After the withdrawal of two Majorana articles, the research field was in crisis, says Tom Dvir. He is first author of a new QuTech publication. What has changed?
Every two years Ammodo gives awards for fundamental research to eight scientists in the Netherlands. This year Stan Brouns and Tatiana Filatova were winners.
Peter Wieringa bids farewell Former pro vice rector of doctoral affairs Peter Wieringa retired from TU Delft last Friday. It will take a small army to replace him if you listen to Rector Tim van der Hagen’s speech. Van der Hagen cited from Wieringa’s nine-page CV a long list of chairmanships, presidential and…
Ammodo rijkt elke twee jaar prijzen uit voor fundamenteel onderzoek aan acht Nederlandse wetenschappers. Dit jaar zijn Stan Brouns en Tatiana Filatova geselecteerd.
NWO awarded 34 Vici grants of up to EUR 1.5 million to senior researchers for their own programmes. Five of them came from TU Delft. These are the winners.
Fun, beauty, education, mechanics, craftsmanship. Many things come together in the award-winning glass structure ‘Ziptruss’. Delta spoke to Ate Snijder, one of the designers.
Three solar challenges At first Meet the Energy Leader meeting since corona, no seat remained empty in the Co Creation Centre at The Green Village. Emeritus Professor Prof Wim Sinke (UvA) looked back at the more than exponential growth of solar energy. But Sinke also pointed out the downsides of that growth: …
What possesses PhD candidates to perform in a theatre for school children in a provincial town? “Man, it’s the best thing about my whole PhD,” says Ruben Boot.
Seven Delft students in Dutch rowing selection The rowing federation is out. Last Saturday, the KNRB announced (in Dutch) who have been admitted to this year’s national selection TeamNL rowing. Of the 47 top talents who were tested for three weeks, six come from DSRV Laga and one from DSR Proteus-Eretes. The…
Ballot box ‘Engineer of the year’ opened Professional magazine De Ingenieur has nominated three women for this year’s Prins Friso Ingenieur Prize, informally known as ‘engineer of the year’. From today (14 Feb 2023), you can cast your vote on the kivi website. Do so before 14 March. All three nominees have Delft…
