Medical Delta celebrated its tenth anniversary last month. Two of the initiators of this collaboration between TU, Leiden University, the LUMC and the Erasmus MC Rotterdam, are biomechanical engineers Professor Jenny Dankelman and Professor Frans van der Helm.
A team of engineers from Delft won the Amazon Picking Challenge of RoboCup 2016, an international robot competition held from June 29 to July 3, 2016 in Leipzig.
With all of its hydropower plants Norway wants to become a huge “green battery”. Delta had a look inside a power plant that might one day store excess solar and wind energy from all parts of Europe.
Approximately 19% of the world’s population – an estimated 1.3 billion people – have no access to electricity. The majority of these people live in rural areas in low income countries and conventional electricity solutions are not always feasible for reaching them. So, how best to determine which solutions are feasible in diverse global settings?
Cutting edge process technology research from around the world came to Delft at the annual Jacobus van ‘t Hoff lecture.
On June 20 2016 the TU Delft Process Technology Institute invited Ronald R. Chance, of the firm Algenol Biotech Fort Myers, Florida and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia to present his team’s work.
Internationally Detroit is known for music, cars and, unfortunately due to the restructuring of the auto-industry and financial crises, poverty and urban decay.
How do you make a bio-laser and a bio-lens out of bacteria? A team of ten TU Delft students will work through the summer to make these ideas into reality. The ultimate goal is to win the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition, the biggest in synthetic biology.
Advanced driver assistance systems are becoming increasingly common in automobiles. While they’re supposed to help keep motorists safe, they could also be encouraging them to engage in risky behaviour.
It’s almost like he’s a superstar. Cameramen and journalists are nearly tripping over each other to take the best shot of Boyan Slat, the 21-year-old brain behind the Ocean Cleanup project. But with his calm demeanor, he knows exactly how to deal with intrusive media and tough questions.
