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Lunch lecture Big data in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care

Lunch lecture Big data in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care 27 February 2024 12:45 till 13:40 | Add to my calendar Join this interesting lecture on Big data in Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Care that helps make patient-specific predictions and to provide more personalised care during and after surgery. Health Month EEMCS Lunch Lecture Series During the February Health Month within TU Delft several EEMCS researchers will give lunch lectures on the health research we do within the faculty, and will showcase their incredible work within patient-oriented technological healthcare. Are you a MSc or PhD student, or a researcher, and interested in making an impact on healthcare with your work? Join one or more of these interesting lectures to discover how we work to tackle a variety of challenges in the domain of health and wellbeing. Abstract Lecture on Big data in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care Anesthesiology is an unknown concept for most people and one that people only come into contact with during an operation. To improve perioperative care, the Anesthesiology department at Erasmus MC uses as much 'big data' available during operations as possible to make patient-specific predictions and provide more personalized care during and after surgery. The intelligent use of all available hospital data can provide patient-specific predictions and allow us to provide more personalized care to our patients during and after surgery. Given the complexity of big data, we are often confronted with mathematical problems, which are simply too complex for doctors to handle. We believe that the best solution to tackle these complex questions can be found by combining knowledge from experts with a technical background with experts with a medical background. This event is part of the TU Delft Health month Date : 27-2-2024 from 12:45 – 13:40 Name event: Lunch lecture Big data in Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care For: Students and employees of TU Delft Speaker: Felix van Lier (Erasmus MC) and Nestor Parolya (TU Delft) Location: EEMCS-Lecture Hall Boole Free lunch included Sign up here

Ambitious student projects receive in total €50,000 grant through Delft University Fund

In december 2023 konden studenten een subsidie-aanvraag indienen bij FAST (Funding ambitious Students) voor de organisatie van een evenement en voor financiering van een ambitieus project. In totaal ontving FAST 27 aanvragen, welke zijn beoordeeld op innovatie, haalbaarheid, impact en budget.

Websites

Directly to intranet > In the Visual Communication Team (+ web editors) we provide websites within the www.tudelft.nl/ domain. Almost anything after the ‘/’ is possible; of course, taking into account the TU Delft naming conventions. If you want to set up a website within the tudelft.nl domain, contact your own content manager first. If you do not have a content manger, contact the Visual Communication Team. We can advise you on the design of your pages and the use of images, provide UX/UI support, help with the creation of the website and provide training so that you can build and/or maintain the website yourself. Every faculty, department, project group, research group or other form of collaboration within TU Delft can apply for a website within the tudelft.nl domain. More information about this is available on the intranet. There you can find information about: Modifying or administering a website Requesting an account Applying for a TYPO3 website Applying for a shortened URL TU Delft corporate design If you want to request a new website or new pages outside of tudelft.nl, you are not permitted to use the TU Delft corporate identity or the TU Delft logo or to use tudelft in the domain name.

Interactive Environments Minor students bring the Library's Collection Wall back to life

Several projects being led by or involving IDE researchers have secured kick-starter grants from the Convergence’s Resilient Delta Initiative.

Highlight Delft 2024

Highlight Delft 2024 15 February 2024 17:30 till 17 February 2024 23:00 | Add to my calendar Next week, from 15 – 17 February, the Highlight Delft festival takes place in the centre of Delft. Running every evening from 17:30 – 23:00, visitors will get a chance to explore this year’s theme, “ Do you see what I see ”, through various installations that revolve around AI and tiny particles. This year, they expect to welcome 3,000 paying visitors; 100,000 visitors in the free areas; and nearly 200.000 people online. What’s more, 9 out of the 28 projects featured at this year’s festival were created by IDE students and researchers. Projects by IDE Students Selective Reflections by Bas Ammerlaan (DfI master’s student) The Personal Press by Koen Weber, Neslihan Can, Sukriti Garg, Kim de Vrij (DfI master’s students) DELIGHT – Designing LIGHT for real-world challenges by IDE students enrolled in the Lighting Design course EyeSeeDifferent by Sarissa Bakker, Maarten de Jong, Brechtje Krijvenaar, Esmee Treur & Stijn Wiltingh (Lighting Design course students) House of Henri by IDE/BK students enrolled in the Spaces of Display minor DELPHI by David van Beelen, Birthe Hartmann, Robin Rietdijk, Álvaro Sempere Caro, Ruoqian Zhao (Interactive Environments minor students) Unseen Echoes by Emergence Delft (TU Delft Dream Team with IDE students) Projects by IDE Researchers Chromatically controlled hallucinations by Professor Sylvia Pont, teacher of practice Charl Smit, and PhD candidate Yuguang Zhao SUBS: Personal Companion Kiosk by PhD candidate Eric Gu Organized since 2018, Highlight Delft works closely with participating makers on the development of new installations, making many works on public view for the first time during the festival. All installations are located within walking distance of each other, in unique locations in downtown Delft like Het Arsenaal, The Student Hotel, the Huis van Delft or Theater de Veste.

International Women’s Day Activities 2024

International Women’s Day Activities 2024 12 February 2024 09:00 till 08 March 2024 17:30 - Location: TU Delft | Add to my calendar This year TU Delft celebrates International Women's Day with the theme “One World, Thousand Women”. The theme shows how beautiful it is that each woman is unique and different, but also how important it is to recognise the role of women as agents of change, driving progress towards prosperous and equitable economies and a healthy planet for future generations. To celebrate this important day, DEWIS (Delft Women in Science) is hosting a wide range of activities from 12 February to 8 March. Their extensive programme includes an inspiring celebration in the Aula on 8 March (9:00 – 13:00). Everybody from the TU Delft community is welcome – diversity is the root of success. To find out more about what is happening and how you can take part, visit the official ‘International Women’s Day’ event page ​​​​​​​.

dmi: Academic Design Management Conference 2024

dmi: Academic Design Management Conference 2024 06 August 2024 09:00 till 07 August 2024 18:00 - Location: TU Delft | Add to my calendar IDE is delighted to be hosting the dmi Academic Design Management Conference 2024 - “Design & Innovation at the Crossroad”. Researcher, educators, design and innovation managers and leaders are warmly invited to IDE on from 6-7 August 2024 to listen, learn and debate how we can best prepare tomorrow’s design leaders at a time when Artificial Intelligence’s influence is accelerating at pace. For more information about the conference, click here.

IDE Business Fair 2024

IDE Business Fair 2024 20 March 2024 09:00 till 21 March 2024 17:30 - Location: IDE | Add to my calendar On March 20th and 21st 2024, the Industrial Design Engineering Business Fair will take place. This annual fair gives engineering students the opportunity to make the first steps into their professional life and to get in contact with companies from the field of Industrial Design.

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Explainer: Storing CO2 in the subsurface

The earth is warming up and CO 2 emissions have to come down. That's not happening very fast and in the meantime we do have too much CO 2 in the atmosphere. What if you could store that in the subsurface, under the North Sea? Geologist Anne Pluymakers (TU Delft) explains how to do that safely - without earthquakes or leaks. Watch the movie (in Dutch):

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 .

TU Delft jointly wins XPRIZE Rainforest drone competition in Brazil

TU Delft jointly wins in the XPRIZE Rainforest competition in the Amazon, Brazil Imagine using rapid and autonomous robot technology for research into the green and humid lungs of our planet; our global rainforests. Drones that autonomously deploy eDNA samplers and canopy rafts uncover the rich biodiversity of these complex ecosystems while revealing the effects of human activity on nature and climate change. On November 15, 2024, after five years of intensive research and competition, the ETHBiodivX team, which included TU Delft Aerospace researchers Salua Hamaza and Georg Strunck, achieved an outstanding milestone: winning the XPRIZE Rainforest Bonus Prize for outstanding effort in co-developing inclusive technology for nature conservation. The goal: create automated technology and methods to gain near real-time insights about biodiversity – providing necessary data that can inform conservation action and policy, support sustainable bioeconomies, and empower Indigenous Peoples and local communities who are the primary protectors and knowledge holders of the planet’s tropical rainforests. The ETHBiodivX team, made of experts in Robotics, eDNA, and Data Insights, is tackling the massive challenge of automating and streamlining the way we monitor ecosystems. Leading the Robotics division, a collaboration between TU Delft’s Prof. Salua Hamaza, ETH Zurich’s Prof. Stefano Mintchev and Aarhus University’s Profs. Claus Melvad and Toke Thomas Høye, is developing cutting-edge robotic solutions to gather ecology and biology data autonomously. “We faced the immense challenge of deploying robots in the wild -- and not just any outdoor environment but one of the most demanding and uncharted: the wet rainforests. This required extraordinary efforts to ensure robustness and reliability, pushing the boundaries of what the hardware could achieve for autonomous data collection of images, sounds, and eDNA, in the Amazon” says prof. Hamaza. “Ultimately, this technology will be available to Indigenous communities as a tool to better understand the forest's ongoing changes in biodiversity, which provide essential resources as food and shelter to the locals.” . . . .

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.