Instead of going to Mars, man should return to the Moon to harvest the satellite’s natural resources, former Apollo astronaut Jack Schmitt told Delta this week.
For the first time in TU history a foreign MSc student has won a seat on the student council. Wawan Dhewanto pulled off a surprise victory at last week’s Faculty of Technology, Policy & Management’s (TBM) student council elections.
When two or more cell-phones transmit data to the same network antenna channel at the same time, you often overhear other people’s conversations. Two Delft PhD-students have been working on receivers for GSM- and UMTS-networks that suppress this cross-talk.
Astronaut lands in AulaHe claims the dubious distinction of being ‘The Last Man on the Moon’. Thirty years ago Harrison Schmitt bobbed aaround the moon valley, Taurus-Littrow, with his lunar rover, and now the ex-astronaut will be at the TUD’s Aula, on Saturday at 1pm, to explain why Mankind should go back to the moon.
Talent is the fuel that powers the TU machine, but talented students are becoming harder to find. Next week’s ‘Talented Science’ symposium asks if the TU is doing enough to attract talented students, especially from minority groups.
Student council electionsOras has won the student council elections, getting 56 percent of the vote and increasing its number of seats from five to six this year.
FilmDelfiaBinnenwatersloot 1 – Tel (015)2123855Starwars: Attack of the Clones, thurs.,
Student research finds Mekelweg tram best optionAn old issue is raging again: Where should the new campus tram run? The TU’s new Mater Plan dictates that Tram #19 should run along the Schoenmakerstraat, with a bus connection for the Rotterdamseweg.
Each month Page 4 asks a member of TU Delft’s foreign community to share their thoughts with us. Professor Majid Hassanizadeh (49), from Iran, is a geo-hydrologist, specializing in groundwater analysis.
Hungary in DelftA nine-person delegation from TU Budapest is coming to TU Delft this week. The Hungarians will visit some of Delft’s leading research facilities, like the Simona flight simulator and the laboratory for fluid dynamics.
