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Marjolein van der Veldt

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Voting pencil on Marktplaats In a number of municipalities, voters are allowed to take the red pencil home with them to avoid contamination with the coronavirus.  This is unique, because it is the first time that the voting pencils are not left behind at the polling stations. A voter from Delft saw a business…

Delft also sounds climate alarm   More than 35 thousand people sounded the alarm on Sunday 14 March for a greener and fairer climate policy. Just before the elections, 45 local climate coalitions asked attention for the climate crisis and the need for a fairer and more decisive climate policy. Because…

Online lunch lectures during the ‘Onbeperkt Studeren week’ Studying with a disability brings along many challenges, but there are also many possibilities. That is why Student Onbeperkt, the platform for TU Delft students with a disability, organises the Onbeperkt Studeren week from 15 until 19 March. In a series of online lunch lectures, various topics…

Motion sickness in self-driving cars   Is there an increase in the occurrence and severity of motion sickness in self-driving cars? And what can be done to better model passenger comfort when automated cars become a reality?   Master student Adarsh Pattanayak (Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) researches how…

TU Delft student selected for national rugby team Michaja van Capel (Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences) has been selected by national coach Sylke Haverkorn for the Dutch national rugby team (Women 15S).    The player of SRC Thor is preparing with the national team for an important game in the…

Falling snow causes problems at Stieltjesweg At the residential tower on Stieltjesweg, falling ice has been causing problems since Wednesday afternoon. The culprit is the thawing of a thick snow layer that accumulates in the windowsills, causing pieces of frozen snow to fall down with some regularity.   After consultation with TU Delft…

TU students build circular observation tower in New Delft    A exceptional object is emerging on the Westlandseweg in Delft: a temporary, circular observation tower. The tower, made almost entirely of wood, has been designed by TU Delft students Edmund Thomas Green and Ludvig Sundberg (Architecture and the Built Environment). They won a design…