24 September 2020

TU Delft Safety & Security Institute Seed Funding – Deadline October 30, 2020

The TU Delft Safety & Security Institute aims to strengthen the position and increase the impact of Safety & Security research and education by providing seed funding for relevant transdisciplinary collaborative activities at TU Delft.

08 September 2020

New land subsidence map reveals the Netherlands’ (in)stability

Lopsided houses, subsiding streets, shifting dykes and nature reserves stricken by drought.
In the years ahead, there will need to be some serious investment in maintenance by citizens, businesses and government.

16 June 2020

Help from an unexpected quarter: geosciences data techniques can help predict corona spread

An international team of scientists, among whom Femke Vossepoel of TU Delft Safety & Security Institute’s Executive Board, is studying the possibility of using data assimilation, a data technique from geosciences, to predict the spread of coronavirus and the efficacy of certain measures. TU Delft geoscientists on the team think that data assimilation might prove a useful tool for the RIVM epidemiologists. A paper on the subject has been submitted to scientific journal Foundations of Data Science.

10 June 2020

Seven proposals awarded in first round of Seed Funding

The TU Delft Safety & Security Institute has awarded seven proposals with its new Seed Funding scheme. This funding scheme supports collaborative activities that will strengthen the position and increase the impact of Safety & Security research and education of TU Delft.

17 April 2020

TU Delft COVID-19 Response Fund