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Nuon challengeA five-member team from TU Delft has won the first round of the Nuon Energy Flashback 2005, beating a team from Twente University.

For this alternative business course, the students were locked inside a futuristic tank for 36 hours and set the task of answering this question: How can the Veluwe be self-sufficient regarding energy use in 2050? A professional jury then evaluated the development plans devised by the two teams. The jury decided that the TU Delft team’s plan was more consistent and had a stronger foundation. On May 25, Delft will compete against a team from Eindhoven University. The best of the three teams from the technological universities will then compete in the finals against the best team from either Rotterdam University, Amsterdam University or Groningen University. Last year, a team from TU Delft won the competition.
Equal opportunity

The Netherlands’ Under-Secretary for Education Mark Rutte is making funds available to help non-ethnic Dutch students secure internships. “We must fight the trend that those who have the best chance of securing internships are students whose last names are Jansen or De Vries,” Rutte said, during the Echo Awards ceremony, the annual award ceremony for talented non-ethnic Dutch people. Rutte has set aside 300,000 euro to ensure non-ethnic Dutch people have equal opportunities for internships.
Canteen survey

A group of Industrial Design students is conducting a survey to find out what people think of the quality of TU canteen food. The survey is now available online. “We’ve noticed that people have very different opinions about the quality standards of the campus canteens,” a project organizer said. It’s hoped that the results will lead to changes in the canteen menus. Those participating in the survey are eligible to win two free cinema tickets.

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tudelftcanteensurvey@yahoo.com
Bike-friendly

The new design for the TU campus will make it an even more bike-friendly place than it already is. In the new design, roads, traffic and parking places will be replaced by more bicycle paths and walking paths for pedestrians. Three new bike paths will connect the Schoemakerstraat and the Rotterdamseweg. The walking paths will connect the campus buildings, parking areas and tram stops, and will resemble the walking paths currently around the library and Aula. Mecanoo, the architect bureau responsible for the new campus design, says it plans to name each walking path after a “TU professor who has been important for the university”. The architect bureau also plans to place a memorial plaque at the start of each path. Engraved on each plaque will be ‘the academic field and accomplishments of the chosen professor”. Further, Mecanoo plans to brighten up the campus by placing more spotlights around campus and placing lights under park benches.
Virtual Design

TU Delft’s Industrial Design Engineering Faculty will host the 6th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Conceptual Design, from 29 May to 1 June 2005. The conference is entitled ‘Applications of digital techniques in industrial design engineering’. Lectures will be given on subjects such as ‘Virtual Design and Visualization’, and ‘Evolutionary Technique in Product Design’. The conference is co-sponsored by China’s Zhejiang University. Guest speakers include James Cavendish, of General Motors Research Laboratories (USA) and Edwin van Vianen, of Philips Design (Netherlands).

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New President

The new Executive Board of the Netherlands’ Royal Academy of Science began work on May 1st. The new president is Frits van Oostrom, a professor at the University of Utrecht. Van Oostrom is a Utrecht University graduate and has worked at Leiden University and Harvard University. He has won many academic honors for his research, including the prestigious Spinoza Prize. Van Oostrom is currently writing a history of Dutch literature in the Middle Ages.

Nuon challenge

A five-member team from TU Delft has won the first round of the Nuon Energy Flashback 2005, beating a team from Twente University. For this alternative business course, the students were locked inside a futuristic tank for 36 hours and set the task of answering this question: How can the Veluwe be self-sufficient regarding energy use in 2050? A professional jury then evaluated the development plans devised by the two teams. The jury decided that the TU Delft team’s plan was more consistent and had a stronger foundation. On May 25, Delft will compete against a team from Eindhoven University. The best of the three teams from the technological universities will then compete in the finals against the best team from either Rotterdam University, Amsterdam University or Groningen University. Last year, a team from TU Delft won the competition.
Equal opportunity

The Netherlands’ Under-Secretary for Education Mark Rutte is making funds available to help non-ethnic Dutch students secure internships. “We must fight the trend that those who have the best chance of securing internships are students whose last names are Jansen or De Vries,” Rutte said, during the Echo Awards ceremony, the annual award ceremony for talented non-ethnic Dutch people. Rutte has set aside 300,000 euro to ensure non-ethnic Dutch people have equal opportunities for internships.
Canteen survey

A group of Industrial Design students is conducting a survey to find out what people think of the quality of TU canteen food. The survey is now available online. “We’ve noticed that people have very different opinions about the quality standards of the campus canteens,” a project organizer said. It’s hoped that the results will lead to changes in the canteen menus. Those participating in the survey are eligible to win two free cinema tickets.

www.ekuan.com

tudelftcanteensurvey@yahoo.com
Bike-friendly

The new design for the TU campus will make it an even more bike-friendly place than it already is. In the new design, roads, traffic and parking places will be replaced by more bicycle paths and walking paths for pedestrians. Three new bike paths will connect the Schoemakerstraat and the Rotterdamseweg. The walking paths will connect the campus buildings, parking areas and tram stops, and will resemble the walking paths currently around the library and Aula. Mecanoo, the architect bureau responsible for the new campus design, says it plans to name each walking path after a “TU professor who has been important for the university”. The architect bureau also plans to place a memorial plaque at the start of each path. Engraved on each plaque will be ‘the academic field and accomplishments of the chosen professor”. Further, Mecanoo plans to brighten up the campus by placing more spotlights around campus and placing lights under park benches.
Virtual Design

TU Delft’s Industrial Design Engineering Faculty will host the 6th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Conceptual Design, from 29 May to 1 June 2005. The conference is entitled ‘Applications of digital techniques in industrial design engineering’. Lectures will be given on subjects such as ‘Virtual Design and Visualization’, and ‘Evolutionary Technique in Product Design’. The conference is co-sponsored by China’s Zhejiang University. Guest speakers include James Cavendish, of General Motors Research Laboratories (USA) and Edwin van Vianen, of Philips Design (Netherlands).

www.io.tudelft.nl
New President

The new Executive Board of the Netherlands’ Royal Academy of Science began work on May 1st. The new president is Frits van Oostrom, a professor at the University of Utrecht. Van Oostrom is a Utrecht University graduate and has worked at Leiden University and Harvard University. He has won many academic honors for his research, including the prestigious Spinoza Prize. Van Oostrom is currently writing a history of Dutch literature in the Middle Ages.

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