Latest News Open menu Search 836 results rss Open menu 28 March 2018 MIT benchmark puts TU Delft at the forefront of innovative education Read more 25 March 2018 Inaudible infrasound also useful for weather and climate forecasts Research by Pieter Smets of TU Delft and the KNMI shows that infrasound can be used for weather and climate forecasts. These inaudible low sound waves can be used to gain a better picture of the stratosphere, which can barely be measured in any other way. On Wednesday 28 March, Smets will be awarded his PhD at TU Delft for his work on this subject. Read more 23 March 2018 Direct high-speed charging of electric cars by solar panels Researcher Gautham Ram Chandra Mouli developed a system which charges electric cars quickly and directly using solar power. On Monday 26 March, he will be awarded his PhD at TU Delft for his work on this subject. Read more 23 March 2018 TU Delft receives Open Education Award for Strategic Framework 2018-2024 The international Open Education Consortium is honouring TU Delft with an Open Education Award in the Open Policies category. Read more 22 March 2018 Potassium gives new generation perovskite-based solar cells an efficiency boost A simple potassium solution could boost the efficiency of next-generation solar cells, by enabling them to convert more sunlight into electricity. Read more 22 March 2018 2018 Stockholm Water Prize for TU Delft biotech pioneer Mark van Loosdrecht Professors Mark van Loosdrecht (Delft University of Technology) and Bruce Rittmann (Arizona State University) are named the 2018 Stockholm Water Prize Laureates for revolutionizing water and wastewater treatment. By developing microbiological processes in wastewater treatment, they have demonstrated the possibilities to cut costs, reduce energy consumption and even recover chemicals and nutrients for recycling. Their pioneering research and innovations have led to a new generation of energy-efficient water treatment processes that can effectively extract nutrients and other chemicals – both valuable and harmful - from wastewater. Read more 22 March 2018 PME researcher Nima Tolou wins Prins Friso Engineering Award He received the Prince Friso Engineering Award at the University of Groningen’s Engineering Center in the presence of Princess Beatrix and Princess Mabel. Read more 21 March 2018 Mystery of superior Leeuwenhoek microscope solved after 350 years Researchers from TU Delft and Rijksmuseum Boerhaave have solved an age-old mystery surrounding Antonie van Leeuwenhoek’s microscopes. Read more 15 March 2018 Increasingly accurate picture of accelerating rise in sea levels Rising sea levels are affected by all kinds of different factors, most of which we can now effectively unravel and explain almost everywhere in the world. This is according to TU Delft researcher Thomas Frederikse, who has also established that the average rise in sea levels worldwide is accelerating. Moreover, the days on earth are becoming slightly longer... Frederikse will be awarded his doctorate on Monday, 19 March. Read more 09 March 2018 Jan Dirk Jansen appointed as dean CEG TU Delft’s Executive Board has appointed Professor Jan Dirk Jansen as Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG) with effect from 1 May 2018. Jan Dirk Jansen succeeds professor Bert Geerken, who will retire in May 2018. Read more ... Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 You are on page 81 Page 82 Page 83 For journalists Looking for an expert? Please contact our press officers. At TU Delft we are always willing to help journalists. Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page