Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek would only have been able to work with his microscopes during day time. With her movie ‘Worm by candlelight’ Dr Lesley Robertson proved this wrong.

Saudi Arabian authorities have been improving walking routes in Mecca to accommodate more pilgrims and reduce risks of stampedes. Professor Serge Hoogendoorn (CEG) has been asked to advise on possible redesigns of the Sacred Mosque.

According to TU Delft researchers, cloud computing is a blessing in disguise. Files can indeed be more easily stored and synchronised, making large computations faster. Hackers however can also abuse these advantages to crash servers and blackmail companies.

For their Master’s thesis’ Maaike de Visser (29) and Loes Goebertus (25) studied the architecture and life in the Moroccan oasis village of Aroumiatte.

Making new products from sewage water is the ultimate form of cradle to cradle, according to PhD student Chris Ruiken. He is looking for ways to recycle toilet paper.

For his achievements in the kissing number problem, Dr. Frank Vallentin (Faculty EEMCS) won the prestigious SIAG/Optimization Prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

The Dutch minister of Econonmic Affairs and Innovation, Maxime Verhagen, has presented the outline of his new research funding for top economic sectors. Most professors reacted positively.

“The lower right part of the photo shows a cellar where the drinking water is filtered through layers of sand. The rest is a reflection in the cellar window, showing daylight through the window behind the photographer.

Name: Chongxin Yuan (27)
Nationality: Chinese
Supervisor: Professor Adriaan Beukers (Composites section of the faculty of Aerospace Engineering)
Subject: Mechanical and acoustic properties of composites sandwich
Thesis defense: In one and a half years

“Nowadays, the fuselage of an airplane is built and the acoustic properties of the structure are improved afterwards by adding layers of foam on the inside of the fuselage.