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Mariska de Jager

Mariska de Jager "To me, making music is like telling a story." Just as everyone else,... ...I had to work from home since halfway March. I wish I could say I finally found inner peace or that I could lock myself up and finish my paper straight away, but no. Instead I’ve struggled with being online all day, worried about my 90-year-old grandfather in an elderly home, missed the lively chats with my fellow PhD-colleagues, my sports team and music lessons. Living around the corner from X, I faced the empty campus and sports fields every day, confronting me with the changed circumstances. At least I could still practice trumpet at home, which I very much enjoy, and I wanted to share a nice, cheerful song with you. ⁠ To me,... ...making music is like telling a story. If there’s eventually no one to play with or to listen to the music, what’s worth the effort? So during one of the online lessons, Ellister (my teacher) and I came up with the idea for an online presentation and I am happy to present the song Emily Bop. It is one of my favourites as this is what I (newbie in jazz and trumpet) imagine for a great improvisation. Listening to or playing this song really picks me up! During recording I found out that it is even more difficult than a usual presentation night! There, you have only one go, and a bit of nerves and excitement help you to pull it off. At home, and with thousands of tries, it becomes much harder to get the perfect performance! Nevertheless, I happy with the result. Perhaps you would also like to join in and share your favourite song or the one you've been practicing! When regulations become more lenient, I hope to meet many friends and family (in particular grandpa) again, and to be able to play together and listen to music live! Listening to or playing this song really picks me up! Mariska de Jager PhD Student in the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Department More stories

Myrthe den Boestert

Myrthe den Boestert "Every time I see people (from a safe distance), I am reminded that my friends and the people around me really make my days." I am doing relatively fine!... ...I did a lot of things before Corona that all stopped, and of course I miss them, but I understand from the beginning that it’s for the best. Studying has become harder, since I have a bit of a hard time studying at home. However, I am not giving up and every day is another day to try and do better again.⁠ Before Corona... ...I came to X for the Krashna rehearsals, but also to learn Argentine Tango and I joined Blue Suede Shoes. Now I make use of the online offer of X and joined the pilot with the personal trainers, because I also saw this as an opportunity to get in shape a bit more. I really like it! ⁠ During Corona times,... ...I try to do more things I normally don't have time for. I’ve picked up photography, tried to write more again, and paint and draw. It also gave me more time to spend playing piano.⁠ The thing I miss the most... ...is the social part. I have had the tendency to isolate a little bit before Corona because I am already so busy, and times like these can be dangerous because you don't notice as much when you're not being as social. But every time I see people (from a safe distance), I am reminded that my friends and the people around me really make my days. When life... ...is getting back to normal I would like to go to the bar with my friends again. I am also looking forward to work again. I have always liked tutoring and I also work(ed) at a really nice restaurant. I hope that the weather will be nice and in my ideal world there would also be festivals, but we will have to see when they are allowed again.⁠ And when X reopens I will start dancing again and will enjoy the courses in general. Doing it in real life is so much nicer than online. I am not giving up and every day is another day to try and do better again.⁠ Myrthe den Boestert Bachelor student Nanobiology and Philosophy⁠ More stories

Vichron Sabat

Vichron Sabat "I grew up with my mother, a very strong woman." My family... ...is from Curacao. When I was only six years old my father moved to the Netherlands. By then my parents had already split up. So I grew up with my mother, a very strong woman. A father figure I never had so my mum always spoiled me by giving me everything. So after a while I figured out it’s time to find a place for my own. The conversation with my mom was hard because she didn’t want to let me go. I burst into tears, leaving my mom, my sister, my best friends behind. On the plane I said to myself: “What the f*ck are you doing? Why are you leaving for the Netherlands?” I arrived at X as a student about eight/nine years ago. I didn’t know anything and thought the people were strange. I finished my first year and then started working at another company. I remember that I thought: “What the f*ck is this?”. I was only allowed to cut cucumber and onions. After one month I asked my old chief at X if I could come back. I appreciated the freedom I had at TU Delft. And recently I became Chef BBQ at X. I didn’t... ...finish high school. In Curacao I had to choose between different disciplines. And I couldn’t really choose one. In the end, I had chosen ‘care’. I’ve only done that for one year and I didn’t think this was gonna work for me. Then I switched to technique. After that, I only stayed at that school for two months, and then I dropped out. My family is from Curacao. When I was only six years old my father moved to the Netherlands. Vichron Sabat Chef BBQ at Cafe X More stories

Crystal Cabin Award goes to Lightweight Aircraft Seating team

Yesterday the Crystal Cabin Awards Association presented its coveted trophies for innovation in cabin technology and passenger experience. The winner of the 2023 University category was the Lightweight Aircraft Seating team from IDE. Congratulations!

International conference: CAAD Futures 2023

From 5 until 7 July, the international conference 'CAAD Futures 2023 – Interconnections: Co-Computing Beyond Boundaries' takes place.

Lecture & discussion: Too risky to build?

On 28 June, the lecture and discussion 'Too Risky to Build? Unpacking the Challenge of Urban Development in Rotterdam’s Unembanked Areas' take place.

Graduation of Aaron de Bruin

Graduation of Aaron de Bruin 05 July 2023 12:45 till 14:45 - Location: CEG - Lecture Hall F | Add to my calendar Simulating Dune Growth at a Mega-Nourishment Professor of graduation: Dr. ir. M.A. de Schipper, Dr .ing. M.Z. Voorendt Supervisors: Dr. Ir. A. P. Luijendijk (TUD/Deltares), Msc. T.T. Kettler (TUD), Ir. B van Westen (TUD/Deltares) Currently, almost a quarter of the sandy coasts around the globe are eroding and this number is likely to grow due to sea level rise. To counter this coastal erosion and the inherent hazards, nourishments are carried out. Since sea level rise rates are increasing, nourishment volumes should increase as well. This led to the pilot Mega-Nourishment project the Sand Motor. However, measurements showed significantly lower dune growth rates than predicted. To use Mega-Nourishments as flood protection in the future, a better understanding of the aeolian sediment transport processes is necessary. This study focussed on identifying and implementing of these processes into a process-based aeolian transport model, after which the model was validated. For this study the model AeoLis was chosen. First, the AeoLis software was tested and improvedbased on the identified processes. After verification, a case study was chosen and implemented in the program. Then a model evaluation was carried out to assess AeoLis’ performance. This evaluation was based on detailed measurements of the Delfland coast taken during the first ten years of the Sand Motor. Due to the large variation in coastal profile at the Sand Motor, not only integrated dune growth volumes are evaluated but alongshore variation in dune growth as well. After the model evaluation, the impact of different water levels and coastal profiles was assessed. On integrated scale, the outcome of this study showed that during the first years, the dune growth computed by AeoLis is almost identical to the measured dune growth, both at the regular Delfland beach and in the proximity of the Sand Motor. However, later on in the simulation the deviations between computed and measured growth increase due to the absence of marine processes in the model and the subsequent differences in morphology between model and reality. The alongshore variation in dune growth showed promising results as well. However, in reality, disturbances in the alongshore dune growth are partly due to presence of walkways and beach clubs. In the model there are no walkways and beach clubs present. The disturbances in the modelled alongshore dune growth are due to shadow effects, caused by the dune foot definition. Despite those differences, the underlying alongshore dune growth trend is captured well. The study leads to the conclusion that process-based aeolian transport modelling is capable of accurately simulating alongshore dune growth at Mega-Nourishments. However, due to lack of marine processes in the model and the subsequent bathymetry differences between model and reality, the accuracy decreases over simulated time. Therefore, a coupled hydrodynamic-aeolian model would be the next step in improving the long-term predictability of dune growth at Mega-Nourishments.

Graduation of Wouter Zijlstra

Graduation of Wouter Zijlstra 04 July 2023 13:00 till 15:00 - Location: CEG - Lecture Hall F | Add to my calendar

Coastal Morphology

Coastlines around the globe have proven to be highly dynamic and constantly adapt to the oceanic climate and nearshore hydrodynamics. As a great portion of the world’s population live and work in close proximity to coastlines, the behaviour of these coastlines can have large natural, social, and economic consequences. On a short term, sudden storm surges can lead to damage of the shoreline, with floods as a potential consequence. On a longer term, processes such as sea level rise can lead to gradual retreat of the shoreline and higher water levels, possibly endangering people living in coastal areas. Understanding the behaviour of coastlines on different timescales is therefore of great importance, and has proven to be a challenge for coastal engineers. Through laboratory work, field experiments, and modelling studies, coastal scientists hope to further improve knowledge on underlying processes to further develop the coastal zone and protect the hinterland. The coastal morphology group within the section of Coastal Engineering at TU Delft is mainly working on (1) coastal hydrodynamics, such as waves, tides, storm surges, and nearshore currents, (2) coastal sediment transport and (3) coastal morphology and the associated morphodynamics. Examples of research topics are large scale nourishments and optimal nourishment strategies, dune development for resilient coasts, and the building with nature concept, where researchers use natural processes and structures to come with innovative coastal protection strategies. Photograph of the EURECCA Field experiment conducted at the Prins Hendrikzanddijk, Texel, the Netherlands (Photo courtesy of Mischa Keijser © ) Photograph of the RealDune and REFLEX field experiments conducted at the Sand Engine, Kijkduin, the Netherlands (Photo courtesy of Mischa Keijser © )

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What trees teach us about sustainable production of materials

Trees are excellent teachers when it comes to making materials for load-bearing structures with as little resources and energy as possible. One of their secrets? When a tree grows, the direction of the wood grain adapts itself to fit the load that part of the tree is going to bear.

Exhale Sluitingsweek: A week of free events to say goodbye to Exhale and cosy up for Winter

De allerlaatste Exhale Week vindt plaats van 25 november tot 1 december en staat volledig in het teken van afscheid nemen van Exhale en het omarmen van de winter.

TIL student Laura Drechsel wins Q-Park thesis award

TIL student Laura Drechsel wins the 2024 Q-Park Student Award with her thesis called: Stories of Aging and Access - Exploring capabilities and challenges of accessibility for urban elderly through microstories. Her award-winning thesis can be found here .

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/

New catheter technology promises safer and more efficient treatment of blood vessels

Each year, more than 200 million catheters are used worldwide to treat vascular diseases, including heart disease and artery stenosis. When navigating into blood vessels, friction between the catheter and the vessel wall can cause major complications. With a new innovative catheter technology, Mostafa Atalla and colleagues can change the friction from having grip to completely slippery with the flick of a switch. Their design improves the safety and efficiency of endovascular procedures. The findings have been published in IEEE. Catheter with variable friction The prototype of the new catheter features advanced friction control modules to precisely control the friction between the catheter and the vessel wall. The friction is modulated via ultrasonic vibrations, which overpressure the thin fluid layer. This innovative variable friction technology makes it possible to switch between low friction for smooth navigation through the vessel and high friction for optimal stability during the procedure. In a proof-of-concept, Atalla and his team show that the prototype significantly reduces friction, averaging 60% on rigid surfaces and 11% on soft surfaces. Experiments on animal aortic tissue confirm the promising results of this technology and its potential for medical applications. Fully assembled catheters The researchers tested the prototype during friction experiments on different tissue types. They are also investigating how the technology can be applied to other procedures, such as bowel interventions. More information Publicatie DOI : 10.1109/TMRB.2024.3464672 Toward Variable-Friction Catheters Using Ultrasonic Lubrication | IEEE Journals & Magazine | IEEE Xplore Mostafa Atalla: m.a.a.atalla@tudelft.nl Aimee Sakes: a.sakes@tudelft.nl Michaël Wiertlewski: m.wiertlewski@tudelft.nl Would you like to know more and/or attend a demonstration of the prototype please contact me: Fien Bosman, press officer Health TU Delft: f.j.bosman@tudelft.nl/ 0624953733

Design and imagination as essential tools during the climate crisis

In Nature Partner Journals, ten researchers advocate the use of imagination in tackling the climate crisis. They focus specifically on urbanising river deltas, which are of great social and economic importance and highly vulnerable to climate change. "We scientists should not merely outline doomsday scenarios," says Professor Chris Zevenbergen. "Create a vision for people to believe in and work towards.”

Inaugural address: machine optimisation key to more efficient logistics system

The processing and transport of materials can be made much more efficient, says TU Delft professor Dingena Schott in her inaugural address, ‘Advancing Transport and Processing: from Model to Impact’. She will deliver her address on 15 November. Her research focuses on the interaction between machines and materials, with a special emphasis on granular materials.

FAST University Fund invites all TU Delft students

FAST University Fund invites all TU Delft students to apply for the Ambitious Project Grant or the Event Grant of up to €15.000!

Education demonstration in Utrecht cancelled

Safety cannot be guaranteed In our post of 22 October , we announced that students and staff of TU Delft will have the opportunity to take part in protests against the cabinet's plans to cut higher education. Today it has been announced that the demonstration against the cuts to higher education and science on 14 November in Utrecht has been cancelled because the safety of the demonstrators cannot be guaranteed. Read the reaction of Universiteiten van Nederland to the cancellation of the education demonstration in Utrecht (Dutch only).

Young Investigator Award for Gabrielle Laloy-Borgna

Gabrielle has won the technical Young Investigator Award at Euroson 2024 (congress of the European Federation of Ultrasound Societies in Medicine and Biology) with her presentation entitled: “Ultrasound imaging in bones: tissue characterization, anatomical images
and blood flow measurements”.

Ilaria Orsi joined ImPhys as PhD student

Ilaria started her PhD program in the Renaud group about ultrasound imaging inside bones, contributing to the advancement of such non-invasive technique to characterize tissue composition and to quantify blood flow.

First prize for ZhenZhen Wu at the 2024 NWO Biophysics poster awards

ZhenZhen Wu's poster, “Absolute Voltage Imaging in Developing Zebrafish,” won first prize in the 2024 NWO Biophysics poster awards, competing against over 150 posters. The BioPM Poster Prizes are awarded to the best posters presented at the NWO Biophysics Conference, and the winners are selected by a jury. ZhenZhen Wu z.wu-3@tudelft.nl

Enrolment for new courses open on 13 November

The new courses will start from Monday 18 November. Enrolment for these starts from Wednesday 13 November at 08.00! In the second quarter, a new series of courses awaits you. You can find out more on the website. Maybe you already know that you want to attend your favourite course again or maybe you want to discover and try something new; it's all possible. The enrolment moment for the course depends on the day the course takes place. At 08:00 enrolments for Monday's courses open, at 10:00 for Tuesday's courses, at 12:00 for Wednesday's courses, at 14:00 for Thursday's courses and at 16:00 for courses on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Enrolments go fast Enrolment for our courses always runs fast, so don't wait too long or be surprised by a course where spots are still available! Enrolment closes Enrolment closes on Friday 22 November at 16.00.

Contributions of SPTL at the CVS Congress (21-22 November, Utrecht)

On November 21 and 22, the 51st edition of the CVS congress is held in the Railway museum in Utrecht. Members of the Smart Public Transport Lab contribute to the following sessions: Knus in de bus op dinsdag; zijn alle werkdagen nog wel hetzelfde? Thursday, November 21, 16:00-17:30 Julia Bickel, Maxim Meijers and Niels van Oort [abstract] Stedelijkheidsgraden in transportmodellen: Een analyse over de impact van de ruimtelijke omgeving op reisgedrag Thursday, November 21, 16:00-17:30 Janine Grauss, Justin Hogenberg and Niels van Oort [abstract] Van en naar het treinstation: Voorkeuren van reizigers voor gedeelde elektrische micromobiliteit Friday, November 22, 11:30-13:00 Nejc Geržinič, Mark van Hagen, Dorine Duives and Niels van Oort [ abstract ] Gamen maakt de toekomst – Serious gamen voor een optimale mobiliteitsmix Friday, November 22, 11:30-13:00 Tessa Leferink, Niels van Oort and Sander Lenferink [abstract] De verkenning van de potentie van fietsparkeren bij het ov: een casus in Den Haag Madeline Lai, Dorine Duives, Stefan Talen, Nejc Geržinič and Niels van Oort Friday, November 22, 14:00-15:30 [abstract]

A key solution to grid congestion

On behalf of the TU Delft PowerWeb Institute, researchers Kenneth Brunninx and Simon Tindemans are handing over a Position Paper to the Dutch Parliament on 14 November 2024, with a possible solution to the major grid capacity problems that are increasingly cropping up in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is unlikely to meet the 2030 climate targets, and one of the reasons for this is that large industry cannot switch to electricity fast enough, partly because of increasingly frequent problems around grid capacity and grid congestion. In all likelihood, those problems will actually increase this decade before they can decrease, the researchers argue. The solution offered by the TU Delft PowerWeb Institute researchers is the ‘flexible backstop’. With a flexible backstop, the current capacity of the power grid can be used more efficiently without sacrificing safety or reliability. A flexible backstop is a safety mechanism that automatically and quickly reduces the amount of electricity that an electric unit can draw from the grid (an electric charging station or a heat pump) or deliver (a PV installation). It is a small device connected or built into an electrical unit, such as a charging station or heat pump, that ‘communicates’ with the distribution network operator. In case of extreme stress on the network, the network operator sends a signal to the device to limit the amount of power. Germany recently introduced a similar system with electric charging stations. The backstop would be activated only in periods of acute congestion problems and could help prevent the last resort measure, which is cutting off electricity to users. ‘Upgrading the electricity network remains essential, but in practice it will take years. So there is a need for short-term solutions that can be integrated into long-term planning. We, the members of the TU Delft PowerWeb Institute, call on the government, network operators and regulator to explore the flexible backstop as an additional grid security measure,’ they said. The entire Paper can be read here . Kenneth Brunninx Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Governance and Management, where he uses quantitative models to evaluate energy policy and market design with the aim of reducing CO2 emissions. Simon Tindemans is Associate Professor in the Intelligent Electrical Power Grids group at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science. His research interests include uncertainty and risk management for power grids. TU Delft PowerWeb Institute is a community of researchers who are investigating how to make renewable energy systems reliable, future proof and accessible to everyone.