Describing her as ‘a textbook example’ and a ‘versatile and innovative engineer’, TU Delft chose Hester Anderiesen-Le Riche as Alumnus of the Year 2023. This Tuesday, she comes to Delft to collect her prize. How would the inventor of the ‘Magic table’ explain her success?
The Netherlands’ fourteen universities have revamped their online registration of the ancillary activities undertaken by their professors. These new registers can be accessed through the website of university association UNL. TU Delft’s list consists of seven pages.
In her inaugural lecture last Friday, Professor of Design for Public Health Judith Rietjens stressed the importance of personalised care. “Someone has a particular condition, and someone else can help. This is the key to caring for someone.”
Start-up Elysian aims to have a rechargeable aircraft for 90 people that flies 800 kilometres in 10 years’ time. What does TU Delft aviation expert Joris Melkert think about this?
A helium balloon lifted a set of terahertz sensors, developed in a TU Delft lab, to the edge of space on New Year’s Eve. These are the cameras for the Gusto mission that will map material in between stars.
Europe is entirely dependent on imported metals for its electrical products. The group of TU Delft’s recycling expert Peter Rem is working to change this by developing new technologies as part of an EU programme.
If universities are short of money, they may give new assistant professors in permanent employment a lower starting grant than originally agreed.
Universities do not have to offer employment to international PhD candidates with scholarships. Minister of Education Dijkgraaf considers this too costly, was his answer to a CDA parliamentary motion. This surprised the PhD Network Netherlands.
