Friday eveningsTU Delft’s International Office is now organizing special events for foreign students as part of a special Friday evening program.
For the month of February, the Friday evening program includes a ‘Chinese New Year’ event on February 16/17, and a ‘Carnaval’ event on February 23. All students are warmly invited to participate in the festivities. More information is available on the TU Delft blackboard.
www.blackboard.tudelft.nl
3TU.Federation
Last week the Netherlands’ universities of technology . TU Delft, Twente University, TU Eindhoven – formally established the 3TU.Federation at ceremony presided over by Minister Maria van der Hoeven, of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and Mr. Bernard Wientjes, chairman of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW). In this federation, the three technological universities will combine their capabilities and facilities in order to further bolster their national and international standing. Each of the three universities of technology is highly regarded both nationally and internationally. By working collectively, the 3TU.Federation has the potential to become one of the world’s leading knowledge institutions. The three TU’s will focus on finding solutions for the most urgent social problems. With a combined capacity of 30,000 students and approximately 5,500 researchers, the universities are now in a better position to make significant contributions. The three universities’ academic programs and research activities will now be merged: This includes all available knowledge, personnel and means, such as advanced facilities for large-scale technological-scientific research, and as such, the 3TU’s will also more effectively support the Netherlands’ knowledge economy.
2007 Young Leader
TU Delft PhD student Christa Meskers (Material Science & Engineering, Light Metals Processing) has won the 2007 Young Leader Professional Development Award of the TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society) in the Extraction & Processing section. The award is an incentive for young professionals to become involved in TMS and includes attending the TMS Annual Meeting from February 26 to March 1 in Orlando, Florida, as well as participating in technical committees, leadership development and networking with prominent society members and leaders.
Branson bid
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson launched a $25m climate competition in London last week alongside former US vice-president Al Gore. Branson is offering millions of dollars to the person who comes up with the best way of removing significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A panel of judges will oversee the prize, including James Lovelock and NASA scientist James Hansen. “The Earth cannot wait 60 years,” Branson said. “I want a future for my children and my children’s children. The clock is ticking.” He said if the planet was to survive, it was vital to find a way of getting rid of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. He said he believed offering the $25m Earth Challenge Prize was the best way of finding a solution. The winner will be the person who devises the best method for removing at least one billion tons of carbon per year from the atmosphere.
Spiegelzee team
The Academic Year Prize, with a top prize of 100,000 euros, is awarded to the best translation of scientific research to a broad public. Teams of students and researchers from the 14 Dutch universities (affiliated with the Association of Universities in the Netherlands, VSNU) will have an opportunity to convey the importance of scientific research to the outside world in an unconventional way. The TU Delft Spiegelzee project team is one of seven teams now through to the semi-final. The Spiegelzee project aims to raise broad public historical awareness of rising and falling sea levels. All team members study or work at TU Delft’s Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, department of Geotechnology, and are performing research in the area of land-sea interaction, with a particular focus on the impacts of sea level changes on these areas.
IQ test
Students from TU Delft finished in third place in an online IQ test organized by Nobiles Media. The average IQ of the 561 TU Delft students who took the online test was 118.95. The best TU Delft student scored 122. The winner of the event was TU Eindhoven, with an average IQ of 122.49. Students from the Twente University finished in second place.
Friday evenings
TU Delft’s International Office is now organizing special events for foreign students as part of a special Friday evening program. For the month of February, the Friday evening program includes a ‘Chinese New Year’ event on February 16/17, and a ‘Carnaval’ event on February 23. All students are warmly invited to participate in the festivities. More information is available on the TU Delft blackboard.
www.blackboard.tudelft.nl
3TU.Federation
Last week the Netherlands’ universities of technology . TU Delft, Twente University, TU Eindhoven – formally established the 3TU.Federation at ceremony presided over by Minister Maria van der Hoeven, of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, and Mr. Bernard Wientjes, chairman of the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW). In this federation, the three technological universities will combine their capabilities and facilities in order to further bolster their national and international standing. Each of the three universities of technology is highly regarded both nationally and internationally. By working collectively, the 3TU.Federation has the potential to become one of the world’s leading knowledge institutions. The three TU’s will focus on finding solutions for the most urgent social problems. With a combined capacity of 30,000 students and approximately 5,500 researchers, the universities are now in a better position to make significant contributions. The three universities’ academic programs and research activities will now be merged: This includes all available knowledge, personnel and means, such as advanced facilities for large-scale technological-scientific research, and as such, the 3TU’s will also more effectively support the Netherlands’ knowledge economy.
2007 Young Leader
TU Delft PhD student Christa Meskers (Material Science & Engineering, Light Metals Processing) has won the 2007 Young Leader Professional Development Award of the TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society) in the Extraction & Processing section. The award is an incentive for young professionals to become involved in TMS and includes attending the TMS Annual Meeting from February 26 to March 1 in Orlando, Florida, as well as participating in technical committees, leadership development and networking with prominent society members and leaders.
Branson bid
Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson launched a $25m climate competition in London last week alongside former US vice-president Al Gore. Branson is offering millions of dollars to the person who comes up with the best way of removing significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. A panel of judges will oversee the prize, including James Lovelock and NASA scientist James Hansen. “The Earth cannot wait 60 years,” Branson said. “I want a future for my children and my children’s children. The clock is ticking.” He said if the planet was to survive, it was vital to find a way of getting rid of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. He said he believed offering the $25m Earth Challenge Prize was the best way of finding a solution. The winner will be the person who devises the best method for removing at least one billion tons of carbon per year from the atmosphere.
Spiegelzee team
The Academic Year Prize, with a top prize of 100,000 euros, is awarded to the best translation of scientific research to a broad public. Teams of students and researchers from the 14 Dutch universities (affiliated with the Association of Universities in the Netherlands, VSNU) will have an opportunity to convey the importance of scientific research to the outside world in an unconventional way. The TU Delft Spiegelzee project team is one of seven teams now through to the semi-final. The Spiegelzee project aims to raise broad public historical awareness of rising and falling sea levels. All team members study or work at TU Delft’s Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, department of Geotechnology, and are performing research in the area of land-sea interaction, with a particular focus on the impacts of sea level changes on these areas.
IQ test
Students from TU Delft finished in third place in an online IQ test organized by Nobiles Media. The average IQ of the 561 TU Delft students who took the online test was 118.95. The best TU Delft student scored 122. The winner of the event was TU Eindhoven, with an average IQ of 122.49. Students from the Twente University finished in second place.
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