News & In the media

Large power failures or heavy storms demonstrate how vulnerable our infrastructure is. The four technical universities in the Netherlands (Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente, and Wageningen University and Research) are joining forces in the field of Resilience Engineering.

Vergeet de Enterprise en Voyager. Echte interstellaire ruimteschepen zullen er héél anders uitzien en bovendien continu veranderen zo zegt Angelo Vermeulen, onderzoeker bij TU Delft.

From 15 – 17 May, TPM researchers Kenny Meesters and Yan Wang participated in the UK’s largest international disaster response exercise SIMEX2018 together with some 2000 other players. SIMEX provides a realistic environment to learn, test and evaluate emergency response mechanisms, such as rescue operations, tools, procedures, and policies.

On Tuesday 15 May, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender paid a visit to TU Delft and Yes!Delft.

TPM researcher Leon Hermans has been awarded funding for the international project “H2O -- T2S in Urban Fringe Areas”. It is one of twelve interdisciplinary research projects on ”Transformations to Sustainability” funded by the international Belmont Forum and NORFACE.