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Dr.ir. Volkert van Steijn

Dr.ir. Volkert van Steijn Associate Professor Page under construction +31 (0)15 27 87194 V.vanSteijn@tudelft.nl Building 58, F2.410 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands Management Assistant Leslie van Leeuwen +31 (0)15 27 86678 L.vanLeeuwen@tudelft.nl linkedin Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla consequat massa quis enim. Donec pede justo, fringilla vel, aliquet nec, vulputate eget, arcu. In enim justo, rhoncus ut, imperdiet a, venenatis vitae, justo. Nullam dictum felis eu pede mollis pretium. Integer tincidunt. Cras dapibus. Vivamus elementum semper nisi. Aenean vulputate eleifend tellus. Research group Academic background Etiam rhoncus. Maecenas tempus, tellus eget condimentum rhoncus, sem quam semper libero, sit amet adipiscing sem neque sed ipsum. Nam quam nunc, blandit vel, luctus pulvinar, hendrerit id, lorem. Maecenas nec odio et ante tincidunt tempus. Donec vitae sapien ut libero venenatis faucibus. Nullam quis ante. Etiam sit amet orci eget eros faucibus tincidunt. Duis leo. Sed fringilla mauris sit amet nibh. Donec sodales sagittis magna. Sed consequat, leo eget bibendum sodales, augue velit cursus nunc, quis gravida magna mi a libero. Fusce vulputate eleifend sapien. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla consequat massa quis enim . Donec pede justo, fringilla vel, aliquet nec, vulputate eget, arcu. In enim justo, rhoncus ut, imperdiet a, venenatis vitae, justo. Nullam dictum felis eu pede mollis pretium. Integer tincidunt. Cras dapibus. Vivamus elementum semper nisi. Aenean vulputate eleifend tellus . +31 (0)15 27 87194 V.vanSteijn@tudelft.nl Building 58, F2.410 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands Management Assistant Leslie van Leeuwen +31 (0)15 27 86678 L.vanLeeuwen@tudelft.nl linkedin Keywords Lab-on-a-Chip Fluid Dynamics Human Disease Model Research Google Scholar Pure Research Educational Activities Inleiding Procestechnologie - BSc MST (4051IPTECY) Applied Transport Phenomena - MSc CE (CH3053)

Atsushi Urakawa

Prof. Atsushi Urakawa Full Professor +31 (0)15 27 89402 A.Urakawa@tudelft.nl Building 58, E2.100 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands Management Assistant Els Arkesteijn +31 (0)15 27 83516 E.M.P.Arkesteijn@TUDelft.nl twitter Urakawa group develops novel heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic processes with the aim to minimize the energy usage and negative impacts of such processes on natural environment and human health. The group employs a multi-disciplinary approach based on material science, reaction engineering and in situ/operando methodologies to gain solid comprehension of the active sites and the transformation pathways. The main target reactions are the conversion of CO 2 to valuable chemicals, methane activation, environmental catalysis (NOx abatement) and the production of hydrogen, the important molecule for CO 2 reduction, including electro- and photocatalytic activation. Also, powerful in situ/operando methodologies to study solid materials and gas-solid and solid-liquid interfaces are being developed and applied to shed light on catalytic reaction mechanisms, especially on the reactor scale. Research group Academic background Atsushi Urakawa obtained his BSc degree in Applied Chemistry at Kyushu University (Japan) with one year stay in the USA. He then moved to Europe and studied Chemical Engineering at TU Delft for his MSc degree and obtained his PhD in 2006 at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). He worked as Senior Scientist and Lecturer at ETH Zurich and in 2010 he joined ICIQ (Spain) as Group Leader. In 2019, he undertook a new challenge as Professor of Catalysis Engineering at ChemE, TU Delft. He is elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2016) and the recipient of JSPS Prize (2020) and The Japan Academy Medal (2021). +31 (0)15 27 89402 A.Urakawa@tudelft.nl Building 58, E2.100 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands Management Assistant Els Arkesteijn +31 (0)15 27 83516 E.M.P.Arkesteijn@TUDelft.nl twitter Keywords Heterogeneous Catalysis In situ/operando Spectroscopy Reaction Engineering ResearcherID Google Scholar

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Urakawa group We belong to Catalysis Engineering at Department of Chemical Engineering , Faculty of Applied Sciences , TU Delft . We develop novel heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic processes with the aim to minimize the energy usage and negative impacts of such processes on natural environment and human health while achieving high product yield and selectivity. We take a multi-disciplinary approach based on material science , reaction engineering and in situ / operando methodologies to gain solid comprehension of the active sites and the transformation pathways. Currently our major focuses are given to the conversion of CO 2 to valuable chemicals, methane activation, environmental catalysis (NO x abatement) and also to the production of hydrogen, the important molecule for CO 2 reduction. Also, powerful in situ / operando spectroscopic tools for studying solid materials and gas-solid and solid-liquid interfaces are being developed and applied to shed light on catalytic reaction mechanisms, especially on the reactor scale. Research Under construction People Publications News Twitter Atsushi Urakawa Professor of Catalysis Engineering +31 15 27 89402 A.Urakawa@tudelft.nl Building 58 Room E2.100 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ, Delft The Netherlands Twitter twitter 0 This content is being blocked for you because it contains cookies. Would you like to view this content? By clicking here , you will automatically allow the use of cookies.

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Recent Publications "Control of the visible and UV light water splitting and photocatalysis of nitrogen doped TiO2thin films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering” , by Houssam Fakhouri, Jerome Pulpytel, Wilson Smith, Alireza Zolfaghari, Hamid Reza Mortahed, Fateme Meshkini, Reza Jafari, Eliane Sutter and Farzenah Arefi-Khonsari, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, accepted (2013) “Control of the optical and crystalline properties of TiO2 in visible-light active TiO2/TiN bi-layer thin-film stacks” , by Wilson Smith, Houssam Fakhouri, Jerome Pulpytel and Farzaneh Arefi-Khonsari, Journal of Applied Physics, 111, 024301 (2012) “Visible light water splitting via oxidized TiN thin films” , by Wilson Smith, Houssam Fakhouri, Jerome Pulpytel, Shinsuke Mori, Rossana Grilli, Mark A. Baker and Farzaneh Arefi-Khonsari, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (30), 15855~15866 (2012) “Quasi-core-shell TiO2/WO3 and WO3/TiO2 nanorod arrays fabricated by glancing angle deposition for solar water splitting” , by Wilson Smith, Abraham Wolcott, Robert Carl Fitzmorris, Jin Z. Zhang and Yiping Zhao, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21, 10792~10800 (2011) All publications ResearcherID

Nat Phongprueksathat

Nat Phongprueksathat Nat Phongprueksathat obtained his international MSc in Petrochemical Technology at the Petroleum and Petrochemical College (PPC), Chulalongkorn University in 2013. From 2013 to 2017, he worked as a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Mahanakorn University of Technology, and he carried out several industrial research projects with PTT Global Chemical and the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) in the group of prof. dr. ir. Vissanu Meeyoo. Since 2017, he continued pursuing his PhD study in the group of prof. dr. Atsushi Urakawa at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona, Spain, before relocation to the Catalysis Engineering section of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Delft University of Technology. The most important works during his PhD are related to high-pressure CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol at (up to 450 bars) and isotopic transient operando spectroscopy (e.g. XAS, Raman, and DRIFTS) to elucidate the reaction mechanisms. After finishing his PhD in 2022, he continued his postdoctoral research on carbon capture and reduction (CCR) with Toyota in the Urakawa group.

Donato Pinto

Donato Pinto Donato comes from Italy. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Materials Science at University of Bari, Italy. Then, he got a Master degree in Materials Science at University of Padova, Italy, where he also worked for 6 months as assistant researcher. He joined our group as a PhD student in October 2018. His work is focused on investigation of catalytic processes in unsteady state operation and by spatiotemporal spectroscopy.

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Postgraduate / professional education Postgraduate program Management of Safety, Health & Environment Gain solid basic knowledge of methods to manage Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) in in a wide range of organizations and learn the skills to apply these methods correctly, effectively and in an integrated way Industry and government need staff that is qualified in risk assessment and control and other aspects of safety and health. Our most important contribution to professional education is the postgraduate programme in Management of Safety, Health & Environment (MoSHE) . The section also contributes to training courses for specialists in certain working conditions specialists, managers, inspectors and designers. More specialised courses on specific aspects of safety are run at intervals, either in companies or open to all comers. We also contribute to the MOOC 'Risk in Modern Society' . Bachelor and master education The Section Safety & Security Science makes various contributions to bachelor and master education at TU Delft and beyond. We provide: Compulsory and facultative courses for various bachelor and master programs at TU Delft ( see list below ). Students from other universities may take part in these courses; Courses for Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Twente; An open introductory and a project-based course for those wishing to apply safety- and security methods to specific aspects of their study; A minor 'Security, Safety & Justice (together with Leiden University); A course in the minor 'Companies & Innovation' ; Supervision of final year projects and industrial placements for students from TU Delft and, on request, from a number of other universities. List of bachelor and master courses The following courses at TU Delft are (partly) provided by our section. For further information please consult the study guide or timetables . Inleiding Veiligheidskunde (WM0801TU) Security en Organisatie (WM0822TU) Security en Techniek (WM0823TU) Projectwerk Veiligheidskunde (WM0804TU) Safety in Transportation (WM0808TU) Verantwoord omgaan met risico's en veiligheid (WM0821TU) Ethiek en Veiligheid in de scheepsbouw (MT3409) Ethiek en Veiligheid (MT2423) 2e Integratie Project (MT2434) MSc Thesis Project (MOT2910) Technology Developement and Impact Assessment (EPA1132) System Reliability in Quantative Risk Assessment (SPM9446) Design of Safety and Security Systems (SPM9447) Methods for Risk Analysis and Management (SPM9448) Minor Safety, Security & Justice Learn to understand & analyze important societal security issues PhD program and graduate school If you are interested in doing a PhD at the Section Safety & Security Science you can either apply for a vacancy for a PhD student at the section, or you can write your own research proposal in cooperation with one of the researchers of the section . In the latter case, you need to arrange external funding and your proposal needs to be approved by two professors of the overarching Department of Values, Technology & Innovation . The first step is always finding a supervisor at the section who would be interested to supervise your PhD. More information can also be found at the website of the faculty graduate school of TPM which is part of the graduate school of TU Delft.

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Dr.ir. Volkert van Steijn

Dr.ir. Volkert van Steijn Associate Professor Page under construction +31 (0)15 27 87194 V.vanSteijn@tudelft.nl Building 58, F2.410 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands Management Assistant Leslie van Leeuwen +31 (0)15 27 86678 L.vanLeeuwen@tudelft.nl linkedin Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla consequat massa quis enim. Donec pede justo, fringilla vel, aliquet nec, vulputate eget, arcu. In enim justo, rhoncus ut, imperdiet a, venenatis vitae, justo. Nullam dictum felis eu pede mollis pretium. Integer tincidunt. Cras dapibus. Vivamus elementum semper nisi. Aenean vulputate eleifend tellus. Research group Academic background Etiam rhoncus. Maecenas tempus, tellus eget condimentum rhoncus, sem quam semper libero, sit amet adipiscing sem neque sed ipsum. Nam quam nunc, blandit vel, luctus pulvinar, hendrerit id, lorem. Maecenas nec odio et ante tincidunt tempus. Donec vitae sapien ut libero venenatis faucibus. Nullam quis ante. Etiam sit amet orci eget eros faucibus tincidunt. Duis leo. Sed fringilla mauris sit amet nibh. Donec sodales sagittis magna. Sed consequat, leo eget bibendum sodales, augue velit cursus nunc, quis gravida magna mi a libero. Fusce vulputate eleifend sapien. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla consequat massa quis enim . Donec pede justo, fringilla vel, aliquet nec, vulputate eget, arcu. In enim justo, rhoncus ut, imperdiet a, venenatis vitae, justo. Nullam dictum felis eu pede mollis pretium. Integer tincidunt. Cras dapibus. Vivamus elementum semper nisi. Aenean vulputate eleifend tellus . +31 (0)15 27 87194 V.vanSteijn@tudelft.nl Building 58, F2.410 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands Management Assistant Leslie van Leeuwen +31 (0)15 27 86678 L.vanLeeuwen@tudelft.nl linkedin Keywords Lab-on-a-Chip Fluid Dynamics Human Disease Model Research Google Scholar Pure Research Educational Activities Inleiding Procestechnologie - BSc MST (4051IPTECY) Applied Transport Phenomena - MSc CE (CH3053)

Atsushi Urakawa

Prof. Atsushi Urakawa Full Professor +31 (0)15 27 89402 A.Urakawa@tudelft.nl Building 58, E2.100 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands Management Assistant Els Arkesteijn +31 (0)15 27 83516 E.M.P.Arkesteijn@TUDelft.nl twitter Urakawa group develops novel heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic processes with the aim to minimize the energy usage and negative impacts of such processes on natural environment and human health. The group employs a multi-disciplinary approach based on material science, reaction engineering and in situ/operando methodologies to gain solid comprehension of the active sites and the transformation pathways. The main target reactions are the conversion of CO 2 to valuable chemicals, methane activation, environmental catalysis (NOx abatement) and the production of hydrogen, the important molecule for CO 2 reduction, including electro- and photocatalytic activation. Also, powerful in situ/operando methodologies to study solid materials and gas-solid and solid-liquid interfaces are being developed and applied to shed light on catalytic reaction mechanisms, especially on the reactor scale. Research group Academic background Atsushi Urakawa obtained his BSc degree in Applied Chemistry at Kyushu University (Japan) with one year stay in the USA. He then moved to Europe and studied Chemical Engineering at TU Delft for his MSc degree and obtained his PhD in 2006 at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). He worked as Senior Scientist and Lecturer at ETH Zurich and in 2010 he joined ICIQ (Spain) as Group Leader. In 2019, he undertook a new challenge as Professor of Catalysis Engineering at ChemE, TU Delft. He is elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2016) and the recipient of JSPS Prize (2020) and The Japan Academy Medal (2021). +31 (0)15 27 89402 A.Urakawa@tudelft.nl Building 58, E2.100 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ Delft The Netherlands Management Assistant Els Arkesteijn +31 (0)15 27 83516 E.M.P.Arkesteijn@TUDelft.nl twitter Keywords Heterogeneous Catalysis In situ/operando Spectroscopy Reaction Engineering ResearcherID Google Scholar

Urakawa Group

Urakawa group We belong to Catalysis Engineering at Department of Chemical Engineering , Faculty of Applied Sciences , TU Delft . We develop novel heterogeneous catalysts and catalytic processes with the aim to minimize the energy usage and negative impacts of such processes on natural environment and human health while achieving high product yield and selectivity. We take a multi-disciplinary approach based on material science , reaction engineering and in situ / operando methodologies to gain solid comprehension of the active sites and the transformation pathways. Currently our major focuses are given to the conversion of CO 2 to valuable chemicals, methane activation, environmental catalysis (NO x abatement) and also to the production of hydrogen, the important molecule for CO 2 reduction. Also, powerful in situ / operando spectroscopic tools for studying solid materials and gas-solid and solid-liquid interfaces are being developed and applied to shed light on catalytic reaction mechanisms, especially on the reactor scale. Research Under construction People Publications News Twitter Atsushi Urakawa Professor of Catalysis Engineering +31 15 27 89402 A.Urakawa@tudelft.nl Building 58 Room E2.100 Van der Maasweg 9 2629 HZ, Delft The Netherlands Twitter twitter 0 This content is being blocked for you because it contains cookies. Would you like to view this content? By clicking here , you will automatically allow the use of cookies.

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Recent Publications "Control of the visible and UV light water splitting and photocatalysis of nitrogen doped TiO2thin films deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering” , by Houssam Fakhouri, Jerome Pulpytel, Wilson Smith, Alireza Zolfaghari, Hamid Reza Mortahed, Fateme Meshkini, Reza Jafari, Eliane Sutter and Farzenah Arefi-Khonsari, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, accepted (2013) “Control of the optical and crystalline properties of TiO2 in visible-light active TiO2/TiN bi-layer thin-film stacks” , by Wilson Smith, Houssam Fakhouri, Jerome Pulpytel and Farzaneh Arefi-Khonsari, Journal of Applied Physics, 111, 024301 (2012) “Visible light water splitting via oxidized TiN thin films” , by Wilson Smith, Houssam Fakhouri, Jerome Pulpytel, Shinsuke Mori, Rossana Grilli, Mark A. Baker and Farzaneh Arefi-Khonsari, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (30), 15855~15866 (2012) “Quasi-core-shell TiO2/WO3 and WO3/TiO2 nanorod arrays fabricated by glancing angle deposition for solar water splitting” , by Wilson Smith, Abraham Wolcott, Robert Carl Fitzmorris, Jin Z. Zhang and Yiping Zhao, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21, 10792~10800 (2011) All publications ResearcherID

Nat Phongprueksathat

Nat Phongprueksathat Nat Phongprueksathat obtained his international MSc in Petrochemical Technology at the Petroleum and Petrochemical College (PPC), Chulalongkorn University in 2013. From 2013 to 2017, he worked as a lecturer in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Mahanakorn University of Technology, and he carried out several industrial research projects with PTT Global Chemical and the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) in the group of prof. dr. ir. Vissanu Meeyoo. Since 2017, he continued pursuing his PhD study in the group of prof. dr. Atsushi Urakawa at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona, Spain, before relocation to the Catalysis Engineering section of the Chemical Engineering Department at the Delft University of Technology. The most important works during his PhD are related to high-pressure CO 2 hydrogenation to methanol at (up to 450 bars) and isotopic transient operando spectroscopy (e.g. XAS, Raman, and DRIFTS) to elucidate the reaction mechanisms. After finishing his PhD in 2022, he continued his postdoctoral research on carbon capture and reduction (CCR) with Toyota in the Urakawa group.

Donato Pinto

Donato Pinto Donato comes from Italy. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Materials Science at University of Bari, Italy. Then, he got a Master degree in Materials Science at University of Padova, Italy, where he also worked for 6 months as assistant researcher. He joined our group as a PhD student in October 2018. His work is focused on investigation of catalytic processes in unsteady state operation and by spatiotemporal spectroscopy.

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Postgraduate / professional education Postgraduate program Management of Safety, Health & Environment Gain solid basic knowledge of methods to manage Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) in in a wide range of organizations and learn the skills to apply these methods correctly, effectively and in an integrated way Industry and government need staff that is qualified in risk assessment and control and other aspects of safety and health. Our most important contribution to professional education is the postgraduate programme in Management of Safety, Health & Environment (MoSHE) . The section also contributes to training courses for specialists in certain working conditions specialists, managers, inspectors and designers. More specialised courses on specific aspects of safety are run at intervals, either in companies or open to all comers. We also contribute to the MOOC 'Risk in Modern Society' . Bachelor and master education The Section Safety & Security Science makes various contributions to bachelor and master education at TU Delft and beyond. We provide: Compulsory and facultative courses for various bachelor and master programs at TU Delft ( see list below ). Students from other universities may take part in these courses; Courses for Eindhoven University of Technology and the University of Twente; An open introductory and a project-based course for those wishing to apply safety- and security methods to specific aspects of their study; A minor 'Security, Safety & Justice (together with Leiden University); A course in the minor 'Companies & Innovation' ; Supervision of final year projects and industrial placements for students from TU Delft and, on request, from a number of other universities. List of bachelor and master courses The following courses at TU Delft are (partly) provided by our section. For further information please consult the study guide or timetables . Inleiding Veiligheidskunde (WM0801TU) Security en Organisatie (WM0822TU) Security en Techniek (WM0823TU) Projectwerk Veiligheidskunde (WM0804TU) Safety in Transportation (WM0808TU) Verantwoord omgaan met risico's en veiligheid (WM0821TU) Ethiek en Veiligheid in de scheepsbouw (MT3409) Ethiek en Veiligheid (MT2423) 2e Integratie Project (MT2434) MSc Thesis Project (MOT2910) Technology Developement and Impact Assessment (EPA1132) System Reliability in Quantative Risk Assessment (SPM9446) Design of Safety and Security Systems (SPM9447) Methods for Risk Analysis and Management (SPM9448) Minor Safety, Security & Justice Learn to understand & analyze important societal security issues PhD program and graduate school If you are interested in doing a PhD at the Section Safety & Security Science you can either apply for a vacancy for a PhD student at the section, or you can write your own research proposal in cooperation with one of the researchers of the section . In the latter case, you need to arrange external funding and your proposal needs to be approved by two professors of the overarching Department of Values, Technology & Innovation . The first step is always finding a supervisor at the section who would be interested to supervise your PhD. More information can also be found at the website of the faculty graduate school of TPM which is part of the graduate school of TU Delft.
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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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