Despite their superior engineering, Japanese citizens and engineers were confronted with a natural disaster larger than anyone could have foreseen. What more can possibly be done to protect nuclear reactors from extreme geological violence?
Not only the exterior of BK-city is monumental, so too is its heat loss, says Michaelis Prodromou (MSc), whose graduation project focused on BK-city’s sustainable refurbishment.
There is more information in seismic waves than is generally used, says Dr Karel van Dalen. His new wave processing method could benefit oil and gas explorations.
Can a smartphone application provide police officers with information that helps them operate more efficiently? Psychologist Jan Willem Streefkerk developed and tested a prototype.
The current government has cancelled the pride and joy of the previous Dutch Minister for Transport, Camiel Eurlings: the kilometre charge. So said NRC Handelsblad last Monday. Two-hundred million euros have been spent on research. Has all that money gone down the drain?
Delta and Delft Integraal/Outlook often write about innovative ideas that offer big promises for the future. But what has happened to such ideas years later? What for instance has happened to the Sino-Dutch satellite program.
Women builders
Coinciding with International Women’s Day, Laura Stevens presented the international version of her book, Building Passion.
Personality can open doors but only character keeps them open.
‘Recursive variable expansion, a transformation for reconfigurable computing’,
PhD-thesis by Zubair Nawaz.
Last month media warned that a solar storm might disrupt satellite systems, causing power cuts and stock markets to plummet. Space weather expert
Eelco Doornbos followed the alarmist pronouncements with amazement.
