Protecting materials is necessary at sea. Many protective paints, however, are banned because they’re too toxic. Rik Breur is looking for environmentally friendly alternatives.
TU’s executive board leaves TU All members of TU’s executive board will leave the TU within a year. President Nico de Voogd’s second term ends on April 1. He hoped for a third term of four years, but the Supervisory Board maintains a policy of appointing members of the board for a maximum of two terms.
FilmFilmhuis Lumen . .Tel. 015-214 02 26Billy Elliot, tues to wed. 19:30; Poor boy in a depressed mining town dreams of becoming a ballerina.
ExcursionsThe Erasmus committee organises different excursions for foreign students. The costs for a one-day excursion are about fl.25.- and the costs of a two-day excursion are about fl.5
Works council wants tram on Schoemakerstraat Contrary to the student council, the works council supports the TU’s executive board’s plan to have the new tram on Schoemakerstraat, instead of on Mekelweg, which runs through the heart of TU’s campus.
Experienced the unbelievable in Holland, or do you have literary aspirations? Either way, enter Page 4’s story contest. Your masterwork of 400 to 1,000 words must be about life in Holland, but it may be fictional.
TU Delft’s MSc students competed against other international students at the International Sports Day, held last Saturday at the Erasmus University Sport Centrum.
Civil engineering professor Kees van den Akker has blind faith in the positive effect of the critical engineer. Patricia de Martelaere has her doubts. ”Nobody can tell if the technological evolution will end in a heaven or a hell on earth.”
”The Lego song is a striking description of the theme ‘pleasures of engineering’,” explains discussion leader Botte Jellema, opening the symposium evening.
Playing with technology is still fun ”The E-N-G-I-N-E-E-R, engine, genius, creator, (hero?) is keeping watch over the mortality rate, busy with preventing aeroplanes from crashing and buildings from collapsing.
