Around a hundred people protested on campus on Friday afternoon against TU Delft’s collaboration with Israeli universities and other Israeli knowledge institutions. The group held a march that ended near the Executive Board’s (EB) offices, where the gate providing access to the surrounding garden turned out to be closed. The demonstrators gathered at 12:00 on
Just a few more weeks to go and the time will finally be here: the first test runs of Tram 19 across the campus are scheduled. Anyone wishing to catch this momentous occasion will need to stay up late – or get up early. From Tuesday 7 April, test runs will take place two to
Unknown individuals have vandalised the main entrance of the Aula. Several panes of glass have been cracked and defaced with the words “Fok Fokker”. Part of the entrance has been closed off until further notice. Visitors can still access the Aula via the right-hand door of the main entrance or the entrance on the Library
The Dutch company Hardt Hyperloop has gone bankrupt. The company was founded in 2016 by former members of the Delft Hyperloop student team. What are the consequences for the current dream team? “It’s especially sad to see a player in the hyperloop sector go bankrupt,” says team captain Elise Terwogt. “But it doesn’t have much…
On Wednesday 18 March, students and staff of TU Delft will be able to plant trees between teaching building 35 and Freezone D, a green strip near the Executive Board office. On that day, the university is organising the “TU Delft Tree Festival” as part of National Tree Day. TU Delft members who want to…
What good are innovative new materials if they cannot be used? The new BioBuild Lab at the TU Delft Green Village aims to change that, with construction that started this week. The construction sector is highly polluting. Biobased materials, which are derived from renewable biological resources, should offer a solution. But how well do these
The Dutch Data Protection Authority wants clarification from TU Delft and the police about their agreement on sharing personal data. Last week, Delta revealed that TU Delft sometimes provides the police with the names of activists prior to demonstrations. This is regulated in a covenant.
Quantum computers use qubits, which can take on many values and can be zero and one at the same time. The promise is that this enables them to calculate much faster than a conventional computer. Although quantum computers currently often consist of only a handful of interconnected qubits, eventually there will need to be many
To celebrate mathematics, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science (EEMCS) is organising a world record attempt on March 3 to form the world's largest human π symbol. The record attempt will not take place on Pi Day, which is on March 14 (3-14), but it will be at exactly 3:14 p.m. The
Tim van der Hagen was Chair of the Executive Board of TU Delft for 10 years. He was also Rector for the last eight years. He bid farewell in mid-January. Delta interviewed him about what he has and has not achieved, and what he will and will not miss. He once again apologised for the lack of social safety.
