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Delft University Fund has awarded an Excellence Fund to Professor John P.J. Clarkson to kick-start his research in Delft. Professor Clarkson, a full professor at the University of Cambridge, was appointed as a professor of Healthcare Systems at TU Delft’s Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering during the pandemic.

How can we make physical jobs more attractive? Can we speed up research on dementia? Can we make our campus an example of sustainability? And will ambitious students succeed in making seaweed aquaculture more sustainable? These four questions are at the heart of the new campaign of Delft University Fund: Tech for Impact 2023.

Today, at the TU Delft Best Graduate Award Ceremony 2022, eight recently graduated engineers presented their research and results of their excellent master thesis. Ir. Saskia van Heumen, graduate of the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE), received the prestigious title TU Delft Best Graduate 2022. For her graduation research, Saskia developed a method to accurately image lymphatic vessels in patients.

On 21 November 2022, Delft University Fund signed a multi-year grant agreement with the Refreeze the Arctic Foundation. This will enable the development of innovative methods at TU Delft to modify clouds to combat global warming.

On Monday 5 September, Kees Vuik, Professor Numerical Analysis at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) received the Best Professor Award 2022. The festive ceremony preceded the Opening of the Academic Year 2022-2023. Delft University Fund awards the prestigious Professor of Excellence Award since 1994.

Na ruim negen jaar intensief samenwerken, treedt Michael Wisbrun terug als voorzitter van het Universiteitsfonds Delft. “Wat wij met elkaar hebben gebouwd, draagt bij aan de missie van TU Delft.” Een gesprek met de scheidend voorzitter over zijn liefde voor TU Delft, verbinden en aanjagen.