News & Agenda Open menu 05 April 2022 Marcel Stive delivers his last Doctor of Philosophy On March 31th, Dr. Thu-Ha Nguyen successfully defended her thesis on wave-overtopping processes for very mild sloping and shallow foreshores, supervised by Marcel Stive and Bas Hofland. For Marcel, this was a special occasion, as Thu-Ha was his last PhD in his role of promotor here at TU Delft. Starting back in 2003 with a tall Dutchman who obtained his degree with a thesis on Argus video imaging, Marcel has acted as the promotor of no fewer than 51 PhD candidates, 46 at TU Delft and 5 at other academic institutes. Read more 07 February 2022 Pollard willows stop waves Met ruimteschilden en wittere wolken willen wetenschappers het klimaat redden, 'maar verduurzamen moeten we blijven doen'. Read more 02 February 2022 TU Delft campus climate neutral by 2030 By 2030, TU Delft aims to be operating in a completely sustainable manner. All activities on and from the campus will then be carbon neutral, circular, climate adaptive and contributing to the quality of life for its users and for nature. Together with all staff, students and partners of the university, sustainability coordinator Andy van den Dobbelsteen is working hard to realize this ambition. Everyone can follow the progress on a new website. Read more 01 February 2022 Increasing the availability of fresh water in coastal areas Fresh water is scarce in the Dutch coastal area. Climate change and salinisation are putting freshwater availability under even more pressure. This is a problem for agriculture and horticulture in coastal areas, especially in dry summers. In the AGRICOAST project, led by Boris van Breukelen of TU Delft, a consortium of knowledge institutions, companies and social organisations aims to increase the availability of fresh water in the Dutch coastal area. The project has been awarded a grant of 1.5 million euros from NWO to appoint five PhD students. Read more 01 February 2022 Hybrid offshore renewable energy parks Read more 21 January 2022 Port of Rotterdam and SmartPort extend support to TU Delft Ports & Waterways professor The Port of Rotterdam and SmartPort have extended their agreement with TU Delft for five more years to provide financial support for the professor Ports & Waterways. They are making a total of 1 million euros available for this purpose. Read more 02 December 2021 Claire Chassagne and Alex Kirichek winner of NWO team science award 2021 This week it was announced that the MUDNET team, of which Claire Chassagne and Alex Kirichek are members, won the NWO Team Science award 2021. Read more 11 November 2021 The North Sea is ready for its close-up Read more 08 November 2021 Rain Showers grow in size and intensity Read more 02 November 2021 Using dredged mud to strengthen our dikes Read more Page 1 Page 2 You are on page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 ... Publications Media Attention Waterbouwdispuut News Agenda Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page