From burst pipes, to Tarik Z and the year’s favourite ‘wonder material’ graphene, 2015 has been far from quiet – here are Delta’s top ten most read articles from the past twelve months.
Relletje bij De Delftse Bedrijvendagen
Earlier this year employees of DSW health insurance company protested outside the TU Delft Aula. They spoke out against being excluded from the Delft Company Day for the past 3 years. They handed out flyers until they were removed by security.
Maximum snelheid op 130 te stom voor woorden
TU Delft Professor Hans van Lint, who works with mathematical models for traffic prediction, called a proposal to increase the maximum road speed to 130 km p/h ‘too stupid for words’.
Breakthrough material for printed solar cells
A material was patented by TU Delft this year with the potential to be used in cheap, printed solar cells, and wearable technologies.
Gesprongen waterleiding bij EWI
This year has not been kind to the EWI building. In October a burst water main flooded the sixth floor lifts, and the building was evacuated.
Verdachte binnendringen NOS zou TU-student
19 year old Tarik Z made headlines around the country at the start of 2015 when he took an NOS news employee hostage. The TU Delft student set rumor mills ablaze as he claimed to have an important message but was arrested before being given any air-time.
The Dutch cabinet this year expressed a desire to recruit more PhD candidates in the Netherlands. However with many people finishing their PhDs late, or not at all, increasing the number of candidates may not be the answer.
End to Sodexo’s monopoly at TU Delft
This year TU Delft announced a new ‘catering vision’ much to the delight of staff and students the university over, finally ending catering company Sodexo’s monopoly on campus.
December this year saw bag checks at the TU Delft library and Aula due to unspecified safety reasons.
Wetenschappers maken prinsjesdag-outfit Bussemaker
Wearable technology was a trend in 2015, so much so that Mariëtte Bussemaker, Dutch minister for Education, Culture and Science wore an ultra-personalised outfit, made by students and researchers from TU Eindhoven using body scanning technology.
The most popular Delta article of the year, without a doubt, was a look at TU Delft PhD graduate Shou-en Zhu’s work on ‘wonder material’ graphene, making it cheaper to grow at a high quality. Graphene has potential in everything from smart-phone screens to condoms.
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