Name: Mari Winkler (30)
Nationality: German
Supervisor: Professor Mark van Loosdrecht (faculty of Applied
Sciences)
Subject: Microbial population engineering with aerobic granular sludge
Thesis defense: In 18 months
“Look at these granules; inside is a very complicated ecosystem with different bacteria fighting for resources.
A bellows lock could reduce the loss of fresh water by 80 percent and also reduce the penetration of salt water into inland waters, reports Waterforum Online.
With the tightening of rules regarding patients safety, surgeons have less opportunity to improve their skills on the job. How should they train then? That was the question debated during the Medical Delta Café.
Electrically charged chips can be shaken into place with micrometre precision. Dr Iwan Kurniawan developed this electrostatic self-alignment.
A methanol-powered MP3 player will play considerably longer than a battery-powered one. PhD student Bas Flipsen figured out the optimal design.
Delta and Delft Integraal often write about innovative ideas that offer big promises for the future. But what has happened to such ideas a couple years on? What for instance has happened to the affordable solar lamp MoonLight in Cambodia?
The Ukrainian material scientist and engineer, Dr Tanya Atamanenko, searched the internet for an image of ‘cavitation’, and her print shop then transformed it into metallic bubbles on her cover.
“When I looked at the news last week, they said Nasa had made an important discovery on ‘another form of life’,” says Professor Gijs Kuenen, emeritus professor in biotechnology at the faculty of Applied Sciences. Friday, after a week of rumours, the news finally broke.
Estimates of the current loss of land ice in Greenland vary
between 130 and 230 cubic kilometres of water per year. The
controversy rages even within the TU’s faculty of Aerospace Engineering.
