News
19 September 2024
2 Veni Grants for the ELLIS Unit
In an effort to make new and strengthen existing connections, a delegation of ELLIS Unit Delft visited ELLIS Munich and some of the most renowned AI research institutions in Munich area on the 25th and 26th of January 2024. The delegation consisted of people from TU Delft’s cognitive robotics department, and the sequential decision making group.
19 September 2024
Unusual waves grow way beyond known limits
18 September 2024
A strong nose for trouble
Ammonia gas – it is both highly poisonous and corrosive, yet also often used in industry, or present around intensive livestock farming. To better mitigate the risks of ammonia leaks, Paddy French together with Lina Sarro and Sten Vollebregt will make smaller, more robust and eventually more affordable ammonia sensors. The NWO OTP programme has funded their research into a fully-integrated, single-chip sensor that incorporates two porous silicon carbide structures for detecting ammonia and humidity, all in a single layer and one etch step.
18 September 2024
Stefan Witte joins Imaging Physics as professor
Delft University of Technology's Executive Board has appointed Stefan Witte as professor of Optics for nanoscale metrology in the Imaging Physics department of the Faculty of Applied Sciences as of September 2024. Thanks to the TU Delft Excellence Fund, Stefan Witte can get off to a flying start with his new research group and expects to obtain the first research results soon.
16 September 2024
Ensuring safe and quick food bike-delivery services in cities
16 September 2024
RTX’s Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and TU Delft enhance collaboration on commercial aerospace technology research
Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Delft University of Technology, have signed a master research agreement (MRA) enabling bilateral collaboration across a range of sustainable aviation research opportunities, including advanced materials, hydrogen propulsion, advanced manufacturing and industrial design.
13 September 2024
New ENHANCE education offerings available fall-winter 2024-25
12 September 2024
Ethical Real-world Experimentation – A collaboration between the Province of South-Holland (PZH) & the TU Delft
Public and private institutions routinely test new digital technologies within society, such as generative AI, predictive policing algorithms, and self-driving cars under real-world conditions. These experimental practices raise questions about research ethics and the moral responsibility of investigators to those people they involve and affect.
11 September 2024
Joana Martins receives €400k grant to research CO2 absorption in cyanobacteria
IDE assistant professor Joana Soares de Oliveira Martins’ research project, “Can Ancient Cyanobacteria Save Our Planet?”, has received a €400,000 grant within the NWO's Open Competition Domain Science-M programme.
11 September 2024