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Dr. V.L. (Victor) Knoop

Open menu Staff Dr. Victor Knoop is associate professor at the Department of Transport & Planning. His main research interest lies in traffic dynamics. His research focuses on how driver movements create effects at the level of a traffic stream. Moreover, he increases the scale of traffic description to an even higher level, analysing effects of multiple roads combined into a single zone. In 2009, Knoop obtained his PhD degree (on Road Incidents and Network Dynamics - Effects on driving behaviour and traffic congestion) from Delft University of Technology. He was recently awarded a Veni grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for his proposal "Integrated driving behaviour theory and models”. He is editor of the journal Collective Dynamics . He supervises PhD students and is lecturer in the Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation Master's course The emphasis in my teaching lies in making students understand traffic operations: what are relevant properties, and which are the phenomena in traffic. Victor Knoop Associate Professor +31 (15) 27 88413 v.l.knoop@tudelft.nl Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Building 23 Stevinweg 1 2628 CN Delft Room: 4.37 Website: www.victorknoop.eu/research Additional information

Dr.ir. H. (Henk) Taale

Open menu Staff Dr. Henk Taale is part-time assistant professor at the Department of Transport & Planning and senior consultant at Rijkswaterstaat. He has over 25 years of experience in the fields of traffic management, traffic models and evaluation and was project manager for various projects in those fields. Taale has an MSc degree in Applied Mathematics from Delft University of Technology and finished his PhD in December 2008 on the subject of anticipatory control of road networks. Anticipatory control deals with the interaction between road users and road managers and with the challenge of finding an integrated control plan for networks, taking into account the route choice behaviour of road users. Henk Taale Assistant professor +31 6 21649806 h.taale@tudelft.nl Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Building 23 Stevinweg 1 2628 CN Delft Room: 4.29 linkedin Additional information

Profile of a Professor; Prof. C. (Christos) Kassapoglou

Dr. C. (Christos) Kassapoglou, Professor of Aerospace Structures & Materials at TU Delft.

Hans de Bruijn in Trouw: ‘In onze politieke cultuur ontbreekt het he-le-maal aan onbevangenheid’

In Trouw is een essay verschenen van Hans de Bruijn.
Ja, dat we onze open geest kwijt zijn, dat is erg. Hij zoekt oorzaken. En vindt een ster aan het Kerstfirmament.

Momo Medical, ready to scale-up!

The YES!Delft startup Momo Medical has successfully completed an application for the Rabobank Innovation Loan (AIL) . With this loan the company can work towards the first certified and sellable version of their Pressure Ulcer Prevention tool. Momo Medical is a company that improves patient safety through technology. They do this by providing caregivers with the right information, at the right time. The Pressure Ulcer Prevention tool is their first medical device that provides insight in the prevention of pressure ulcers and makes prevention easier. It helps nurses in taking preventive action at the right time. It is an innovative solution that gives insight in the movements and posture of the patient, in a nurse and patient friendly manner. The tool continuously monitors the movements and posture of the patient and collects data in order to make an intuitive visualisation of the posture of the patient. In addition, the system can also provide nurses with notifications through the nurse call system. The Pressure Ulcer Prevention tool enables caregivers to measure repositioning of a patient, gives recommendations about when to do it, and can send a notification to the nurse when repositioning is overdue. We believe that technology has an important support role in the healthcare sector. Good healthcare is all about people being able to help people. Technology can help caregivers do this by making the work safer, smarter, and more efficient

MAP

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The Hague worst hit in the case of extreme precipitation

A new precipitation index compares the risks that different cities face from extreme rainfall. In The Netherlands, The Hague will be affected most.

Solar charging of electrical vehicles

Solar charging of electrical vehicles Electric cars are seen as the sustainable future of transport. But they are only truly sustainable if the electricity used to charge them comes from sustainable sources and not from fossil fuels. This is why researchers and businesses are also looking into charging electric vehicles with solar panels. TU Delft has developed a quick charger together with the companies Power Research Electronics and Last Mile Solutions which can charge cars directly with electricity from solar panels. Direct current Solar photovoltaic panels (PV) generate direct current (DC) and this normally had to be converted to alternating current (AC) before it could be used to charge an electric car. ‘Charging stations are currently using the 50Hz AC network to exchange power between the solar panels and the vehicle,’ explains Gautham Ram. ‘However, this is not efficient or cost-effective, for two reasons. Firstly, converting to AC results in unnecessary steps and power loss. And, secondly, it requires two separate DC-AC converters, one for the vehicle and one for the solar panels, resulting in increased costs and size.’ Interim stage unnecessary ‘A more self-evident solution would be to use a single converter, which could charge the vehicle from the panels via a DC link while also being connected to the AC electricity grid. In this study, we therefore designed a 10kW converter with an internal DC link and three terminals, which can charge the vehicle both from the solar panels and the electricity grid. The integrated DC charger has a higher efficiency and is about three times smaller than existing solutions based on AC power exchange.’ The use of this charger means that the electricity grid is no longer needed as an interim stage in charging. In addition, the system works two ways. Not only can you charge your electric car with solar power, the energy from the charged car battery can also be used to supply your house or the grid with electricity, although this first requires conversion into alternating current. This concept is referred to as ‘vehicle-to-grid’ ‘The developed converter is used in a solar charging station, including smart charging algorithms. Charging the vehicle with solar energy resulted in zero CO2 emission, lower fuel costs, tax benefits and less dependence on the feed-in tariffs for renewable energy.’ Prof. dr. Pavol Bauer +31 15 27 84654 p.bauer@tudelft.nl dr. Ir. Gautham Ram +31 15 27 81898 g.r.chandramouli@tudelft.nl Links Award IDtechEx– Most Significant Innovation for Electric Vehicles https://www.tudelft.nl/2018/ewi/pavol-bauer-gautham-ram-and-menno-kardolus-awarded-most-significant-innovation-in-electric-vehicles-prize / Department of DC Systems, Energy Conversion & Storage https://www.tudelft.nl/en/eemcs/the-faculty/departments/electrical-sustainable-energy/dc-systems-energy-conversion-storage/ DIG IT Research Exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FPWXQ9Bbec&t=8s Electric Cars: Technology Obtain a comprehensive understanding of electric mobility to lead projects and initiatives to success: https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/courses/electric-cars-technology / Related courses Partners

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Dr. V.L. (Victor) Knoop

Open menu Staff Dr. Victor Knoop is associate professor at the Department of Transport & Planning. His main research interest lies in traffic dynamics. His research focuses on how driver movements create effects at the level of a traffic stream. Moreover, he increases the scale of traffic description to an even higher level, analysing effects of multiple roads combined into a single zone. In 2009, Knoop obtained his PhD degree (on Road Incidents and Network Dynamics - Effects on driving behaviour and traffic congestion) from Delft University of Technology. He was recently awarded a Veni grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for his proposal "Integrated driving behaviour theory and models”. He is editor of the journal Collective Dynamics . He supervises PhD students and is lecturer in the Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation Master's course The emphasis in my teaching lies in making students understand traffic operations: what are relevant properties, and which are the phenomena in traffic. Victor Knoop Associate Professor +31 (15) 27 88413 v.l.knoop@tudelft.nl Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Building 23 Stevinweg 1 2628 CN Delft Room: 4.37 Website: www.victorknoop.eu/research Additional information

Dr.ir. H. (Henk) Taale

Open menu Staff Dr. Henk Taale is part-time assistant professor at the Department of Transport & Planning and senior consultant at Rijkswaterstaat. He has over 25 years of experience in the fields of traffic management, traffic models and evaluation and was project manager for various projects in those fields. Taale has an MSc degree in Applied Mathematics from Delft University of Technology and finished his PhD in December 2008 on the subject of anticipatory control of road networks. Anticipatory control deals with the interaction between road users and road managers and with the challenge of finding an integrated control plan for networks, taking into account the route choice behaviour of road users. Henk Taale Assistant professor +31 6 21649806 h.taale@tudelft.nl Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Building 23 Stevinweg 1 2628 CN Delft Room: 4.29 linkedin Additional information

Profile of a Professor; Prof. C. (Christos) Kassapoglou

Dr. C. (Christos) Kassapoglou, Professor of Aerospace Structures & Materials at TU Delft.

Hans de Bruijn in Trouw: ‘In onze politieke cultuur ontbreekt het he-le-maal aan onbevangenheid’

In Trouw is een essay verschenen van Hans de Bruijn.
Ja, dat we onze open geest kwijt zijn, dat is erg. Hij zoekt oorzaken. En vindt een ster aan het Kerstfirmament.

Momo Medical, ready to scale-up!

The YES!Delft startup Momo Medical has successfully completed an application for the Rabobank Innovation Loan (AIL) . With this loan the company can work towards the first certified and sellable version of their Pressure Ulcer Prevention tool. Momo Medical is a company that improves patient safety through technology. They do this by providing caregivers with the right information, at the right time. The Pressure Ulcer Prevention tool is their first medical device that provides insight in the prevention of pressure ulcers and makes prevention easier. It helps nurses in taking preventive action at the right time. It is an innovative solution that gives insight in the movements and posture of the patient, in a nurse and patient friendly manner. The tool continuously monitors the movements and posture of the patient and collects data in order to make an intuitive visualisation of the posture of the patient. In addition, the system can also provide nurses with notifications through the nurse call system. The Pressure Ulcer Prevention tool enables caregivers to measure repositioning of a patient, gives recommendations about when to do it, and can send a notification to the nurse when repositioning is overdue. We believe that technology has an important support role in the healthcare sector. Good healthcare is all about people being able to help people. Technology can help caregivers do this by making the work safer, smarter, and more efficient

MAP

Alumni

The Hague worst hit in the case of extreme precipitation

A new precipitation index compares the risks that different cities face from extreme rainfall. In The Netherlands, The Hague will be affected most.

Solar charging of electrical vehicles

Solar charging of electrical vehicles Electric cars are seen as the sustainable future of transport. But they are only truly sustainable if the electricity used to charge them comes from sustainable sources and not from fossil fuels. This is why researchers and businesses are also looking into charging electric vehicles with solar panels. TU Delft has developed a quick charger together with the companies Power Research Electronics and Last Mile Solutions which can charge cars directly with electricity from solar panels. Direct current Solar photovoltaic panels (PV) generate direct current (DC) and this normally had to be converted to alternating current (AC) before it could be used to charge an electric car. ‘Charging stations are currently using the 50Hz AC network to exchange power between the solar panels and the vehicle,’ explains Gautham Ram. ‘However, this is not efficient or cost-effective, for two reasons. Firstly, converting to AC results in unnecessary steps and power loss. And, secondly, it requires two separate DC-AC converters, one for the vehicle and one for the solar panels, resulting in increased costs and size.’ Interim stage unnecessary ‘A more self-evident solution would be to use a single converter, which could charge the vehicle from the panels via a DC link while also being connected to the AC electricity grid. In this study, we therefore designed a 10kW converter with an internal DC link and three terminals, which can charge the vehicle both from the solar panels and the electricity grid. The integrated DC charger has a higher efficiency and is about three times smaller than existing solutions based on AC power exchange.’ The use of this charger means that the electricity grid is no longer needed as an interim stage in charging. In addition, the system works two ways. Not only can you charge your electric car with solar power, the energy from the charged car battery can also be used to supply your house or the grid with electricity, although this first requires conversion into alternating current. This concept is referred to as ‘vehicle-to-grid’ ‘The developed converter is used in a solar charging station, including smart charging algorithms. Charging the vehicle with solar energy resulted in zero CO2 emission, lower fuel costs, tax benefits and less dependence on the feed-in tariffs for renewable energy.’ Prof. dr. Pavol Bauer +31 15 27 84654 p.bauer@tudelft.nl dr. Ir. Gautham Ram +31 15 27 81898 g.r.chandramouli@tudelft.nl Links Award IDtechEx– Most Significant Innovation for Electric Vehicles https://www.tudelft.nl/2018/ewi/pavol-bauer-gautham-ram-and-menno-kardolus-awarded-most-significant-innovation-in-electric-vehicles-prize / Department of DC Systems, Energy Conversion & Storage https://www.tudelft.nl/en/eemcs/the-faculty/departments/electrical-sustainable-energy/dc-systems-energy-conversion-storage/ DIG IT Research Exhibition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FPWXQ9Bbec&t=8s Electric Cars: Technology Obtain a comprehensive understanding of electric mobility to lead projects and initiatives to success: https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/courses/electric-cars-technology / Related courses Partners
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Moving the Closet

You simply cannot miss it, it is big and magenta: the Pink Closet . On 12 November 2024 the Pink Closet will head to the Main Hall of the TU Delft Library for the first time! The Pink Closet will take its place at the Nook, where it will feature as part of the Studium Generale programme on loneliness. More information on events that coincide with and incorporate the Pink Closet at TU Delft Library will soon be available on the website of Studium Generale .

Green ammonia remains a challenge, but researchers make significant progress

The production of ammonia, essential for fertiliser production, is responsible for almost 1.5% of global carbon emissions. This needs to be greener, which is why researchers have been looking for sustainable alternatives for years.

"Measuring brain activity through the skull with ultrasound opens new doors"

PhD Candidate Rick Waasdorp is looking for ways to correct the distortion caused by the skull when using Ultrasound technology. ‘’My goal is to develop an adaptive method for skull corrections that automatically measures the skull of new patients.’’

NWO funding for flexible power demand in electrically driven industry

NWO is funding two projects to explore ways to make the power demand of industry more flexible, allowing it to better align with future energy supplies. One of these projects, “DEFLAME,” is led by Machteld van den Broek from TU Delft.

Students Amos Yusuf, Mick Dam & Bas Brouwer winners of Mekel Prize 2024

Master students Amos Yusuf, from the ME faculty (Mick Dam, from the EEMCS faculty and graduate Bas Brouwer have won the Mekel Prize 2024 for the best extra scientific activity at TU Delft: the development of an initiative that brings master students into the classroom teaching sciences to the younger generations. The prize was ceremonially awarded by prof Tim van den Hagen on 13 November after the Van Hasselt Lecture at the Prinsenhof, Delft. They received a statue of Professor Jan Mekel and 1.500,- to spend on their project. Insights into climate change are being openly doubted. Funding for important educational efforts and research are being withdrawn. Short clips – so called “reels” – on Youtube and TikTok threaten to simplify complex political and social problems. AI fakes befuddle what is true and what is not. The voices of science that contribute to those discussion with modesty, careful argument and scepticism, are drowned in noise. This poses a threat for universities like TU Delft, who strive to increase student numbers, who benefit from diverse student populations and aim to pass on their knowledge and scientific virtues to the next generation. It is, therefore, alarming that student enrolments to Bachelor and Master Programs at TU Delft have declined in the past year. Students in front of the class The project is aimed to make the sciences more appealing to the next generation. They have identified the problem that students tend miss out on the opportunity of entering a higher education trajectory in the Beta sciences – because they have a wrong picture of such education. In their mind, they depict it as boring and dry. In his pilot lecture at the Stanislas VMBO in Delft, Amos Yusuf has successfully challenged this image. He shared his enthusiasm for the field of robotics and presented himself as a positive role model to the pupils. And in return the excitement of the high school students is palpable in the videos and pictures from the day. The spark of science fills their eyes. Bas Brouwer Mick Dam are the founders of NUVO – the platform that facilitates the engagement of Master Students in high school education in Delft Their efforts offer TU Delft Master Students a valuable learning moment: By sharing insights from their fields with pupils at high school in an educational setting, our students can find identify their own misunderstandings of their subject, learn to speak in front of non-scientific audiences and peak into education as a work field they themselves might not have considered. An extraordinary commitment According to the Mekel jury, the project scored well on all the criteria (risk mitigation, inclusiveness, transparency and societal relevance). However, it was the extraordinary commitment of Amos who was fully immersed during his Master Project and the efforts of Brouwer and Dam that brought together teaching and research which is integral to academic culture that made the project stand out. About the Mekel Prize The Mekel Prize will be awarded to the most socially responsible research project or extra-scientific activity (e.g. founding of an NGO or organization, an initiative or realization of an event or other impactful project) by an employee or group of employees of TU Delft – projects that showcase in an outstanding fashion that they have been committed from the beginning to relevant moral and societal values and have been aware of and tried to mitigate as much as possible in innovative ways the risks involved in their research. The award recognizes such efforts and wants to encourage the responsible development of science and technology at TU Delft in the future. For furthermore information About the project: https://www.de-nuvo.nl/video-robotica-pilot/ About the Mekel Prize: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/tpm/our-faculty/departments/values-technology-and-innovation/sections/ethics-philosophy-of-technology/mekel-prize

The ENHANCE Diversity Seed Fund

Are you a student at TU Delft or another ENHANCE university with a passion for promoting diversity and inclusion? The ENHANCE Diversity Seed Fund is your chance to turn that passion into action. ENHANCE provides funding to support innovative, student-led projects that address key challenges related to inclusion and diversity within our academic communities. Key Details: Funding Available: Up to 1500 Euros per project in the 1st round! Eligibility: Students from ENHANCE member universities. Staff can also join student-led initiatives. Application Deadline: 8 January 2025. More information: Join the online Information Event on the 26 November 2024 16:00-17:00 CET on Zoom . More information: enhanceuniversity.eu/diversity/diversityseedfund/

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