Help wantedPart-time jobs available writing for Delta’s English Page, starting this academic year (August/September). We seek foreign students/staff to write articles in English, for payment, on a freelance basis.
No experience necessary. We’re looking for enthusiastic, creative foreign students/staff to contribute articles, cartoons, illustrations and photographs. Interested, please send a brief introductory email to D. McMullin at: mcmullin66@yahoo.com
Weather radar
Scientists at TU Delft have developed a unique weather radar, called ‘Drizzle Radar’. The highly sensitive radar system measure very light drizzle. The radar was placed on top of the 213m high KNMI measuring tower in Cabauw on Tuesday 14 August. The radar, together with the other advanced instruments of the Cesar observatory (Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research), provides a complete picture of the interaction between dust, clouds, rain and radiation for the very first time. This is one of the factors in climate models that are least understood. The ‘Drizzle Radar’ was hoisted up the high tower by means of a system of cables. The measuring tower is part of the Cesar Observatory, one of the world’s most advanced observatories for atmospheric research. Banks of precision instruments measure the atmosphere’s properties continuously to obtain a better picture of the atmosphere’s role in the climate system. The ‘Drizzle Radar’ measures the connection between the lifespan of clouds and the quantity of dust and radiation in the atmosphere.
New year
Come to the opening of the academic year on Monday 3 September and give a jump start to your contribution to a sustainable future on September 3, 2007, 15:30 to 17:00, in the Aula. This month more than 2,000 students are starting their new academic programs at TU Delft. They are in the starting blocks to be trained as the engineers of the future. The engineers of the future will no doubt come face to face with the concept of ‘sustainability’ and with global problems such as climate change and the rapidly growing population. That is the reason for the theme of the kick-off of the academic year: a sustainable world and the role of engineers in achieving this goal. We will engage in a lively discussion to try to identify the engineer of the future. What attributes do you need to be able to face up to all the challenges the future has in store? What specialized knowledge will tomorrow’s engineers need? And how does TU Delft help prepare you for your future?
European Award
Dr. Nynke Dekker of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at TU Delft has been awarded a European Young Investigators Award (EURYI award) for her research into molecular motors handling DNA and RNA: Single-molecule experiments and implications for cellular function. Dekker is one of twenty young excellent researchers regarded by the European science organization ESF as potential world leaders in their areas of research. She will receive a maximum of € 1.2 million for creating a research team.
Delfi-C3
TU Delft’s Delfi-C3 university satellite successfully completed its final tests in the Netherlands and was shipped to Toronto on Monday 6 August. From Canada the satellite, which weighs just 2.2 kg, will then move on to India for launch in September. The final Dutch tests for the little satellite took place under simulated launch stresses and space conditions. In Toronto, the satellite is being subjected to a final series of tests and will then, together with six other university satellites, be transported to India for launch in September. The Delfi-C3, developed by students, is just thirty centimeters in height. The goal of the Delfi-C3 project is to discover whether a series of small satellites is more practical to construct and use, and can operate more efficiently, than the larger satellites that are now generally used. Besides being good training for TU Delft students, the Delfi-C3 project also serves to test new designs for applications in satellite technology. Delfi-C3 has been developed by a team of final-year students from the Faculties of Aerospace Engineering and of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science of TU Delft.
Help wanted
Part-time jobs available writing for Delta’s English Page, starting this academic year (August/September). We seek foreign students/staff to write articles in English, for payment, on a freelance basis. No experience necessary. We’re looking for enthusiastic, creative foreign students/staff to contribute articles, cartoons, illustrations and photographs. Interested, please send a brief introductory email to D. McMullin at: mcmullin66@yahoo.com
Weather radar
Scientists at TU Delft have developed a unique weather radar, called ‘Drizzle Radar’. The highly sensitive radar system measure very light drizzle. The radar was placed on top of the 213m high KNMI measuring tower in Cabauw on Tuesday 14 August. The radar, together with the other advanced instruments of the Cesar observatory (Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research), provides a complete picture of the interaction between dust, clouds, rain and radiation for the very first time. This is one of the factors in climate models that are least understood. The ‘Drizzle Radar’ was hoisted up the high tower by means of a system of cables. The measuring tower is part of the Cesar Observatory, one of the world’s most advanced observatories for atmospheric research. Banks of precision instruments measure the atmosphere’s properties continuously to obtain a better picture of the atmosphere’s role in the climate system. The ‘Drizzle Radar’ measures the connection between the lifespan of clouds and the quantity of dust and radiation in the atmosphere.
New year
Come to the opening of the academic year on Monday 3 September and give a jump start to your contribution to a sustainable future on September 3, 2007, 15:30 to 17:00, in the Aula. This month more than 2,000 students are starting their new academic programs at TU Delft. They are in the starting blocks to be trained as the engineers of the future. The engineers of the future will no doubt come face to face with the concept of ‘sustainability’ and with global problems such as climate change and the rapidly growing population. That is the reason for the theme of the kick-off of the academic year: a sustainable world and the role of engineers in achieving this goal. We will engage in a lively discussion to try to identify the engineer of the future. What attributes do you need to be able to face up to all the challenges the future has in store? What specialized knowledge will tomorrow’s engineers need? And how does TU Delft help prepare you for your future?
European Award
Dr. Nynke Dekker of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at TU Delft has been awarded a European Young Investigators Award (EURYI award) for her research into molecular motors handling DNA and RNA: Single-molecule experiments and implications for cellular function. Dekker is one of twenty young excellent researchers regarded by the European science organization ESF as potential world leaders in their areas of research. She will receive a maximum of € 1.2 million for creating a research team.
Delfi-C3
TU Delft’s Delfi-C3 university satellite successfully completed its final tests in the Netherlands and was shipped to Toronto on Monday 6 August. From Canada the satellite, which weighs just 2.2 kg, will then move on to India for launch in September. The final Dutch tests for the little satellite took place under simulated launch stresses and space conditions. In Toronto, the satellite is being subjected to a final series of tests and will then, together with six other university satellites, be transported to India for launch in September. The Delfi-C3, developed by students, is just thirty centimeters in height. The goal of the Delfi-C3 project is to discover whether a series of small satellites is more practical to construct and use, and can operate more efficiently, than the larger satellites that are now generally used. Besides being good training for TU Delft students, the Delfi-C3 project also serves to test new designs for applications in satellite technology. Delfi-C3 has been developed by a team of final-year students from the Faculties of Aerospace Engineering and of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science of TU Delft.
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