Two new remarkable helicopters equipped with extra rotors and capable of flying at the stunning speed of 500 km/h are causing excitement among aviation specialists.
Prospects for geothermal energy in the Netherlands are good, attendees of the second Delft geothermal congress were told. An investment decision about a geothermal project near the campus is expected in December.
The micropipette can deliver fog droplets of liquid to molecule-sized targets. Pharmaceutical labs are following the developments with great interest.
Name: Marieke Kluin (28)
Nationality: Dutch
Supervisor: Professor Ben Ale (Technology, Policy and Management, Safety Science Group) and Professor Wim Huisman (VU Amsterdam, Criminology)
Subject: Regulatory violations and compliance in chemical corporations
Thesis defense: In 2.5 years
“When I visited the website of my nephew, the artist Rob Thijssen, I was struck by how well his painting suited my PhD research,” says Hugo Hellebrand (37), who is with the hydrology group and will defend his dissertation on the 23 November.
Engineers can help doctors perform better and save lives. That’s the conviction professor of physical ergonomics, Richard Goossens, expressed in his inaugural lecture.
Loud telephone calls are the number one irritation in trains. The first-ever Dutch lip reader might provide a solution: silent speech or mute miming.
A website that predicts the travelling times by car. Chris van Hinsbergens fileradar.nl is based on a method he developed during his PhD studies. The system determines which one of several models works best.
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 micro gravity chair?
