Withdraw from the Future-proof Aviation for the Netherlands manifesto. This call is made by TU Delft alumnus Boris Schellekens in a petition to TU Delft, the University of Twente, and TU Eindhoven. He believes that they are ‘letting themselves be taken advantage of by the aviation lobby’. TU Delft views this differently. “This manifesto is a compromise. And we need it as nothing will happen otherwise.”
Large coal-fired power plants want to switch to wood pellets because coal will be banned in 2030. The Dutch Parliament debated this issue this month. But how sustainable is large-scale biomass burning really?
Outgoing State Secretary Vijlbrief’s draft decision about a borehole in a deep clay layer and seismic risks to the research reactor requires additional information from Geothermie Delft. The geothermal consortium is trying to meet this demand.
Of the 35 Vici grants awarded to top researchers by science body NWO on Thursday, three have gone to TU Delft researchers. A total of 337 proposals had been submitted.
It seems that the measures that the NWO took to address gender inequality may now give female academics a slightly higher chance of getting a Veni grant than their male counterparts. The researchers did not come up with any information specific to TU Delft.
The House of Representatives needs to encourage companies to invest more in research and development. If not, the Netherlands will fall behind its competitors, warns a Knowledge Coalition representing Dutch business and higher education, including TU Delft.
The Dutch internet sector is worried about plans to outsource the technology behind .nl domains to Amazon. Michel van Eeten, TU Delft Cyber Security Specialist, thinks it is a poorly thought-out plan.
In a much-downloaded article, TU Delft scientists warn against blind faith in artificial intelligent programming tools such as ChatGPT. “Testing remains necessary” stresses software researcher Dr Annibale Panichella.
Describing her as ‘a textbook example’ and a ‘versatile and innovative engineer’, TU Delft chose Hester Anderiesen-Le Riche as Alumnus of the Year 2023. This Tuesday, she comes to Delft to collect her prize. How would the inventor of the ‘Magic table’ explain her success?
