News & Agenda Open menu 71 results Open menu 11 February 2021 PhD Defence Alexandra Gavriilidou Wednesday the 3rd of February Alexandra Gavriilidou will defend her thesis entitled ‘Cyclists in Motion: from data collection to behavioural models.’ The defence ceremony will take place in the Senaatszaal of the TU Delft Aula. Prior to the defence, at 14:30, Alexandra will give a brief presentation about her research. Read more 11 February 2021 PhD Defence Florian Schneider Monday the 1st of February Florian Schneider will defend his thesis entitled ‘Spatial activity-travel patterns of cyclists’. The defence ceremony will be online and start at 15.00 hr. Read more 22 January 2021 Well prepared for future disasters Yesterday Ernst Kuijpers, Marion Koopmans and Ahmed Aboutaleb presented the Pandemics and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) of TU Delft, Erasmus MC and Erasmus University Rotterdam during the television programme Jinek. Many researchers from the faculty of CEG are involved, including Prof. Bas Jonkman (for his expertise on floods and their impact) and Prof. Serge Hoogendoorn (for his knowledge of the role of mobility in infectious diseases). Read more 22 January 2021 Well prepared for future disasters Yesterday Ernst Kuijpers, Marion Koopmans and Ahmed Aboutaleb presented the Pandemics and Disaster Preparedness Center (PDPC) of TU Delft, Erasmus MC and Erasmus University Rotterdam during the television programme Jinek. Many researchers are involved, including dr. Tina Comes and prof. Pieter van Gelder. This knowledge centre brings together top scientists with knowledge of pandemic threats and climate-related calamities. Read more 11 June 2020 Public transport and shared mobility during and after a social distancing society Public transport has not been the same since the corona crisis. The first challenge was to keep a safe distance in the train, tram, metro or bus and in multiple countries Public Transport, is currently (fully) opening up again. What measures are needed and what structural changes will we see? And what will be the effect on Mobility as a Service (MaaS)? Read more 16 March 2020 Millions of euros to improve to improve the Rhine-Alpine freight corridor Container ships that aren’t fully loaded, congested locks resulting in long waits for vessels, suboptimal navigation of ships on rivers and fully loaded ships that cannot cope with low water levels. These are common problems on inland waterways. The Horizon 2020 programme ‘Novel inland waterway transport concepts for moving freight effectively’ (NOVIMOVE) is going to use a European grant of almost 9 million euros to conduct research on how to improve the logistics of this transport system. Read more 24 February 2020 Measuring, predicting and managing public transport disruptions Disruptions to public transport caused by breakdowns or accidents happen on a daily basis. Researcher Menno Yap is developing a method to reduce the impact they have on travellers. Read more 10 February 2020 ERC grant for Serge Hoogendoorn Serge Hoogendoorn (Professor Traffic Operations & Management) received an ERC proof of concept grant for the further development of an intelligent multi-modal transfer flow management system. This innovative pedestrian management system aims to make transfers at multi-modal hubs as efficient, reliable and safe for the traveller as possible. Read more 09 February 2020 Evacuation behavior analyzed using discrete choice theory In a combined research of the TU Delft and UC Berkeley the behavior of evacuees of Hurricane Irma was modelled and analyzed empirically using a variety of choice models, estimated on actual evacuation choice data. Read more 11 November 2019 First cycling behaviour experiment on Leeghwaterstraat The Leeghwaterstraat on the TU Delft Campus has officially been put into use as a living lab for research into cycling behaviour and autonomous driving. Read more More news Upcoming Conferences & courses Visit the Conferences & courses website Agenda No results matching your search query were found. More events Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page