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Blame culture an obstacle to safety in the chemical sector

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Motorway speed limits of 100 km/h largely advantageous

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Breaking habits for a green world

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Resilient water management in India through adaptive policy analysis

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TU Delft TPM partners in Horizon project ‘DUST’ - Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions

The project Democratising jUst Sustainability Transitions (DUST) was selected for funding by the European Commission Horizon Europe programme. DUST will develop and operationalise novel participatory instruments for proactive and strategic citizen engagement in sustainability transitions.Trivik Verma of the faculty of TPM will contribute to the project by supporting the development of an open-source public participation platform. Verena Balz of the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment will lead the 3-year project that is launched on 1 February 2023.

Can nature-based climate change adaptation measures benefit the Dutch housing market?

The Netherlands needs to account for climate-driven flood risks when planning new housing advises the Deltaprogramma: where and how we build houses and what governments and homeowners can do to adapt to the increasing flood risks.

TU Delft brings knowledge and expertise even closer to government and policy at the heart of The Hague

Many still know it as the old V&D building, later the Canadian department store Hudson's Bay moved in briefly, but the iconic building on the Grote Marktstraat in The Hague is getting an academic destination. Together with Leiden University, the Open University and Universities of the Netherlands (v/h VSNU), TU Delft will be co-occupying the Spui building in 2025. The ideal place to bring engineering knowledge closer to the heart of policy and administration, according to Behnam Taebi (Faculty of Technology ,Policy and Management TU Delft) and Jaco van Noppen (Campus Real Estate & Facility Management TU Delft).

TPM Best Graduates 2021-2022

In addition to the nomination for TU Delft’s Best Graduate, TPM’s education management team has also chosen and put in the spotlight one best graduate for each master’s program. Each best graduate received a letter of congratulations and a TU Delft trophy from the relevant program director. It is with great pride and pleasure that we announce our Best graduates of 2021-2022.

TU Delft helps the EU to improve its strategic crisis management

TU Delft Resilience professor Tina Comes played a central role in advising the EU on how to improve its role in transboundary crises. Today she handed over the synthesis of the scientific evidence on crisis management to two European Commissioners and the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

TPM alumna Sophie Buteyn wins Cuperus Prize 2022

During the pre-conference of the National Transportation Science Congress, on 2 November at Het Paleis in Groningen, Sophie Buteyn, TPM alumna, was named winner of the biennial Cuperus Prize for best thesis.

Jonas Lechner is Best Graduate of TPM 2022

Jonas Lechner is Best Graduate of TPM 2022! He now competes for the TU Delft Best Graduate award with his thesis 'Role of household climate change adaptation in reducing coastal flood risk: the case of Shanghai’. On 22 November the eight brand new engineers from the faculties presented their excellent graduation theses during the TU Delft Best Graduate Award Ceremony 2022.

CityAccessMap: Addressing urban inequalities with open-source data

People in deprived city areas tend to have less services available than inhabitants in wealthier parts. They have less access to urban infrastructure such as pharmacies, libraries, sports clubs and even public transport in their neighbourhood. Reversing this tendency is a priority for today’s policy-makers. Researchers of TU Delft have created a new online tool ‘CityAccessMap’ that can help them in doing so.

Developing and maintaining values in a digital society

How can we ensure that the fundamental values which we consider important in the Netherlands and Europe, such as privacy, transparency and democracy, are safeguarded in a digital society? How can we make a truly positive contribution to society using AI? A conversation between Geert-Jan Houben, pro-vice rector AI, Data and Digitalisation and leader of the AI Initiative, and Professor Jeroen van den Hoven (TPM), leader of the Digital Ethics Centre. "For twenty years already we in Delft have been taking the lead in the field of combining ethics and engineering. "You want that your innovation contributes to the type of society we want to live in."

New video series InDetail launched [Dutch]

How can a computer drive a car or write a news story? What will the impact of all these new techniques be on our lives? And how can we steer those techniques in the right direction? At InDetail, researcher Stefan Buijsman looks at all these questions, from the functioning of algorithms to their use in society.

Improving road safety with a novel driver intervention and feedback system

Several factors related to driver state negatively impact road safety, such as mobile phone distraction, fatigue and drowsiness. In the EU project i-DREAMS, different universities and businesses work together to develop a ‘safety tolerance zone’ for assessing driver state and to create a platform for personalised interventions and feedback for drivers for improving road safety. Amir Pooyan Afghari and Eleonora Papadimitriou, both researchers at TU Delft, are involved in this project.

Farewell Caspar Chorus

After 25 years Caspar Chorus said goodbye to the faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. He did so while giving a goodbye lecture in room A on the 25th of August.

Are we ready for the upcoming technological storm?

Are we, as a society, ready for developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), 5G and The Internet of Things, creating a ‘perfect technological storm’? Researchers of the Delft University of Technology study this matter.

Kateřina Staňková receives Vidi grant

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Vidi grant worth up to 800,000 euros to Kateřina Staňková, a scientist of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. The grant provides her with the opportunity to further elaborate her own research idea and expand her research team. Kateřina explains what her Vidi research entails.

TU Delft researchers develop model for green, energy independent Europe

Researchers from ETH Zurich and TU Delft have developed a model to generate hundreds of ways in which Europe’s energy system can become green and self-sufficient by 2050.

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Hydrogen leads the way to a climate neutral Europe without energy poverty

Energy is a driver of economic activity, personal development, and social participation in civic life. That is why, for professor of Smart Energy Systems Zofia Lukszo, the energy transition is about much more than reducing CO2 emissions. ‘Our future energy system should not only be sustainable, but also inclusive – dependable, available and affordable for everyone.’

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The Future Ground: Planning cities for an uncertain future

It is estimated that some 5.5 billion people will live in highly vulnerable climate regions by 2050. However, cities are grappling with ways to think and plan for a resilient future. To become resilient to extreme climate disruptions such as flooding and droughts, cities must transform long-term urban planning. With her advisors, Dr Nazli Aydin and Prof. Tina Comes, PhD candidate Supriya Krishnan is developing "The Future Ground": a methodology for long-term urban planning under climate change.

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Staying dry thanks to government and the public

Climate change greatly increases the risk of flooding. For his master’s thesis, Jonas Lechner used a smart model to study the role households can play in reducing flood risks in coastal cities. It turns out they can play a big role. His research earned him the title of best graduate of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.

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Breaking down barriers to open science step by step

The call for transparency is growing both from within and outside the scientific community. Yet public sharing of research data is not yet taken for granted. Open science advocate Anneke Zuiderwijk is researching and developing tools to help improve sharing, availability and use of data and to make it easier. Thereby, she hopes that the social value of open science will grow and be utilised in more ways.

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InDetail: how algorithms work up to their use in society

How can a computer drive a car or write a news story? What will the impact of all these new techniques be on our lives? And how can we steer those techniques in the right direction? At InDetail, researcher Stefan Buijsman looks at all these questions, from the functioning of algorithms to their use in society.

reading time: 4 min

Safety first: evacuating with common sense

In case of a fire, an attack or other emergency, you want to leave a location as fast as possible. However, it’s often still a good idea to first take a moment to listen to or look at the instructions. But of course the instructions then need to be available. Evacuation expert Natalie van der Wal investigates, with the help of human behaviour and computer simulations, how an evacuation can be organised as efficiently as possible. And how well organised are the evacuation protocols of TU Delft itself for that matter?

Kun je algoritmes wel of niet vertrouwen?

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Algorithms: can you trust them or not? - TU Delft Story - Technology, Policy & Management

“Algorithms do not discriminate inherently; the human factor is key – what data we put in, at what point we find an algorithm good enough, when we intervene, and how easy we make it to lodge objections to it.” Assistant professor Stefan Buijsman is exploring how we can use artificial intelligence responsibly. His attitude is positive: “I think that good interaction between AI and people can make our word fairer, cleaner, healthier, and safer.”

Dialoog met bewoners zorgt voor een fijne leefomgeving

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Dialogue with residents creates a pleasant living environment

When residents feel connected with their neighbourhood, they feel more responsible for creating a pleasant atmosphere. But how do people connect with their living environment and how can you support that process? This is what Geertje Slingerland researching: "I find it fascinating how people live together in the city and would like to establish a dialogue between policy makers and residents in order to create a pleasant living environment."

De waterstofauto als cruciale schakel in een duurzaam energiesysteem

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The hydrogen car as a crucial link in a sustainable energy system

Conventional cars that run on fossil fuels no longer meet today’s needs, certainly not in view of the Dutch government’s target of being CO₂ neutral by 2050. A combination of hydrogen cars and battery electric vehicles, are the way forward as stated by the TPM researcher Samira Farahani. She and other researchers at TU Delft are working on Professor Ad van Wijk’s concept of the 'Car as a power plant' (CaPP). In this concept, hydrogen cars will act as power sources in a sustainable energy system in which electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power is converted into hydrogen.

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TPM in the media

30 January 2023

Gerdien de Vries in NRC over kantelpunten in klimaatcrisis

Gerdien de Vries in NRC over kantelpunten in klimaatcrisis

Kunnen we de omslag naar het onleefbaar worden van grote delen van de aarde door klimaatverandering nog voorkomen door de uitstoot van broeikasgassen terug te dringen? Als individu kan je misschien het idee hebben dat het een druppel op de gloeiende plaat is”, Gerdien de Vries.

30 January 2023

Hans de Bruijn in Trouw over werk en privé balans

Hans de Bruijn in Trouw over werk en privé balans

Hans de Bruijn laat zien hoe het vertrek van de Nieuw-Zeelandse premier in de media wordt geframed.

30 January 2023

Bas Kolen in PZC over communicatie bij rampen essentieel

Bas Kolen in PZC over communicatie bij rampen essentieel

Volgens Bas Kolen is communicatie de belangrijkste fase bij een ramp zoals een overstroming. "Via NL Alerts, radio, en televisie moeten veiligheidsregio's in de periode voordat de dijken breken communiceren hoe mensen een veilig heenkomen kunnen zoeken.”

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Agenda

February

Thesis defence S.P. Zhilin

REAIM 2023

Master’s Week

Seminar series on AI data-driven maintenance

Thesis defence D. Praditya

Agent Based Simulations for Societal Resilience in Crisis Situations

March

e-Refinery Online lecture: Microenvironment tuning for CO2 electrocatalysis

Best Climate Action or Energy Paper 2022 Ceremony

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