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PhD peer review colloquium: Minelives

This PhD Peer Review Colloquium is organised jointly by the Department of Architecture and the Department of Urbanism. It will focus on issues related to ‘Minelives’.

Indisciplinary Technical Practice or Doing AI, Design, and Philosophy with Cards

On 24 October the second iteration of the Moments of Reading workshop took place at the University of Groningen. This workshop has the objective of creating a space for philosophical reflection by means of a card game, which focuses on the polysemic notions of Ai, Design and Democracy. This iteration was aimed at master’s students in computer science and linguistics. Read the reflections on this workshop in the article by Jordi Viader Guerrero .

The art of listening: an Iranian landscape architect interviewing elderly in Rotterdam

From landscape architect in Iran to postdoctoral researcher at the Urbanism department: Dr. Maryam Naghibi made a radical career transition. She currently studies public perception on so-called sponge city measures, mainly ‘green and blue’ features like parks and waterways. “There are many possible design choices to make a neighbourhood more resilient. But if these changes are not appreciated by locals, they are not used or maintained. That’s what I want to prevent.”

Open Campus Days

It is impossible to imagine our society without air and space travel. Do you have any idea how many people and goods are transported by air every year? Do you know how satellite navigation works? Why does a Formula 1 car have wings and how do they work? How do you design an aircraft that can fly even faster, higher and better? Read more information about our bachelor programme Aerospace Engineering Read more about the TU Delft Open Days and sign up! Bachelor Open Days The Aerospace Engineering (AE) programme is for people who dare to ask these kind of questions. People who really want to know how to make progress through the use of technology, and who are curious about seemingly unsolvable problems. Right from the onset, you will work on all of the disciplines of aviation, space travel and earth observation, whether it is testing aerodynamics in wind tunnels, calculating the course of satellites, testing materials in laboratories or designing a revolutionary helicopter. You will acquire this basic technical knowledge while using aeroplanes, rockets and satellites as your objects of study. In addition to this, business administration and systems engineering are major components of the programme. After all, developing a product might be one thing, but marketing it cost-effectively is just as important. Questions to ask during the Open Campus Days BSc How does the BSc material relate to high school material? What subject do you like most/least? How many hours per week do you spend on your study? Do you have a lot of practical work during the study? How do you obtain ECs? Is it easy to ask questions to the professors? How is the individual support during the study? Projects/DSE Which projects do you do in the BSc? Why are there so many projects in the study? How are you guided during the project? Do you have to give a lot of presentations in the projects? Do you have to do a lot of programming in the projects? What was your DSE about? Can you choose yourself what your project is about? What do you like most/least about the projects? How do you make sure working together with 10 people goes smoothly? Selection How much practice time is necessary to prepare for the selection procedure? Do you have to take the tests in a row? What is the level of math/physics in the selection? Why do you have a selection? What was your experience with the selection? How did you combine the selection with your high school exams? MSc How do you know which MSc will fit you? Do I already need to know now which MSc I want to do? How much impact does the choie of MSc have on my career? What is your MSc/career planning? What is the thesis? Student life What do you do next to your studies? Do I immediately have to join an association? Is it possible to have a side job next to your studies? How do I get in contact with the associations in Delft? Are there possibilities for doing extracurricular activities that are good for my career? How much free time do you have next to your studies? Which sports can I take part in at the sports center? Dreamteams What does a dreamteam do? When can I join a dreamteam? Did you consider joining a dreamteam? What benefits does doing a dreamteam have? Challenges What projects does the faculty take part in in the area of sustainability? Which big projects is the faculty working on? Can you work on such a project as a student? If I have a great idea for a project myself, can I start doing this at the faculty? How does the faculty see the future of the aerospace industry? Will flying on electricity and Hydrogen be possible in the future?

Exhibition: Magic of the box

During the exhibition ‘Magic of the box’, diorama boxes of students can be admired. The projects are the result of the course BK3GR3 of the bachelor Bouwkunde.

Optimal Planning for Public Transport Disruptions

Transportation systems nowadays can be characterised by a plethora of mobility options and service providers, which makes coordination between them challenging to make sure that sparse urban space and transport service resources are used in an optimal way. This becomes increasingly challenging in the event of public transport disturbances or disruptions, ranging from short, unplanned disruptions to long-lasting planned disruptions. As many quays and bridges in Amsterdam require large renovations in the coming decade, it is anticipated that several tram and bus routes will be severely affected, possibly for several months. This is likely to increase the pressure on remaining travel alternatives and the limited public space available in Amsterdam. The objective of this project is to support planners and policy makers in developing mobility plans for managing planned and long-lasting disruptions in public transport systems. This involves the development of methods to generate and assess alternative mobility management strategies and their impacts. Methods are developed to determine the optimal redesign of Amsterdam’s public transport network in response of these renewal works. Furthermore, this method proposes an optimal and a robust planning and network design based on the sequence of, and interactions between the many planned public transport closures. This incorporates the costs associated with frequently changing networks, as well as the inherent uncertainty in duration and urgency of different quay and bridge renewals. The research explicitly quantifies the robustness benefits which shared mobility services – such as ride-hailing or micro-mobility – can provide to reduce the impact of these closures. Partners This project is conducted by the TU Delft in close cooperation with the AMS Institute and the municipality of Amsterdam. This work, funded by the AMS Institute, supports the municipality of Amsterdam to react in an optimal way to planned public transport disruptions, thereby explicitly considering the availability of the infrastructure and resources, as well as the potential deployment of other mobility services and providers. As such, this contributes to the development of multimodal mobility management capabilities that allow testing strategies contributing positively towards the resilience of Amsterdam’s transportation network.

IDE Design Master Class for Professionals: AI in Experience Design

IDE Design Master Class 2024: AI in Experience Design 07 February 2024 09:00 till 08 February 2024 18:00 | Add to my calendar Whether your aim is to update existing knowledge, learn new concepts and/or renew your network, at the IDE Design Master Classes, you learn the latest from those actively working at the forefront of Design. Learn from the experts as well as from other professionals! IDE Design Master Classes are a series of intensive two-day, state-of-the-art on-site Master Classes developed specifically for professionals. In groups of 10 to 16 participants, you gain insights into recent developments in the discipline, learning about the latest methods. This has proved an extremely effective way to refine your skills, focus your ambition, and/or simply broaden your mind and be inspired! Derek Lomas will kick off the 2024 Spring programme in March with the new IDE Design Master Class AI in Experience Design. Keep reading to find out more and how you can register. About 'AI in Experience Design' Join us for a transformative learning experience to become more skilled in using AI. We will guide you through the foundations of generative AI, from understanding underlying principles to exploring the creative boundaries. Our session focuses on igniting your creativity to experiment with AI to get the most out of your usage. This IDE Master Class is aimed at professionals who are interested in a deep dive into using generative AI and gaining more knowledge and a better skillset. The program is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of generative AI in both theoretical and practical aspects. Specific topics within this masterclass include basics of generative AI, its technical foundations, practical application, exploring different types of AI; ChatGPT, Image AI, Video AI, and Coding AI, personal projects, and its ethical and societal impact. The masterclass focuses on a play and experiment mindset that can be used with different types of AI, including non-existing new versions. This provides lasting effect rather than a taught step-by-step approach. This course is open to beginners, as well as more advanced users. Find out more here.

Beyond Cure and Care: a Symposium on Purposeful Play for better Health

Beyond Cure and Care: a Symposium on Purposeful Play for better Health 06 February 2024 09:00 till 18:00 | Add to my calendar As part of the celebrations in honour of TU Delft’s Alumnus of the Year, Hester le Riche, on the morning of 6th February, IDE will host a symposium in her honour - bringing together inspiring design, cutting-edge science and human impact. At Beyond Cure and Care: a Symposium on Purposeful Play for better Health, Hester will be joined on stage by Philip Scheltens , Emeritus Professor of Neurology and founder of the Alzheimer Centre at Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Richard Goossens, professor of Physical Ergonomics at IDE, as well as IDE Medisign graduates and researchers with an interest in healthcare. Moderated by Assistant Prof. Jos Kraal, you can expect presentations, panel discussions and prototypes. The symposium , starting at 10:00 am, will be followed the unveiling of a plaque in Hester’s honour and a networking lunch served in the IDE Hall. Register here and help spread the word in your network.

Vision and Depiction Conference 2024

You are invited to attend the Vision and Depiction conference on 7 – 9 February at IDE.

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Tracing ancient settlements in Colombia with remote sensing

A team of the LDE alliance (Leiden University, TU Delft, and Erasmus University Rotterdam) asked whether it might be possible to search for signs of ancient settlements in the jungle with affordable remote sensing techniques. For an expedition in a Colombian dense forest, the team, including remote sensing expert Felix Dahle of TU Delft, joined forces with archaeologists and drone experts from Colombia. In mountainous forests, drones provide affordable access to areas that would otherwise be unreachable from the ground. A LiDAR laser scanner already proved its value in coastal observation . The big question was whether LiDAR could bypass the many treetops. Trees reflect the laser, so it was crucial to fly close so it found its way through the foliage. The team mounted a highly portable LiDAR laser scanner to a drone and went on expedition nearby ancient terraces of the Tairona culture in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta. “We had to find the sweet spot. Close to the archaeological sites and still secure above the canopy”, says Felix Dahle. And it passed the test. The LiDAR laser scanner create a point cloud and a detailed 3D model of the landscape. “We were able to detect ancient terraces in the jungle. We discovered that we can scan through the forest when it is not too dense, but some areas remained unfathomable. We could also distinguish several types of vegetation, which might be of great use too to find undiscovered archaeological sites.”

PRELIFE consortium receives NWA funding to investigate the origin of life

The interdisciplinary research consortium PRELIFE has been awarded an NWA grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) to investigate the origin of life on Earth and in the universe, one of science’s greatest unsolved puzzles. The consortium will receive €6.7 million to explore this question and comprises scientists from sixteen universities and research institutes across the Netherlands.

Kwartetspel maakt seksisme bij politie bespreekbaar

IO alumnus Noortje Kwakernaak bezocht twee politiekantoren om er de rol van vrouwelijke agenten te onderzoeken. Ze merkte dat er wel eens sprake was van grove en seksistische humor. Om spelers over deze grappen te laten reflecteren, en misschien gedrag te veranderen, ontwikkelde ze een kwartetspel.

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 in XPRIZE Rainforest 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.”

How comfortable are cargo bikes actually for children?

It’s impossible to imagine the Dutch street scene without the cargo bike. It’s ideal for transporting goods and especially popular for shuttling children from A to B. Surprisingly, however, no real research has been done on the comfort of children during cargo bike rides. Mechanical engineering students Jelmer, Renate, Dirk-Jan, Santo and Alexander set out to change this. The final project for their bachelor’s degree is the first step in this unexplored area of research.

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”.