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Respyre’s green concrete breathes new life into the city

The TU Delft start-up Respyre produces ‘bioreceptive’ concrete: a layer of recycled concrete that can be added to ‘ordinary’ concrete forming a perfect base for moss growth, without damaging the underlying material. The result: lower temperatures in overheated cities and the capture of fine particulates. Eight insights from CEO and co-founder Auke Bleij.

Vocareum

Home (Teaching Support) Educational Tools Open menu Overview Ans Buddycheck Brightspace Collegerama ConTest FeedbackFruits Grasple H5P Kaltura Lesplanner Möbius Osiris Teams The 4 Quadrant system SMARTboard TurnitIn Vevox Virtual Classroom (Bongo) Vocareum Wiki Need support? Get in touch with us! We are happy to help. Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl +31 (0)15 27 84 333 Anchor Links Example More contact details Vocareum Before you can use Vocareum in a Brightspace course, you must contact Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl for access.This applies even if you used Vocareum in the previous academic year. Vocareum offers a cloud-based platform for hosting and deploying JupyterLab, a platform for Python programming in an educational context, and is suitable for multiple users. Key capabilities of the platform include grading automation, plagiarism detection, providing feedback on code, team projects, and peer reviews. Students will always enter assignments through Brightspace, so installing a separate application is unnecessary. Vocareum is meant for educational purposes only. TU Delft has a license for JupyterLab; other lab types are not available for use. Summative testing is currently not supported in Vocareum. Formative testing in Vocareum can slow down servers and result in failures. Please be aware of this before deciding to hold formative tests in Vocareum. No support for Vocareum is available outside of our regular office hours, and there is no vendor support in our time zone. JupyterLab Starting in Q1 of the 2024/25 academic year, JupyterLab is the default lab type available for TU Delft users in Brightspace. JupyterLab is a container-based architecture, which means every instructor works within their own container with no interference due to use of other packages by other instructors. You can install your own packages without requesting this via the Support team. Notebooks can be run within the Labs architecture. Be aware that it is not possible to have more than one Vocareum environment linked to a course in Brightspace or to convert one Jupyter course type into the other. Get started with Vocareum How to add Vocareum to your course Contact teaching-support@tudelft.nl to activate Vocareum. JupyterLab is the new default lab type. After Vocareum has been made active in your Brightspace course, click on the Vocareum link placed in the Instructor Area . Once you’ve entered Vocareum, you can create your assignments. Create assignments To create an assignment within Vocareum, enter your Vocareum course through Brightspace and open the Edit Assignments tab . To create a new assignment, click New Assignment : Give your new assignment a Title . Choose the appropriate group (optional). You can create new Groups by clicking on the New Group -tab. Save and continue. Click on the + beneath Parts. Add Parts to your newly created assignment. An assignment can have one or more parts, corresponding to different lab types within the same assignment. Fill in a Part Name . Underneath the name, there is a drop-down to determine which lab type you want to use. Select either Container Lab or Jupyter Notebook. Adjust the additional settings (optional). Click on Save Part . To copy content from another course, click Copy Assignment or Copy Group. In the Select Course menu dropdown, choose the course that contains the existing assignment or group to copy. NOTE: You can only copy content from courses where you have the Instructor role within Vocareum. Select the assignment or group to copy, or select All Assignments to copy all assignments from the course. While copying all assignments, you can also check the Copy All Groups box to copy all assignments and their respective groups. This can also be done using the Copy Group menu option. Click on Copy. Link assignments within your Brightspace course If students only access the Vocareum environment through a direct (shared) link and not through Brightspace, they may be unable to access all assignments. Please make sure to follow the instructions below to link your Lab to the course content in Brightspace. This will place a copy of your Vocareum assignment in the course content and allow students to access it through Brightspace. To link your assignments to your Brightspace course In Vocareum, go to the assignment you want to publish and press Publish to allow student access to the assignment. In Brightspace, go to the Content tab , click on Existing Activities and then choose Vocareum from the list of tools available. A pop-up will appear, where you can choose which assignment you want to add to your course. There are two options for each assignment: New Tab and iframe. Select New Tab . The assignment will appear in your course. Click on the arrow-down next to the assignment name and choose Edit Properties in Place Check the Open as External Resource -box. To preview what students will see when they open the assignment, save your work and then enter the Configure Workspace menu. Select Student View from the top menu. You can toggle between Student View and Teacher View. Schedule Event In response to instructor requests, a “Schedule Event” option has been added to Vocareum. If you have an assignment planned that will include up to 200 students working in Vocareum simultaneously, please use this feature to ensure an appropriate number of run servers are available based on the expected attendance. For class sizes over 200 students, please schedule the event for 200 students and contact Teaching Support with the estimated number of students. To create a scheduled event, navigate to the Class tab within your course and select the Schedule Event button. A pop-up menu will appear and request information for the following fields: Assignment name Select the Assignment Part name Select the specific Part of the Assignment Title of the event e.g. “Practical Exercises” Date of the event Time of the event The event must be scheduled at least 15 minutes ahead of when students are expected to enter Vocareum. Expected number of attendees There is a cap of 200 users on event attendance. If you anticipate a larger class size, please schedule the event and inform Teaching Support. Once you have filled out all the fields select Save . During the first 15 minutes of the scheduled event time an appropriate number of run servers matching the expected attendance will be launched, so that the servers have time to spool up before students start entering the exercise. There can only be one scheduled event for a course at a time. Events can be modified or deleted as needed. Course settings You can set attributes associated with the course in the Settings menu on the navigation bar. Course Info Course Title Upload Course image (optional) If you upload an image, this will be displayed in the Card View when listing the course. Basic Settings The basic settings of a course in Vocareum are: Organization Time zone: Used for all the time-sensitive settings, such as submission due dates. Start Date: This date is set by the administrators of Vocareum and is usually the date of your request being completed. End Date: The end date for a course is set by default to the last day of the academic year for the course. This date cannot be changed by the instructor. After this date, students will no longer be able to work on their projects. As an instructor, you will continue to have access to the platform. Access End Date: Students can no longer work on their projects or access their data after the specified “End Date.” As an instructor, you can change the Access End Date. LMS Integrations Vocareum is integrated with your Brightspace course through LTI 1.3. Do not toggle the LTI button off! LTI Details: This is set by the Vocareum administrator. Course-Level Access: This is set by the Vocareum administrator. LTI version: Vocareum supports LTI version 1.3. Do not change this setting! Show all assignments: Should be OFF if you want Vocareum to only show the assignment that the student entered via Brightspace. If this option is set to ON, the student can navigate to other published assignments from their Vocareum window. Auto Create Sections: If enabled, sections will be create based on your course's Brightspace ID. Manually created sections in Vocareum are then automatically overwritten. Groups created in Brightspace are not synchronized with Vocareum. Course Parameters No Submission: When this setting is enabled students can run their lab but cannot submit their work. Mastery Levels: This feature allows you to specify an order in which students must complete assignments by assigning a level (integer) to each part of an assignment. Assignments with lower levels must be successfully completed before assignments with higher levels may be attempted. https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3659011-mastery-learning Sections: Each class can be divided into two or more sections that can be managed independently with, for example, differing assignments and timelines. Students can be enrolled to each section individually or bulk enrolled via a .csv file. https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3658989-managing-class-sections Once sections have been enabled and saved, you cannot turn them off in the course. Slip Days: Slip days are used to compute how many days a student is late for a submission when a deadline has been set. When a student is graded, the late penalty (if set) will be calculated accordingly. https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3659016-slip-days Lab Session Length: The max session length for labs within the course; these can be adjusted within the individual assignment settings. End Lab Behavior: Select between 'terminate resources' and 'stop resources' Teacher Cannot Add/Edit Content: Do not enable this setting! Other Settings If you have questions about container resources, resource limits, or code editor settings, please contact teaching-Support@tudelft.nl . We are currently unable to offer GPUs. Links to relevant help articles about Vocareum Course setup Basic course settings: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3658991-basic-course-settings Installing Python packages: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3658985-installing-python-packages Managing class sections: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3658989-managing-class-sections Grouping assignments: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/4562543-grouping-assignments Configuring workspace: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3659003-configure-workspace Cloud resources: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3658992-managing-cloud-resources Assignments Assignment options: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3659005-assignment-options Team projects: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3659009-team-projects Student view: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3659007-student-view Assignment versioning: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3659008-assignment-versioning Grading Grading assigments: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3658979-grading-assignments Creating a Jupyter assignment with nbgrader: https:/help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3658961-creating-a-jupyter-assignment-with-nbgrader Grading of multiple submissions per assignment: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3658977-grading-of-multiple-submissions-per-assignment Peer review: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3703227-peer-review Plagiarism detection: https://help.vocareum.com/en/articles/3658976-plagiarism-detection Support For support, please contact Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl . 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Group tool: Brightspace

The Brightspace Group Tool enables you to divide the entire class into groups or to group only some of the students. You can group students for administrative purposes or to have them work on assignments together. You can group students manually, automatically divide students into groups or let them self-enroll in groups.

The Tesla of coffins

Bob Hendrikx founded Loop Biotech three years ago. The entrepreneur's ambition is for his unique product – living coffins made of mushrooms – to launch a sustainable revolution in the funeral industry and beyond. Having started out in the YES!Delft incubator, Hendrikx now has his first production facility in the Schieoevers business park in Delft, with 15 members of staff. We asked him to look back on the past three years and discuss his most important insights.

BSc Nanobiology

Are you curious to see what happens at the smallest scale of biology? Do you love mathematics, physics and biology but can’t figure out which is your favourite? Then Nanobiology might be something for you! Nanobiology is the study of the complexity of living systems at the smallest scale, a joint programme offered by TU Delft and Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam. Nanobiology studies the interaction of physics and biology and how these two fields are integrated in the study of fundamental medical research. It is a technical study that uses the languages and techniques of mathematics, physics and biology to understand what is happening inside a cell. During the bachelor you will get a broad understanding of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. You will study cell processes and learn how to model the behaviour of molecules. You will learn how to work with advanced microscopes and how to code and program in order to do in-depth analysis and research. Nanobiologists use these skills to study and understand diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and infectious diseases. Overview Working language : English Joint degree : yes Numerus clausus : yes Starts: September Required subjects : biology / wiskunde B (math) / physics / chemistry Form : fulltime (on campus) Watch our study in 3,5 minutes: Important dates Registration deadline: 15 January Student-for-a-day activity: September to May Open Day: 14 March 2025 All information events Information numerus clausus Joint degree The Nanobiology programme is a joint degree programme offered by TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam (Erasmus MC). The schedule of Nanobiology is such that you will have classes on each campus every week, but only one campus per day. You will have full access to the facilities and resources of both universities. TU Delft is the organizational center, so register in Studielink for TU Delft. This is also where you will register for exams, see your grades and pay your tuition. TU Delft will register you at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Erasmus University Rotterdam About the programme After your studies From application to enrollment Student experiences 1st year student 3rd year student Graduated What do you like about studying Nanobiology? At Nanobiology, I think we have the right balance of common courses and more fascinating ones ― Amedeo Sandrucci, 1st year bachelor student What do you think of the Nanobiology programme? In Nanobiology, I met plenty of people, both students and teachers, who helped me step outside of my comfort zone and discover new abilities in myself. ― Albaraa Albaraa Adel Farouk Abdelghaffar Khalil , 3rd year bachelor student What did you do after your Bachelor's degree in Nanobiology? After graduating, I worked as a Technical Service Engineer at LUMICKS, a scale-up that develops novel, cutting-edge high-tech equipment. This role required a deep, thorough understanding of the optics and electronics of complex machines as well as a fundamental grasp of the biological questions and assays customers were working on ― Ilias Zarguit , alumnus Additional information Programme in numbers Rankings Brochure Related programmes Clinical Technology The ‘missing link’ between medicine and engineering. Read more Life Science and Technology (LST) The living cell: biology with a technological twist. Read more Applied physics Unravel the laws of nature in order to push the limits of technology. Read more Chat with a student Ask your questions to a Nanobiology student. Start the chat instagram linkedin twitter Menu openen All bachelors BSc Nanobiology About the programme What will I learn? Is this programme right for me? Extra challenges and support Student experiences After your studies Career opportunities Relevant Master's programmes From application to enrollment Admission requirements Selection procedure Application procedure Tuition and fees Contact

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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.

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. Solar and wind power generate variable amounts of electricity, while today’s industry demands a relatively constant supply. Adjustments are needed to prepare industry for a power supply based on sun and wind. These adjustments include technical, economic, and social adaptations that are being researched collaboratively by academic institutions and industry partners in these two projects. They also aim to address the barriers that hinder such adaptations. About DEFLAME DEFLAME stands for Direct Electrification of Industrial Heat Demand supported by Flexibility at Multiple Levels and their Exchanges (DEFLAME). This project aims to make the Dutch process industry—particularly the chemical and food industries—more resilient and climate-neutral by electrifying industrial heat using flexible solutions. Van den Broek explains, “For instance, we could scale installations up or down, store heat in underground systems, and/or store electricity in batteries, so that industry can better respond to fluctuations in the energy network.” This effort requires collaboration across multiple levels: technology, individual plants, industrial clusters, and national and international energy systems. DEFLAME focuses on removing obstacles to electrifying low-temperature heat (up to 400°C) with efficient technology. “This kind of heat is used in many processes. It’s essential to drive the right chemical reactions, and it’s also needed for drying, distillation, and evaporation processes. For example, in the crystallisation process to turn sugar beets into sugar, or in salt extraction,” Van den Broek explains. In crystallisation processes, for instance, mechanical vapour recompression can be used. In this process, vapours are compressed by an electrically driven compressor and then reused to heat the evaporator. “This saves energy, as it uses residual heat and allows for electricity to be sourced cleanly. With solar and wind, unlike with gas, the power supply is variable. If we want to electrify industry, businesses and technology need to be able to respond flexibly to this, for example, by storing heat as a cluster or building flexibility into the electrical system.” DEFLAME will identify strategies and institutional arrangements to unlock these solutions from multiple levels and with an interdisciplinary approach. Van den Broek states, “I look forward to taking an important step together with our partners to advance industrial electrification in the Netherlands. This is an essential part of the energy transition.” Consortium Partners The consortium partners include Atlas Copco, Cosun, ISPT, Nobian, Oranje Wind Power II C.V./RWE, Smart Port, Stedin, Tennet, TNO, TU Delft, and TU Eindhoven. Read the NWO press release . Prof.dr.ir. M.A. (Machteld) van den Broek

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.

25 year celebration of formal collaboration between Delft University of Technology and the University of Campinas

On 25 October 2024 we celebrated 25 years of formal collaboration between Delft University of Technology and the University of Campinas. What began as a project to exchange some students in chemical engineering has now grown to a multifaceted and broad academic collaboration which accumulated into 24 joint research projects (>20 M Euro); 16 advanced courses and 15 Doctors with a Dual Degree PhD. Patricia Osseweijer, TU Delft Ambassador Brazil explained, “We are proud to show and reflect on this special day the added value we created resulting from our joint activities. The lessons we learned demonstrate that especially continuity of funds and availability for exchanges has contributed to joint motivation and building trust which created strong relations. This is the foundation for academic creativity and high-level achievements.” The program presented showcases of Dual Degree projects; research activities and education. It discussed the future objectives and new fields of attention and agree on the next steps to maintain and strengthen the foundation of strong relations. Telma Franco, Professor UNICAMP shared that “joint education and research has substantially benefitted the students, we see that back in the jobs they landed in,” while UNICAMP’s Professor Gustavo Paim Valenca confirmed that “we are keen to extend our collaboration to more engineering disciplines to contribute jointly to global challenges” Luuk van der Wielen highlighted that “UNICAMP and TU Delft provide valuable complementary expertise as well as infrastructures to accelerate research and innovation. Especially our joint efforts in public private partnerships brings great assets” To ensure our future activities both University Boards have launched a unique joint program for international academic leadership. This unique 7-month program will accommodate 12 young professors, 6 from each university. The programme began on 4 November 2024 in Delft, The Netherlands.

POW team wins TU Delft Education Team Award 2024

During the Teaching Academy's Education Day, the awards were presented for Educator of the Year and Education Team Award. The team that developed the Personal Development Weeks (Persoonlijke OntwikkelingsWeek or POW) of the Bachelor Renewal won the award for TU Delft Education Team of the Year.

Scholarships Abroad Week

Receive funding for your time abroad Are you going abroad for your study programme in Semester 2, 2024-2025? Or are you going abroad for a traineeship/thesis/project in 2024-2025? You can receive additional funding for your time abroad. Come join the scholarship abroad presentation sessions to find out more. Presentation for Exchange students 19 November 13:00 – 13:30 in Lecture Hall C – Daniel Bernoulli (ME, 34.A-0-620) 19 November 19:00-19:30 – online in Teams Presentation for Internship/thesis/project students 19 November 13:00 – 13:30 in Lecture Hall B – Isaac Newton (ME, 34.A-0-720) 19 November 19:00-19:30 – online in Teams For more information visit the Student Portal .

Christmas lunch

Take part in a festive lunch with MoTiv, TU Delft Studentenraad en TU Delft ESA This holiday season, MoTiv, TU Delft, and the local Delft churches are bringing together homes and students for a special, heartwarming experience, and we would love for you to be part of it! After three successful years, we’re excited to continue this festive tradition, bridging cultures and creating connections. Are you interested in joining a holiday lunch as a guest , along with other international students, in a welcoming Delft-area home? Or perhaps you’d like to open your home as a host , sharing a warm, cultural celebration with students from around the world? This special event will take place from December 23rd to December 31st, between 12:00 and 15:00 . For Guests : If you’d like to participate as a guest, we’ll match you with a local host eager to share their holiday traditions. You’ll enjoy delicious dishes, laughter, and meaningful conversations, creating memories that feel like home, even far from family. Once matched, we’ll connect you with your host so you can coordinate details and meal plans together. Sign up as a guest in this google forms.(https://forms.gle/yLAqE83DcqWGwcKB8) For Hosts : If you’re interested in hosting, this is a wonderful opportunity to welcome students into your home for a memorable meal. By sharing food, stories, and perhaps even a few games, you’ll help make the season brighter for students eager to experience Dutch hospitality and holiday traditions. Sign up as a host in this google forms.( https://forms.gle/bJB5svxJZ1iTSF1c6 ) For any questions, feel free to reach out to us at motiv.connects@gmail.com. For more information, please visit our website at www.motiv.tudelft.nl/christmas-lunch-delft/ . Thank you for making this holiday season unforgettable. We look forward to celebrating with you! Warm regards, MoTiv, TU Delft Student Council, TU Delft ESA - Student Community Team

TU Delft and India collaborate on self-supervised Learning for Plastic Hotspots Identification from Satellite Images

Plastic hotspots refer to regions where plastic waste accumulates, often in large quantities, due to factors such as water currents, tides, and human activities. These hotspots represent significant environmental concerns because they contribute to pollution in aquatic ecosystems, endanger aquatic life, and impact human health through contamination of the food chain.