TU Delft's Innovation and Impact Centre (I&IC) has a new director as of 1 January: Kenneth Heijns. Until June 2024, he was general director at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS). He stayed at AMS for a while, until he transferred to I&IC in September. As an employee there he is supporting the
How can artificial intelligence be used to create art? TU Delft students and staff gave it a try during the AI art competition ‘Gen AI on the Fly’. Currently, the central hall of the TU Delft Library hosts an exhibition featuring the winning works from this competition. A total of 35 TU Delft students and
At the request of rector magnificus Tim van der Hagen, Delta has added a post-script to the interview with him that Delta published on 24 September. The post-script was added after Van der Hagen indicated to Delta on Friday 18 October that he wanted to ‘nuance’ his statement ‘the settlement agreements that I am familiar
The recruitment for vice-rector and vice-chairman of the Executive Board (cvb) is in the ‘stage of CV presentations’. This is what cvb member Marien van der Meer said at a meeting with local trade unions on Monday 14 October. How many responses to the vacancy have been received, she did not say. Earlier, the Supervisory
The Schoof Government is not going to give shared student rooms a rent allowance. Housing Minister Mona Keijzer says that it is too expensive and difficult to implement. For years, voices have been calling for students in shared housing to also receive a rent allowance. Their high monthly costs would then go down and student
TU Delft is seeking thirty experienced facilitators among its staff to lead post-performance discussions following the Mindlab theatre shows on social safety. According to the job description, the ideal candidate is someone who can "keep the conversation on track," "engage people who haven't spoken yet," "hold back people who dominate the discussion," "ask clarifying and
Ethics professor Sabine Roeser will be taking over duties from Dean Aukje Hassoldt of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM) in mid-November. She will do so in her position as deputy dean. According to a spokesperson, there is no need to appoint an interim dean as the vacancy for dean TBM can be published soon. Rector
The overturned excavator is hoisted up. (Photo: Thijs van Reeuwijk) Commotion at the Mekelweg Monday evening: an excavator landed on its side there around five in the afternoon. It took about an hour and a half before the vehicle was upright again. The cause was a maneuvering error by the driver, who remained unharmed. However,
On 1 October, Rob Mudde will step down as Vice Rector Magnificus of TU Delft. Pending the appointment of a definitive successor, professor of control engineering and Pro Vice Rector Magnificus for Joint Educational Affairs, Hans Hellendoorn will be acting as a replacement for the position of Vice President Education. Although the process of finding
Professor Aukje Hassoldt will step down as dean at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM) from 1 December 2024. She will continue her career as dean at the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Hassoldt studied physics at VU University Amsterdam and then gained board experience at Rijkswaterstaat, TNO and RIVM,
