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03 August 2023

Four 3mE researchers receive Veni grant

Four 3mE researchers receive Veni grant

TU Delft receives a total of 17 Venis, 4 of which are awarded to researchers at the 3mE faculty. The funds will be used for a variety of research projects, from giving robots the intelligence to handle deformable objects to a catheter that ensures safer minimal invasive heart surgery.

03 August 2023

Seventeen Veni grants for leading TU Delft researchers

Seventeen Veni grants for leading TU Delft researchers

The Dutch Research Council (NOW) has awarded Veni funding of up to EUR 280,000 to 188 promising researchers from the full breadth of science. In the fields of Applied and Technical Sciences (TTW) and Exact and Natural Sciences (ENW), seventeen scientists from TU Delft have been honoured. This will allow the laureates to further develop their own research ideas over the next three years.

01 August 2023

Premiere of “Dancing in the Desert”

Premiere of “Dancing in the Desert”

The premiere of Dancing in the Desert will take place on Wednesday, 23 August, at 2 pm on the Delft Markt town square. Admission is free. In this beautiful documentary, a team of filmmakers including Bram van Splunteren follow the student team working on the Nuna 11. It’s an exciting job, especially when you realise that the Nuna 10 caught fire during the previous Solar Challenge in Australia. Will these students succeed in designing and building an entirely new Nuna from scratch? Will it finish the race through the Moroccan desert and maybe even win it?

21 July 2023

In memoriam - Cees van Rhee (1959-2023)

In memoriam - Cees van Rhee (1959-2023)

It is with sadness that we learned of the passing of our dear colleague Cees van Rhee on Saturday 15 July 2023 during his holiday in France. Cees was professor of Dredging Technology at the Department of Maritime & Transport Technology at TU Delft since 2007.

17 July 2023

TU Delft launches online course Sustainable Building with Timber

TU Delft launches online course Sustainable Building with Timber

“The way we construct our buildings needs to change.” says Arjan van Timmeren professor of Environmental Technology & Design at TU Delft. Over 35% of our global greenhouse gas emissions are attributable to the built environment. A third of that amount is specifically related to the production of abiotic (non-renewable) materials such as concrete, metals and plastics. The associated challenges are not only climate related, but also concern resource scarcity, health and housing provision.

17 July 2023

Launching the new research portal for The Netherlands with OpenAIRE

Launching the new research portal for The Netherlands with OpenAIRE

11 July 2023

Dutch Research Agenda honours two TU Delft consortia

Dutch Research Agenda honours two TU Delft consortia

Nineteen consortia receive funding to work on scientific and societal breakthroughs. Of these, two NWA-ORC awards go to TU Delft scientists. Active collaboration between different research disciplines, different knowledge institutions and with public sectors and industry are at the core of the projects. The projects have received funding in the fourth round of the Dutch Research Agenda programme Research along Routes by Consortia (NWA-ORC).

11 July 2023

TU Delft OPEN Publishing supports eBook Pledge: The way forward to a sustainable and vibrant book market

TU Delft OPEN Publishing supports eBook Pledge: The way forward to a sustainable and vibrant book market

07 July 2023

Extra-resilient crops through integration of plant biology, simulation models and AI

Extra-resilient crops through integration of plant biology, simulation models and AI

The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) announced its contribution of 15 million euros to PlantXR, a CropXR research programme into 'smart breeding' of extra resilient crops (eXtra Resilient, XR). This impulse brings CropXR's total budget to over €90 million for the next 10 years. NWO’s grant marks the start of the new Dutch institute CropXR, which integrates plant biology, computational modelling, and artificial intelligence into 'smart breeding methods'. Those will be used to develop crop varieties that are more resilient to climate change and less dependent on chemical crop protection. In CropXR, TU Delft works together with Utrecht University, Wageningen University and Research, the University of Amsterdam and dozens of plant breeding, biotech and processing companies on basic scientific research, data collection and data sharing, education, and advancing broad application of the results.

07 July 2023

From table salt to nuclear energy

From table salt to nuclear energy

Nick ter Veer, a PhD student at the Delft University of Technology, has recently synthesized a promising thorium chloride salt, that can be used to fuel a new generation of nuclear reactors. Thorium has great potential, in combination with an uranium or plutonium based fuel, for a more sustainable nuclear fuel cycle, thereby producing less long lived radioactive waste. Together with the Reactor Physics & Nuclear Materials research team, he is now looking at this salt’s properties, to assess its suitability for use in the so-called Molten Salt Reactors.

06 July 2023

Naomi van der Linden krijgt NWO financiering toegekend voor ‘Nurse Intention study’

Naomi van der Linden krijgt NWO financiering toegekend voor ‘Nurse Intention study’

Naomi van der Linden is een van de 61 onderzoekers die financiering heeft gekregen vanuit de SGW Open Competitie XS van NWO. Dit zijn subsidies van maximaal € 50.000, bedoeld om veelbelovende ideeën, vernieuwende en risicovolle initiatieven binnen de Sociale en Geesteswetenschappen (SGW) mogelijk te maken. Met het onderzoeksproject Nurse Intention study wil Van der Linden een methode ontwikkelen om de "intentie om te blijven" van verpleegkundigen op te nemen in economische evaluaties van interventies in de gezondheidszorg.

06 July 2023

Marjon Stijntjes voted best 3mE educator 2022-2023

Marjon Stijntjes voted best 3mE educator 2022-2023

They praised her for the clear structure of her teaching and innovative teaching methods. Among other things, Stijntjes develops and teaches the course Extramural Sensing and Virtual Stimulation as part of the master’s programme in Technical Medicine.

04 July 2023

Remco Hartkamp and David Vermaas receive Vidi grants

Remco Hartkamp and David Vermaas receive Vidi grants

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded two e-Refinery researchers a Vidi grant of up to €800,000. This will allow the laureates to develop an innovative line of research and further expand their own research group over the next five years.

03 July 2023

2023 Professor of Excellence Award goes to Just Herder

2023 Professor of Excellence Award goes to Just Herder

The 2023 Professor of Excellence Award has been awarded to Just Herder, professor of Interactive Mechanisms and Mechatronics, for his exceptional ability to demystify complex concepts and for his special role as a mentor and an example to students and PhD students at home and abroad.

30 June 2023

TU Delft: boost for battery technology, 6G and green steel, among others, thanks to National Growth Fund

TU Delft: boost for battery technology, 6G and green steel, among others, thanks to National Growth Fund

On 30 June, the Dutch government announced a new set of National Growth Fund investments, which will enable the Netherlands to gain and maintain a strong position in areas such as battery technology, 6G and sustainable steel production.