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Education

News in Brief

New company for patentsTU Delft’s law department is setting up an internal company to manage the TU’s patents. Delft Enterprises Ltd. will be a virtual organisation with the TU and venture capitalists as shareholders.

Presently, the TU loses a few hundred thousand guilders a year on patents.

Alumni society

TU Delft’s board of directors wants to set up an association for alumni. Earlier plans to create a virtual community in combination with a foundation that could receive donations have been cast aside. The board is in favour of an association because they want alumni to feel that they’re still part of the university.

Water storage

According to the national Committee on Water Management, 67 square kilometres are needed to store the expected increase of precipitation in the 21st century. However, Jarrik Ouburg and Serge Schoemaker, two Architecture students, have an alternative plan. “There is not enough room for these flooded areas. And when the polders are flooded, they aren’t useful because the water level will only be 15 centimetres, not even enough to surf,” says Ouburg. Ouburg and Schoemaker designed 38 water basins of a square kilometre each, which is nearly half the space needed according to the commitee’s plan. By using dikes, the water level is able to rise to 10 metres, which is enough for recreational purposes and for floating houses and greenhouses. In dry periods, an empty basin could be used for pop-concerts or auto-races, according to the students.

More students

The TU has attracted more students than had been predicted by the Information Beheer Group, in Groningen. 2,283 freshmen have enrolled at TU Delft this year; but this figure is still well short of last year, with 300 fewer first-year students enrolling at the TU in 2000. The good news, however, is that the percentage of women in the decreasing student population is rising. Last year, 21 percent of the freshmen were female. This year, 23 percent are women.

New company for patents

TU Delft’s law department is setting up an internal company to manage the TU’s patents. Delft Enterprises Ltd. will be a virtual organisation with the TU and venture capitalists as shareholders. Presently, the TU loses a few hundred thousand guilders a year on patents.

Alumni society

TU Delft’s board of directors wants to set up an association for alumni. Earlier plans to create a virtual community in combination with a foundation that could receive donations have been cast aside. The board is in favour of an association because they want alumni to feel that they’re still part of the university.

Water storage

According to the national Committee on Water Management, 67 square kilometres are needed to store the expected increase of precipitation in the 21st century. However, Jarrik Ouburg and Serge Schoemaker, two Architecture students, have an alternative plan. “There is not enough room for these flooded areas. And when the polders are flooded, they aren’t useful because the water level will only be 15 centimetres, not even enough to surf,” says Ouburg. Ouburg and Schoemaker designed 38 water basins of a square kilometre each, which is nearly half the space needed according to the commitee’s plan. By using dikes, the water level is able to rise to 10 metres, which is enough for recreational purposes and for floating houses and greenhouses. In dry periods, an empty basin could be used for pop-concerts or auto-races, according to the students.

More students

The TU has attracted more students than had been predicted by the Information Beheer Group, in Groningen. 2,283 freshmen have enrolled at TU Delft this year; but this figure is still well short of last year, with 300 fewer first-year students enrolling at the TU in 2000. The good news, however, is that the percentage of women in the decreasing student population is rising. Last year, 21 percent of the freshmen were female. This year, 23 percent are women.

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