Hugo Brandt Corstius is a former writer-in-residence at TU Delft. A mathematician who loves words, a prolific writer who likes to write under pseudonyms, Corstius is a faculty member of the Sorbonne UniversityIf you want to know about Dutch literature, there are only 500 booksyou should read.
Delft OpenHad enough of watching Wimbledon on TV? Want to see some live action close to home? Then head to the TU Sports Centre’s courts this weekend, where 120 tennis players representing 20 student societies will be in action as part of Tenniphil, an annual tournament organized by Virgiel.
Ramanan Pitchumani, from India, recently received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from TU Delft. In the appendix to his thesis, ‘Breakage Characteristics of Particles and Granules’, he wrote the following brief discourse on God and science.
Science is not a religion, argues Vinay Venugopal, responding to an article that appeared on this page two weeks ago (Delta 19).For Venugopal (27), a Hindu from India and third-year PhD student at the Materials Science & Engineering faculty, there’s a fundamental difference between quantitative scientific experimentation and subjective interpretations of holy books.
Dirty FingersIf mouse-arm wasn’t bad enough, a study published in ‘The New England Journal of Medicine’ warns against the transmission of germs and diseases via multiple-user keyboards in public and university computer rooms.
June 21st was the longest day of the year, the first official day of summer, and the unofficial start of what the Dutch jokingly call, “Komkommertijd” (Cucumber season), when society slows to a languid, summer holiday-like pace and national news is generally as interesting and dynamic as a cucumber.
Housing ContainersStichting Duwo, the housing company, will build new student housing in Amsterdam this summer. If all goes according to plan, prior to the start of the new academic year Duwo will have built 330 new student housing units on the IJ-oevers.
For most engineering students, MIT is ‘IT’, the university they’ve always dreamed of attending. TU Delft student Wouter Monkhorst is living that dream right now, completing his graduation project at MIT’s Mechanical Engineering faculty.
Ramanan Pitchumani, from India, recently received a PhD in Chemical Engineering from TU Delft. In the appendix to his thesis, ‘Breakage Characteristics of Particles and Granules’, he wrote the following brief discourse on God and science.
Dutch university and college students borrowed half a billion euros last year, nearly double the amount students borrowed five years ago. Minister-President Balkenende’s plan to slash health welfare benefits (WAO) was met with an anonymous death threat, or ..
