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The Cognitive Robotics (CoR) lab teaches robots to understand, plan and act. Since its grand opening on 17 April 2024, this is done in this new Mechanical Engineering laboratory where research and experimenting go hand in hand.
A scale model of a 25 square metre kite was tested in the Open Jet Facility wind tunnel last month. The measurements collected should facilitate the production of extremely large kites.
Life isn’t easy for starting researchers, says the Rathenau Instituut. They deserve better supervision and more understanding in case of illness or pregnancy. They haven’t noticed a whole lot of the ‘recognition and rewards’ scheme yet.
Peter Gill, China Advisor at TU Delft, wrote West meets East. In this book he compares China, Taiwan and Singapore to Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark respectively.
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.”
It is perhaps the most pressing issue in the Netherlands: the housing crisis. The TU Delft Vision Team Wonen has come up with some stimulating ideas in the form of a temporary exhibition.
The new education building GO Zuid that TU Delft is planning to build is supposed to be the centrepiece of the southward expansion of the campus. A natural air conditioning system would have fit in well with the sustainable concept, but was scrapped when the objections outweighed the green intentions. The following is a reconstruction of the events starring an 89 year old alumnus.
Non-cemented stacked blocks of stone and concrete bridge the waterway to The Green Village. The prototype reusable arch bridge is being field tested here for five years.
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