Green challengeTwo technostarters affiliated with TU Delft, Sanne Castro and Hjalmar van Raemdonc, are finalists in the Dutch Postcode Lottery Green Challenge – first prize €500.0
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00. A shortlist of six finalists has been selected from the 313 plans for reducing global CO2 emissions submitted to the competition. Castro, of the Delft technostarter SimGas, aims to introduce an affordable biogas system, which could potentially supply millions of people in developing countries with safe energy. The system collects water, kitchen waste and toilet waste, converting it into gas for cookers and lamps. Van Raemdonck, founder of technostarter Ephicas, developed a side spoiler that improves the aerodynamics of trucks, thus considerably reducing a truck’s fuel consumption and fuel costs. The Green Challenge final will take place during the Picnic ’09 multimedia event, from 23-25 September, in the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam.
,EU info
All TU Delft researchers and staff interested in European Union grants should attend the ‘People Programme Marie Curie’ meeting on Thursday, 24 September. This lunchtime meeting, organized by the Valorisation Centre, will focus on expanding international networks, collaborating with businesses, and career prospects for researchers. The two- hour meeting will be held in the Snijderszaal (Faculty of EEMCS). For more information contact Rosa Verbeek
r.verbeek@ delft-toptech.nl
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De Universiteit Leiden kent al dik tien jaar een bindend studieadvies. Studenten moeten in hun eerste jaar veertig punten halen en hun P in twee jaar binnen hebben. Volgens Alex Friso, voorzitter van de Leidse studentenraad, weten Leidse studenten dus niet beter. “Weet je dat zo’n maatregel er is, dan ga je er anders in. Dat is een kwestie van mentaliteit.”
Friso vindt het BSA geen probleem. “Het past bij de oriënterende en selecterende functie van het eerste jaar. Daar heeft de student zelf ook baat bij.”
De Universiteit Leiden vindt inmiddels dat alleen een BSA niet genoeg is. Friso: “Nu gaan veel studenten achterover leunen als ze de norm hebben gehaald. Een taskforce bekijkt nu hoe we dat kunnen voorkomen. Eén van de maatregelen zou kunnen zijn om grote tentamens te vervangen door meerdere kleine toetsjes.”
Ondanks het BSA heeft Leiden volgens Friso ‘een bloeiend studentenleven’. “Hoeveel tijd ben je nou kwijt aan commissiewerk? Een eis van dertig studiepunten is niet onredelijk. Vrijheid is iets anders dan vrijblijvendheid.”
Heeft het Leidse studentenleven dan helemaal niet te lijden onder het BSA? Friso: “Wat je wel ziet, is dat sommige studenten aan het begin van hun studie wat koudwatervrees hebben en nog maar even geen lid worden van een vereniging. Maar in het tweede jaar doen ze dat alsnog.”
Green challenge
Two technostarters affiliated with TU Delft, Sanne Castro and Hjalmar van Raemdonc, are finalists in the Dutch Postcode Lottery Green Challenge – first prize €500.000. A shortlist of six finalists has been selected from the 313 plans for reducing global CO2 emissions submitted to the competition. Castro, of the Delft technostarter SimGas, aims to introduce an affordable biogas system, which could potentially supply millions of people in developing countries with safe energy. The system collects water, kitchen waste and toilet waste, converting it into gas for cookers and lamps. Van Raemdonck, founder of technostarter Ephicas, developed a side spoiler that improves the aerodynamics of trucks, thus considerably reducing a truck’s fuel consumption and fuel costs. The Green Challenge final will take place during the Picnic ’09 multimedia event, from 23-25 September, in the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam.
EU info
All TU Delft researchers and staff interested in European Union grants should attend the ‘People Programme Marie Curie’ meeting on Thursday, 24 September. This lunchtime meeting, organized by the Valorisation Centre, will focus on expanding international networks, collaborating with businesses, and career prospects for researchers. The two- hour meeting will be held in the Snijderszaal (Faculty of EEMCS). For more information contact Rosa Verbeek
r.verbeek@ delft-toptech.nl
Help wanted
Freelance jobs available writing for Delta’s English Pages. We seek foreign students/staff to write articles in English, for payment, on a freelance basis. No experience necessary. We’re looking for enthusiastic, creative foreign students/staff to contribute articles, cartoons, illustrations and photographs. Interested, please send a brief introductory email to: d.mcmullin@tudelft.nl
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