TU Delft honorary doctorate Timmermans remains controversial The petition started by alumnus Jan Asselbergs against European Commissioner Frans Timmermans being awarded a TU Delft honorary doctorate was signed more than 20,000 times in recent weeks. It is impossible to know which of the signatories is a TU Delft alumnus, in part because about…
Nederland wil veel meer windenergie van zee. In 2050 moet er zo’n 25 keer meer staan dan nu. Onderzoekers en pioniers ontwikkelen daarom technologie voor snellere plaatsing.
Most TU Delft Venis for quantum research Last week NWO (the Dutch Research Council) announced the Veni grants for early-stage researchers. Five of the seven TU Delft Venis are for quantum technology. The granting of the research grants ran differently this year: first because of corona and then due to a hack at NWO.…
Travelling committee members and hundreds of printed and shipped dissertations. Can’t the doctoral defence ceremony be more sustainable, wonders PhD student Jonna Bouwknegt.
Ronald Hanson wins Physics Prize 2022 The new year has not yet begun and the Dutch Physics Society (NNV) has awarded the annual Physics Prize to Professor Ronald Hanson, Distinguished Professor of Quantum Computing and Quantum Internet at the Faculty of Applied Physics and group leader at QuTech. The Physics Prize is awarded…
Jorik Grolle’s thesis on fast European train connections won prizes at a transport planners conference. European high-speed rail travel could be much better, he argues.
A petition against Frans Timmermans receiving an honorary doctorate has been signed more than 3,300 times. Who and what lies behind this and what is TU Delft doing about it?
Campus tours from 10 December Secondary school students walking around the campus with their parents, dreaming of their college days. It is a familiar scene around this time, but this year the campus tour is organised differently. The three educational organisations on campus – TU Delft, The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Inholland…
Increase in identity fraud at TU Delft In recent weeks the number of reports of identity fraud at TU Delft has risen, reports the Directorate of Communication in the TU Delft Newsletter. It usually concerns a request from a staff member to help or contribute a donation or a gift voucher. This can…
