Kemo Agović is stepping down as director of TU Delft's Innovation & Impact Centre (I&IC). That announcement came less than a year after he took office. Why he is leaving so soon is not clear. In a short message to TU Delft employees on 28 February, Agović wrote that he wants to take his career
This Sunday 17 March, the informative youth programme Het Klokhuis will award the Klokhuis Science Prize for the eighth time. There are two nominated research projects from TU Delft. Max van Beek and his professor Peter Rem (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences) are working on recycling electronic waste. Klokhuis writes: 'Phones and computers are
Eco-runner amazes everyone every year with vehicles that are incredibly fuel efficient. This year's target is 2,056 kilometres on 1.45 kilograms of hydrogen. This is what the 25 member Eco-runner Team Delft explained at their design presentation last week. While the target does mean 50% more fuel than last year, it also means that Eco-runner
TU Delft's Executive Board has invited all employees for a meeting on the upcoming Inspectorate of Education report. The email was sent at 9 AM on 1 March and the meeting is scheduled at 11 AM in the Green Village. The email does not say what the Executive Board has to tell the employees. There
The housing shortage is high in some Canadian cities. It is so expensive to live in Vancouver that one student has come up with a cheaper solution: he lives 700 kilometres away and takes the plane. A student room in Vancouver - Canada's most expensive city - costs an average of 2,100 Canadian dollars a
Last weekend, the Innovative art & technology festival Highlight Delft took place. During a walkable route of exhibitions spread through Delft, visitors explored this year’s theme ‘Do you see what I see’. Delta attended and captured some of these interactive highlights.
When tram line 19 comes into operation in 2025, there will be no stop directly in front of the Aula. For safety reasons, it will be moved towards Jaffa Cemetery. Recently, executor Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag (MRDH) presented a new schedule for the realisation of tram line 19, including artist impressions (images depicting a situation
Flemish influencer Acid has been given a suspended prison sentence and an 800 euro fine for his revealing videos of the hazing ('ontgroening') of Sanda Dia. He must also pay damages amounting to 20 thousand euros. Following a gruesome hazing (called ‘baptism’ in Flemish), 20-year-old student Sanda Dia died in 2018. He was made to
A former student was fined 225 euros for not stopping his student travel product on time. He went to court and was partially vindicated. The judge reduced the fine to 75 euros because DUO did not warn the student on time. That is according to a May 2022 ruling (in Dutch) that recently came online.
During the recess week, the NAE (Netherlands Academy of Engineers) is publishing six recommendations for the Cabinet in formation. The NAE echoes the concerns of the Dutch people in numerous areas, as inventoried by the Social and Cultural Planning Bureau. These include the energy transition, climate, agriculture and horticulture, accessibility to care and housing, and
