Kim Bakker
science editor
Kim (1994) writes about science for Delta and Delft Matters as well as everything connected to TU Delft and student life. As a real social sciences person, she sometimes feels a bit out of place on the TU Delft campus. Kim studied Dutch and journalism in Leiden, where she still lives.
The Vice Chair of the Executive Board will bid farewell this autumn. Rob Mudde himself said in the Executive Board’s announcement of his departure that he is aware that the timing is unfortunate. But he is having to stop for health reasons.
Disposable cups have been banned in the hospitality sector since 1 January. TU Delft students behind the Jelt start-up spotted an opportunity and designed a rinsing and drying station for reusable cups. Started Monday 22 April, TU Delft is their testing ground.
Partying at the faculty. It sounds unthinkable, but every two years since 1972, Delft’s Faculty of Architecture has been the setting for what the organisers say is the largest indoor faculty festival in the world. Saturday was the 26th edition.
The Students and Staff for Safety pressure group does not believe that the current Executive Board can pick up the pieces and make good. The pressure group was specially set up in connection with the social safety issue, and it wrote this in a statement on Thursday.
For the last time, a researcher from the GSE Department earns a doctoral degree for research into oil production. It was a long journey to this point, says the Department Chair. “If we would continue oil-based research, we would uphold the status quo. But don’t say we should not work with the fossil fuel industry at all.”
After TU Delft ordered Delta to take a critical article about the work culture at I&IC offline, the Executive Board Chair Tim van der Hagen today offered his apologies to Delta on behalf of the Executive Board. At the time of writing, it is not yet certain if the article can be put online again.
To draw attention to the visibility of transgender people, True U, the LHBTQI+ employees network, handed out Easter eggs on campus on Thursday. “We want to show that we too are allowed to be here. In all our diversity.”
TU Delft employees could share their ideas about a safer working environment in a meeting organised by the Works Council. “Don’t say that you want everyone to enjoy a good working environment, but say that it is your responsibility to create a good working environment.”
In the battle against climate change and for protecting biodiversity, seaweed and kelp forests are of incalculable value around the world. Team Epoch designed a winning AI model to monitor them.
For the first time, one of the spaces in the EEMCS Faculty bears the name of a woman. It is Johanna Manders, one of the first women to graduate in Electrical Engineering. ‘If the name attracts just one young women to come and study here, the goal has been achieved.’
Before TU Delft can start obtaining geothermal energy, the Geothermie Delft company must guarantee that the unusable well it drilled in October will not cause any problems. It also has to check if TU Delft’s research reactor could incur any problems from geothermal energy production.
It seems that the measures that the NWO took to address gender inequality may now give female academics a slightly higher chance of getting a Veni grant than their male counterparts. The researchers did not come up with any information specific to TU Delft.
Describing her as ‘a textbook example’ and a ‘versatile and innovative engineer’, TU Delft chose Hester Anderiesen-Le Riche as Alumnus of the Year 2023. This Tuesday, she comes to Delft to collect her prize. How would the inventor of the ‘Magic table’ explain her success?
In her inaugural lecture last Friday, Professor of Design for Public Health Judith Rietjens stressed the importance of personalised care. “Someone has a particular condition, and someone else can help. This is the key to caring for someone.”
While HollandPTC has been in troubled waters since its opening in 2018, TU Delft continues to pump money into it. This is the view of the NRC newspaper. Rector Magnificus Tim van der Hagen still believes that this is the right thing to do, he told the newspaper.
The student Board of the annual career market Delft Career Days is giving more space to sustainability. To some oil, gas and chemical giants, the door will remain closed.
No off the shelf items, but unique suits. Joost Bom acquired his collection from Marktplaats and London tailors.
Future cabinets should make efforts to reduce the migration balance, says a new demography report. But there is no need to put a brake on the number of student migrants, according to the committee.
On Wednesday students and the Students Union will gather outside the House of Representatives, The Hague, to protest against the increased interest on their study loans. Why?
Anyone is welcome to help choose the new coffee beans this week. Delta took a look. “This one tastes like it was made with love. Can you say that about coffee machines?”
Do you want to discuss TU Delft’s ties to the fossil fuel industry? You can do so from November onwards. The outcomes should lead to recommendations to the Executive Board.
The KNMI presented new Dutch climate scenarios on Monday. TU Delft climate scientist Herman Russchenberg and KNMI researcher Sybren Drijfhout: “Extremes determine livability.”
Artificial intelligence is the theme at TU Delft this year. Delta explains six pieces of AI research. Part 6: using AI to read medical scans.
Paternalisme en oneerlijke machtsverhoudingen waren voor planeetwetenschapper Daphne Stam reden om te vertrekken bij Luchtvaart- en Ruimtevaarttechniek. Aan Delta vertelt ze wat eraan vooraf ging.
After all association meals being vegetarian last year, the OWee and the Schie Dinner were next in line on the first evening. Has a turning point been reached in student life?
The Works Council elections will be held on 3 and 4 October. For whom and which party can you vote? This time: Rebekka van der Grift of Young Researchers’ Impact.
TU Delft is ranked 48th in the Times Higher Education’s World University Ranking. That is 22 places higher than last year. However, there is some scepticism about the ranking.
Planetary scientist Daphne Stam recently told Delta that she left her Faculty because of its ‘macho culture’. Henri Werij, Dean of AE responds.
Artificial intelligence is the theme at TU Delft this year. Delta explains six pieces of AI research. Part 3: How drones can help biodiversity research.
Associate professor Daphne Stam has left TU Delft. She says she was not taken seriously in the “paternalistic atmosphere” at her Faculty of Aeropace Engineering.
From Monday, nearly all the catering spots on campus will be open again and are now being managed by Appèl, the new catering company. What are the plans for TU Delft?
Artificial intelligence is the theme at TU Delft this year. Delta explains six pieces of AI research. Part 1: how does AI ensure that a robot without GPS knows where it is?
Much about the OWee has changed in 50 years, but much has remained the same, says former Chair Max van der Laan. Even at 86 years of age, the introduction week is part of him.
The adventure for the people attending the OWee began on Sunday. Delta asked seven first year students what they expect from the introduction week.
Work from home advice due to air conditioning problems Just when temperatures outside are rising, the air conditioning in some TU Delft building has stopped working. At least in the TU Delft Library and the A-wing of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM), the climate control has largely failed this…
Psychiatrist and ‘meta-scientist’ Joeri Tijdink specialises in the well-being of researchers. Now he wrote an uplifting self-help book on how PhD researchers survive academia.
On StudentDoet-dag dozens of students went volunteering at civil society organisations. The day ended with a concert on the Prinsenhof. Delta was there too.
TU Delft opened its new location in The Hague on Wednesday 7 June. What is the added value of having a branch in The Hague?
Still institutional rate for refugee student Refugee students without residence permits will continue to have to pay institutional tuition fees in the coming years, a narrow majority in the Dutch Parliament decided on Tuesday. Students awaiting a residence permit are considered ‘international students’, which means that they are not eligible for the…
It is final: the basic grant is returning The Senate voted on Tuesday 6 June unanimously for the return of the basic grant. This means that from the coming academic year, students will once again be entitled to a monthly allowance that’s not a loan. The basic grant for HBO and WO…
TU Delft was the only TU that did not have a RoboCup football team till now. Tim Verburg, Team Manager of the recently established Delft Mercurians tells their story.
The ViciMetro&Co rowing team, that only rows occasionally, grabbed the oars just six months ago.
Erik Scherff appointed new CIO of TU Delft The Executive Board (CVB) of TU Delft has appointed Erik Scherff as the new director of ICT, also known as Chief Information Officer (CIO), with effect from 1 August. The Executive Board announced this in an e-mail to TU Delft employees. Scherff succeeds Han Derkx,…
Ruim zestig Virgilianen werkten dit jaar hard aan hun lustrumtheaterstuk. Maandag staan ze in het Circustheater in Scheveningen.
Will Delft break the pipetting world record? The board of the Delft study association for nanobiology Hooke. (photo: S.V.N.B. Hooke) Transferring fifty milliliters of liquid from one cup to the other within five minutes with a pipette, with at least 250 people at the same time. That is what it takes to break…
Het bestuur van de Delftse studievereniging voor nanobiologie Hooke. (foto: S.V.N.B. Hooke) Met minstens 250 mensen tegelijkertijd binnen vijf minuten met een pipet vijftig mililiter vloeistof van het ene naar het andere bekertje verplaatsen. Dat is er voor nodig om het wereldrecord pipetteren te verbreken. Moet haalbaar zijn, dacht…
Het bestuur van de Delftse studievereniging voor nanobiologie Hooke. (foto: S.V.N.B. Hooke) Met minstens 250 mensen tegelijkertijd binnen vijf minuten met een pipet vijftig mililiter vloeistof van het ene naar het andere bekertje verplaatsen. Dat is er voor nodig om het wereldrecord pipetteren te verbreken. Moet haalbaar zijn, dacht de…
Het bestuur van de Delftse studievereniging voor nanobiologie Hooke. (foto: S.V.N.B. Hooke) Met minstens 250 mensen tegelijkertijd binnen vijf minuten met een pipet vijftig mililiter vloeistof van het ene naar het andere bekertje verplaatsen. Dat is er voor nodig om het wereldrecord pipetteren te verbreken. Moet haalbaar zijn, dacht de Delftse…
Het bestuur van de Delftse studievereniging voor nanobiologie Hooke. (foto: S.V.N.B. Hooke) Met minstens 250 mensen tegelijkertijd binnen vijf minuten met een pipet vijftig mililiter vloeistof van het ene naar het andere bekertje verplaatsen. Dat is er voor nodig om het wereldrecord pipetteren te verbreken. Moet haalbaar…
Het bestuur van de Delftse studievereniging voor nanobiologie Hooke. (foto: S.V.N.B. Hooke) Met minstens 250 mensen tegelijkertijd binnen vijf minuten met een pipet vijftig mililiter vloeistof van het ene naar het andere bekertje verplaatsen. Dat is er voor nodig om het wereldrecord pipetteren te verbreken. Moet haalbaar zijn, dacht de Delftse…
Het bestuur van de Delftse studievereniging voor nanobiologie Hooke. (foto: S.V.N.B. Hooke) Met minstens 250 mensen tegelijkertijd binnen vijf minuten met een pipet vijftig mililiter vloeistof van het ene naar het andere bekertje verplaatsen. Dat is er voor nodig om het wereldrecord pipetteren te verbreken. Moet haalbaar zijn, dacht de…
TU Delft eighth on SustainaBul sustainability ranking An earlier demonstration by action group End Fossil at TU Delft. (Photo: Nikita Ham) TU Delft came in eighth at the annual SustainaBul sustainability ranking. Just like last year, Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences is the winner. Since 2012, the SustainaBul…
If it were up to Minister of Education Dijkgraaf, the BSA would be lowered to a maximum of 30 points. Not a good idea, say the Executive Board and the Student Council.
Supervisory Board has a new member As of June 1, Tennet CEO Manon van Beek will join the Supervisory Board of TU Delft, the Executive Board (CvB) announced on Monday in an e-mail to TU staff. Van Beek was nominated by the Works Council and the Student Council, after which she was…
