)
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DUWIND lecture by Dr. Antonio Segalini (KTH)(Uppsala University)

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e-Refinery Lecture: Electrolysis, hydrogen use in fuel cells and electrosynthesis: Bridging the valley of death and make academic developments relevant
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Urban Energy Lecture: ‘High temperature underground thermal energy storage – how to store heat under our feet?’
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Agendas for Society - Aviation - UNICAMP - TU Delft
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PowerWeb Lecture: Smart Charging Implementation at Sympower
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TU Delft on board the world largest crane vessel for exploring future Offshore Wind Turbines
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