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Prof. dr. Jenny Dankelman, hoogleraar Biomechanical Engineering, ontving € 120.000 van het Universiteitsfonds Delft voor haar onderzoeksproject ‘Een OK voor iedereen; Let’s make surgery safer for everyone’.

In recognition of the long standing collaboration between South Africa and the Netherlands in education and research, and with the ambition to strengthen postgraduate training while enhancing sustainable collaboration between South African and Dutch higher education institutions (HEIs), an agreement was signed in 2017 between the NRF and Nuffic (Netherlands organisation for internationalisation in education represented locally in South Africa by Nuffic’s Netherlands Education Support Office.

Detailed information about the minor programme on Frugal Innovation for Sustainable Global Development is now accessible online.

Mark van Loosdrecht (TU Delft en Bruce Rittmann (Arizona State University) zijn de winnaars van de 2018 Stockholm Water Prize vanwege hun revolutionaire werk aan het verbeteren van (afval)waterbehandeling. Dit is vandaag in Stockholm bekend gemaakt tijdens de Wereldwaterdag. Hun vooruitstrevende onderzoek naar microbiologische processen en de daaruit voortvloeiende innovaties hebben geleid tot vermindering van kosten en energieverbruik in afvalwaterbehandeling, maar ook tot het terugwinnen van stoffen daaruit.

The Humanitarian Technology (or “HumTech”) Lab brings together students and researchers who contribute their expertise to design, develop, implement, and evaluate new technologies for humanitarian aid. Through this initiative, HumTech Lab aims to bring technology-driven, evidence-based solutions to humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations.