A biorefinery in the Rotterdam harbour could turn wood chips into transport fuels such as hydrogen or diesel. A recent PhD study calculated that the greenhouse gas emissions involved would be half as much as fossil fuels, and potentially even less.
Dr. Stella Tkatchova published the book ‘Emerging Space Markets’. Commercial spaceflight has become her expertise ever since her graduation from TU Delft on the thesis ‘From space exploration to commercialisation’.
Ridiculed by climate sceptics and misinterpreted by alarmists: crazy stories are rampant about Delft research on ocean bottom deformation that found … well, nothing very spectacular really.
In de strijd tegen slordige en frauduleuze wetenschap zouden onderzoekers veel vaker de experimenten van anderen moeten herhalen, staat in een nieuw advies van wetenschapsgenootschap KNAW. Ook als ze daar geen zin in hebben.
We are very enthusiastic about the results we’re going to show you, said Professor Pieternel Levelt (KNMI/TU Delft). Together with Dr Pepijn Veefkind (KNMI/TU Delft), she gave a preview of the Tropomi satellite images in the civil engineering building last Thursday.
Traditionally, ship propellers are made of bronze. For the Greenprop project, PhD candidate Pieter Maljaars studies flexible composite propellers to see how they can perform better than bronze.
TU Delft researchers have designed a material that could lengthen the lifetime of hip implants. The material gets thicker on both sides when bended, unlike any material we know of in daily life.
Last year saw the successful launch of the environmental satellite, Tropomi. During an open lunch lecture, principle investigators Pieternel Levelt and Pepijn Veefkind will show and explain the first results.
In het Groningse Zeerijp heeft maandagmiddag 8 januari een aardbeving plaatsgevonden met een magnitude van 3,4 op de schaal van Richter. Volgens Jacques Hagoort, voormalig hoogleraar reservoirtechniek aan de TU, kunnen de Groningers hun borst natmaken. “Zolang gas gewonnen wordt, blijven de aardbevingen komen.”
