Otto Kaaij
columnist
Otto Kaaij is a master’s student in computer science and a musician. As a computer scientist, he has a passion for algorithmics, science communication and sustainable software, and as a musician, he always tries to maintain as broad a focus as possible.
An uncomfortable meeting with someone from Ukraine in a hotel room in Warsaw, Trump’s victory, a new climate report. Otto Kaaij suddenly feels very alone and wonders if his fellow students feel like this too.
It is noisy, dark, there is no privacy and there is no second screen. Still, Otto Kaaij swears by his regular study space on the second floor of Building 28. Studying at home does not work for him.
Otto Kaaij has enjoyed his work as a Student Assistant at TU Delft for years. He says that it demonstrates the Feynman Technique in its purest form: learning something by explaining it to someone. And you get paid too.
X (formerly called the Sports and Culture Centre) and the sports and cultural associations cannot do without each other. So why do the student associations have to struggle to get the support they need? This should not be the case, writes columnist Otto Kaaij.
The climate crisis is so important that sustainability must be included in every single decision, writes Otto Kaaij, our new student columnist. While he believes that TU Delft is making good progress, it is not there yet and an advertising hoarding is the crazy proof of this.
