How do dunes cope with being bashed by the sea during storms? A new model accurately maps the erosion processes that occur during storms.

The light from electricity devouring old-fashioned bulbs will soon be extinguished. The European Union recently restricted the sale of incandescent light bulbs.

Name: Paolo Massioni
Nationality: Italian
PhD supervisor: Prof. Dr Michel Verhaegen (Delft Center for Systems and Control, 3mE)
Subject:Distributed control for large scale systems
Thesis defence: One year to go

“Most people have no idea what control engineers like me do.

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 street furniture that Coert Smeenk designed for the Mekelpark back in 2007?

Parading tourists and rushing commuters may one day speed through cities, airports and train stations on conveyor belts. But first some problems must be tackled, says walkway expert, Indraswari Kusumaningtyas.

Naam: Yuguang Yang (26)Nationaliteit: ChineesPromotor: Prof.dr.ir. Joost Walraven (sectie gebouwen en civiel- technische constructies, Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen)Onderwerp: Scheuren in betonTussenstand: Halverwege“Samen met enkele andere promovendi ontwikkel ik modellen over betonsterkte.

Waarschijnlijk vloeit er af en toe water op Mars. Dat blijkt uit Nasa-onderzoek, waar prof.dr. Urs Staufer (3mE) aan meedoet. “Met spectaculaire precisie onderzochten we de waterkringloop.”