When entrepreneur Filippo van Hellenberg Hubar came up with an idea for an airbag that would prevent injuries from falls a few years ago, he went looking for assistance with the design process and ended up in Delft.
Common floodings in the Ghanian capital of Accra are getting worse by the year. Four TU Delft students went there to find out why.
Fond of music and series like CSI? Then music festival Lowlands from August 19-21 in Biddinghuizen is your place to be. Forensics researchers from the Netherlands Forensics Institute and TU Delft, amongst others, will invite party-goers to participate in a staged murder to subsequently analyse their fingerprints.
Can fuel cells in cars help stabilise the electricity grid when more sun and wind energy makes it harder to maintain the balance between production and demand?
Students from the Energy Club went to France for a practical workshop. They came back with a working wind turbine that they now want to install somewhere on campus.
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science opened a lab earlier this month where astronomical instruments and advanced cryogenic electronics are developed; the Cryolab.
First year students Mechanical Engineering (3mE Faculty) competed in designing the best bicycle-driven water pump. They had only ten minutes to assemble their design and then just five minutes to pump up 130 liters of water.
Dat zijn ontdekking in de toekomst superkleine harddisks mogelijk maakt, is mooi. Maar eigenlijk gaat het onderzoeker Sander Otte (TNW) om de diepere boodschap van zijn Nature-publicatie deze week: dat we de wereld op atomaire schaal nu naar onze hand kunnen zetten.
Our cities are growing and at the same time becoming more affected by heat stress due to climate change. At her PhD defence, Laura Kleerekoper of the faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment presented her research on the application of urban adaptation measures in Dutch cities aiming for a comfortable city climate and optimal water management.
