Prof. Lieven Vandersypen, Quantum Professor and Scientific Director of QuTech, became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) last May and he and his colleagues received EUR 35 million of research funding from NWO. Time for a talk about the limits of our knowledge and the prospects for the quantum computer.
Week in week out Jasper van Kuijk dissects bad designs in the ‘Volkskrant’. Time to fight back, he thought, and explain how to create usable designs in his new book. “If this book makes my column redundant, I will be very happy.”
The large majority of the House of Representatives does not want Chinese PhD candidates on scholarships from the China Scholarship Council (CSC) to have access to sensitive fields of research any longer. This was voted on on Tuesday.
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) awarded the Summit Grants on Friday for the first time. These are large amounts of money for research groups that are at the world’s top. EUR 75.4 million went to two TU Delft projects.
Professor of Mathematics Jan van Neerven is one of three TU Delft academics who have joined the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). As he states, he teaches the only course at TU Delft whose learning objective is that students know less afterwards than they did before. What motivates Van Neerven, and how does he feel about improving social safety six weeks after his critical letter in Delta?
The first generation of wind turbines is dropping their blades. The durable polyester is a harbinger of the deluge of discarded material that awaits us. Is there anything we can do with it? There are numerous original uses.
The Cognitive Robotics (CoR) lab teaches robots to understand, plan and act. Since its grand opening on 17 April 2024, this is done in this new Mechanical Engineering laboratory where research and experimenting go hand in hand.
A scale model of a 25 square metre kite was tested in the Open Jet Facility wind tunnel last month. The measurements collected should facilitate the production of extremely large kites.
Life isn’t easy for starting researchers, says the Rathenau Instituut. They deserve better supervision and more understanding in case of illness or pregnancy. They haven’t noticed a whole lot of the ‘recognition and rewards’ scheme yet.
