It is many a parent’s nightmare: a swallowed button cell battery from a toy, car key or LED candle. After all, these easily get stuck in the throat. The mucus then conducts the electricity and that dissolves the tissue so that a hole burns in it. A picture of what such a battery does to…
With a fourteenth place on the QS World Rakings: Sustainability, TU Delft is the most sustainable university in continental Europe. Looking at Europe as a whole, TU Delft ranks fifth. The rankings are compiled on the basis of various criteria. Here, the compilers look at social impact, environmental impact, university governance and how universities take action…
‘Unlucky students’ to receive slightly more money thanks to inflation The level of compensation for ‘unlucky students’ will be slightly higher than expected. The cabinet wants to bring forward the date on which inflation will be taken into account, which will see former students receive an extra 200 euros. For those who missed out on…
TU Delft student wins ECHO Award Master’s student Architecture Emin Batman won the ECHO Award in the Beta Engineering category on Thursday, 7 December. According to the ECHO website (in Dutch), he “convinced the jury with his innovative vision in science and the way he looks for connection from the field of engineering.” The ECHO…
TU Delft student team Forze’s hydrogen racing car has driven its first metres on the Zandvoort circuit.
What did the TU Delft campus vote for? GroenLinks/PvdA is the big winner in Delft, according to the final results of the national elections (in Dutch). 25.9 percent of Delft residents voted for the party. That is a growth of 11 percent compared to the previous elections. D66, the largest party in Delft…
Education Council: ‘Do not cut back on education’ It will probably be some time before a new cabinet is in place, but the Education Council is already writing a letter (in Dutch). ‘Education is too important to shift the focus in education policy or choose a new course with each new cabinet’, it…
Two million for graphene microphone Impression of waves in a graphene membrane caused by bacteria. (Illustration: Santiago Mendoza Silva and Pierpaolo Belardinelli) Farbod Alijani, associate professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering & Technical Materials Science, has received an ERC Consolidator Grant to improve his ultra-sensitive microphone made with…
PVV scout out over fraud suspicion PVV senator Gom van Strien has resigned from his job as a scout for a new Dutch cabinet. He has been charged with fraud at his former employer, a subsidiary of Utrecht University. Until mid-2009, Van Strien was director of Utrecht Holdings, the knowledge transfer office…
Wat leeft er onder Delftse jongeren? In de documentaire ‘De 15 van Delft’ maak je kennis met vijftien jongeren uit de stad, onder wie drie TU-studenten.
