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Former Professor of Architectural Design, Carel Weeber, passed away on Sunday 2 February, in Leuven. His modernist buildings were often criticised by colleagues, but this only reinforced his nonconformist attitude.
Now that the Hambrug bridge is closed until the beginning of April, it is busy on Delft’s Sint Sebastiaansbrug bridge at Zuidwal. Some cyclists cycle against the traffic from TU Delft. This can cause dangerous situations, says the municipality.
Universities across the United States are bracing themselves as Donald Trump begins his second term as president. Some universities are already saying they have no intention of cooperating with the mass deportations he has announced.
Inventor Luci Santema is making waves with a bike light she came up with four years ago during her studies in Industrial Design Engineering. By now, tens of thousands of Ziemis have been sold. How does she do it?
Teaching at TU Eindhoven is still at a standstill. There are no indications that hackers stole data, reports the technical university, but the investigation is still ongoing.
Every autumn, 20 young minds tackle a pressing societal issue as part of the National Think Tank. This year’s challenge: creating a circular society. Four participants from TU Delft were part of the discussion.
Israeli universities are intertwined with the violence in Gaza through the army, states a special committee of Tilburg University. That’s why the university should stop collaborating with them. That discussion is also playing out in Delft.
Despite the cutbacks that will also affect TU Delft, the preparations for the Rotterdam Campus are going ahead. The Executive Board has approved the so-called Development Plan which will bring the TU Delft branch a step closer. One challenge now is to attract millions of euros from external investors, another is to address concerns among staff and students.
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