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Google Scholar 2020 - present 2010 - 2019 2007 - 2009 Competitive and Cooperative CO2–H2O Adsorption through Humidity Control in a Polyimide Covalent Organic Framework H. Veldhuizen, S. A. Butt, A. van Leuken, B. van der Linden, W. Rook, S. van der Zwaag, M. A. van der Veen* ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c04561 Carbon monoxide separation: Past, present and future X. Ma, J. Albertsma, D. Gabriels, R. Horst, S. Polat, C. Snoeks, F. Kapteijn, H. B. Eral, D. Vermaas, B. Mei, S. de Beer, M. A.van der Veen* Chemical Society Reviews 2023, 52, 3741-3777. DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00147D Confined water cluster formation in water harvesting by metal organic frameworks: CAU-10-H versus CAU-10-CH3 M. A. van der Veen,* S. Canossa, M. Wahiduzzaman, G. Nenert, D. Frohlich, D. Rega, H. Reinsch, L. Shupletsov, K. Markey, D. E. De Vos, M. Bonn, N. Stock, G. Maurin, E. H. G. Backus Advanced Materials 2023, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202210050 Highlighted in Nature Water: Lee, JS.M. Water cluster formation in metal–organic frameworks. Nat. Water 2023, 1, 417. DOI: 10.1038/s44221-023-00088-3 Structure–Property Relationship of Piezoelectric Properties in Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks: A Computational Study S. Mula, L. Donà, B. Civalleri, M.A. van der Veen* ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2022, 14, 45, 50803–50814 ​​​​​​​Impact of Flow-Induced Disturbances During Synthesis on the Photophysical Properties of Naphthalene Diimide Covalent Organic Frameworks H. Veldhuizen, S. de Zwaag, M.A. van der Veen* Microporous Mesoporous Materials 2022, 343, 112122 Molecular-level understanding of highly selective heavy rare earth element uptake by organophosphorus modified MIL-101 (Cr) F. Keshavarz, V. Kavun, M.A. van der Veen, E. Repo, B. Barbiellini Chemical Engineering Journal 2022, 440, 135905 How Reproducible Are Surface Areas Calculated from the BET Equation? J. Osterrieth, et al. (round robin in the field, + 50 authors) Advanced Materials 2022, 34 (27), 2270205 Emergence of cooperative rotor dynamics in metal–organic frameworks via tuned steric interactions A. Gonzalez-Nelson, S. Mula, M. Šimėnas, S. Balčiūnas, A.R. Altenhof, C. S. Vojvodin, J. Banys, R.W. Schurko, F.-X. Coudert,* M. A. van der Veen* https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c03630 Selective recovery and separation of Rare Earth Elements by organophosphorus modified MIL-101(Cr) V. Kavun, M.A. van der Veen, E. Repo https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1387181120307472 Overcoming Crystallinity Limitations of Aluminium Metal-Organic Frameworks by Oxalic Acid Modulated Synthesis S. Canossa, A. Gonzalez-Nelson, L. Shupletsov, M. del Carmen Martin, M.A. van der Veen* Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 16, 3564-3570 Preparation and Dielectric Characterization of P(VDF-TrFE) Copolymer Based Composites Containing Metal-Formate Frameworks M. Šimėnas, S. Balciunas, A. Gonzalez-Nelson, M. Kinka, M. Ptak, M.A. van der Veen, M. Maczka, J. Banys J. Phys. Chem. C 2019, 123, 26, 16380–16387. Rotational Dynamics of Linkers in Metal–Organic Frameworks A. Gonzalez-Nelson,* F.-X. Coudert, M.A. van der Veen* Nanomaterials, 2019, 9(3), 330. Morphology and structure of ZIF-8 during crystallisation measured by dynamic angle-resolved second harmonic scattering S. Van Cleuvenbergen,* Z.J. Smith, O. Deschaume, C. Bartik, S. Wachsmann, T. Verbiest, M. A. van der Veen* Nature Communications, 2018, 9, 3418. Regioregularity Increases Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Response of Polythiophenes in Solution S. Deckers*, J. Steverlynck, P. Willot, S. Vandendriessche, G. Koeckelberghs, I. Asselberghs, T. Verbiest, M. van der Veen* J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119 (32), 18513–18517. Nonlinear optical enhancement caused by a higher order multipole mode of metallic triangles van der Veen,M.*, Rosolen, G., Verbiest, T., Vanbel, M.K., Maes, B., Kolaric, B.* J. Mater. Chem. C 2015, 3, 1576-1581. Spontaneous Polarization in Bio-organic Materials Studied by Scanning Pyroelectric Microscopy (SPEM) and Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy (SHGM) Putzyes, T.,* Wübbenhorst, M., van der Veen, M. Int. J. Thermophys., 2015, 36, 819-828. Metal–organic frameworks as heterogeneous photocatalysts: advantages and challenges Nasalevich, M.A., van der Veen, M., Kapteijn, F., Gascon, J.* CrystEngComm, 2014, 16(23), 4919-4926. Poly(3-alkylthiophene)s produce unexpectedly large second-order nonlinear optical response Deckers, S., Vandriessche, S., Cornelis, D., Clays, K., Koeckelberghs, G., Asselberghs, I. Verbiest, T., van der Veen, M.* Chemical Communications, 2014, 50 (21), 2741 – 2743. Structures, sorption characteristics and nonlinear optical properties of a new series of highly stable aluminium MOFs Reinsch, H., van der Veen, M.,* Gil, B., Verbiest, T., De Vos, D., Stock N.* Chemistry of Materials, 2013, 25(1), 17-26. Probing microporous materials with second-harmonic generation. van der Veen, M.,* Verbiest, T., De Vos, D. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2013, 166, 102-108. Point group symmetry determination via observables revealed with polarized second-harmonic microscopy. 2. Applications van der Veen, M.,* Vermoortele, F., De Vos, D., Verbiest T. Analytical Chemistry, 2012, 84(15), 6386-6390. Point group symmetry determination via observables revealed with polarized second-harmonic microscopy. 1. Theory van der Veen, M.,* Vermoortele, F., De Vos, D., Verbiest T. Analytical Chemistry, 2012, 84(15), 6378-6385. Host-guest and guest-guest interactions between xylene isomers confined in the MIL-47(V) pore system Ghysels, A., Vandichel, M., Toon Verstraelen, T., van der Veen, M., De Vos, D., Waroquier, M., Van Speybroeck V. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 2012, 131(7), 1234. All optical determination of microscopic and macroscopic structure of chiral and polar crystals obtained from achiral, apolar molecules Van Cleuvenbergen, S.,* Hennrich, G., Willot, P., Koeckelberghs, G., Clays, K., Verbiest, T., van der Veen, M.* Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2012, 116(22), 12219-12225. NH2-MIL-53(Al): a reversible solid state nonlinear optical switch displaying an unprecedented contrast Serra-Crespo, P. (jfa), van der Veen, M. (jfa), Gobechiya, E. (jfa), Houthoofd, K., Filinchuk, Y., Kirschhock, C., Martens, J., Sels, B., De Vos, D., Kapteijn, F., Gascon, J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134(20), 8314-8317. Mapping of the organization of p-nitroaniline in SAPO-5 by second-harmonic generation microscopy van der Veen, M.,* Van Noyen, J., Sels., B., Jacobs, P., Verbiest, T., De Vos, D. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2010, 12 (36), 10688-10692. Localization of p-nitroaniline chains inside zeolite ZSM-5 with second-harmonic generation microscopy van der Veen, M., Sels, B., De Vos, D., Verbiest, T. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132(19), 6630-6631. The Use of Second-Harmonic Generation to Study Diffusion through Films under a Liquid Phase van der Veen, M. (jfa),* De Roeck, M. (jfa), Vankelecom, I., De Vos, D., Verbiest, T. ChemPhysChem 2010, 11(4), 870-874. In Situ Orientation-Sensitive Observation of Molecular Adsorption on a Liquid/Zeolite Interface by Second-Harmonic Generation van der Veen, M.,* Valev, V., Verbiest, T., De Vos, D. Langmuir 2009, 25(8), 4256-4261. Metal-organic frameworks as high-potential adsorbents for liquid-phase separations of olefins, alkylnaphthalenes and dichlorobenzenes Alaerts, L., Maes, M., van der Veen, M., Jacobs, P., De Vos, D. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2009, 11(16), 2903-2911. Selective Adsorption and Separation of Xylene Isomers and Ethylbenzene with the Microporous Vanadium(IV) Terephthalate MIL-47 Alaerts, L., Kirschhock, C., Maes, M., van der Veen, M., Finsy, V., Depla, A., Martens, J., Baron, G., Jacobs, P., Denayer, J., De Vos, D.* Angewandte Chemie (International ed.) 2007, 46(23), 4293-4297.

Monique A. van der Veen

Monique A. van der Veen is Associate Professor in the department of Chemical Engineering at Delft University of Technology. She received her Master in Engineering in Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Leuven, Belgium in 2006. In 2010, she obtained her PhD at the same university, under the guidance of Thierry Verbiest and Dirk De Vos. With a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship from the Fund for Scientific Research –Flanders she continued to work at the University of Leuven, as well as in the group of Mischa Bonn at the Max-Planck Insitute of Polymer Research in Mainz. In 2013 she started as Assistant Professor at Delft University of Technology. She has presented numerous invited lectures at conferences and university seminars. In 2017 she was awarded an ERC Starting Grant, and in 2018 the Athena Prize by the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO)and in 2020 a VIDI Grant, also by the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). CV Monique A. van der Veen +31 (0) 152786458 m.a.vanderveen@tudelft.nl Building 58, room E2.180 Van der Maasweg 9 2629HZ Delft The Netherlands twitter

Davide Rega

Davide is a PhD candidate working on Metal-Organic Frameworks for piezoelectric and ferroelectric applications. In 2018, he graduated at Milan’s Politecnico in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology. His Master thesis regarded the synthesis and the characterization of organic molecules for the passivation of perovskite solar cells. Davide was also part of the Politecnico’s Honours Programme “Engineering for Sustainable Development”, which implied additional courses of Energy Modelling and Development Economics, as well as the development of a Life Cycle Assessment study for the thesis. Thus, the basis of his work is a multidisciplinary approach, and the aim of looking at all the issues from a 360° point of view. Davide Rega d.rega@tudelft.nl Building 58 Room E2.220 Van der Maasweg 9 2629HZ Delft the Netherlands 0

Sven Weerdenburg

I am a PhD candidate in the group of Dr. Monique van der Veen. I work on plasmon-assisted heterogeneous catalysis for the conversion of carbon dioxide to chemical building blocks such as methane and methanol. My works mostly consists of synthesizing plasmonic nanoparticles and studying the temperature changes and charge carrier dynamics with time-resolved spectroscopy and other techniques. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in Molecular Science and Technology, and master’s degree in Chemical Engineering also here in Delft. My master thesis was done at the OM group under supervision of Prof. Dr. Laurens Siebbeles and was about the modelling of charge carrier multiplication for new solar cell materials.

Begüm Yilmaz

I am a PhD student in the group of Monique A. Van der Veen. I am studying the utilization of photothermal effect to thermally activate the reactions at small time scales and monitor the catalytic conversions by using ultrafast spectroscopy. I obtained my BSc and MSc degrees at Middle East Technical University, Chemical Engineering Department, Ankara / Turkey. My master study focused on artificial photosynthesis where I studied CO 2 , H 2 O and H 2 adsorption over catalysts by using adsorption manifolds connected to vacuum assemblies together with microcalorimetry and NMR.

Han Mertens

I am a PhD candidate working on time-resolved spectroscopy to follow molecular processes initiated by heat on a picosecond timescale. This requires a rapid increase in temperature on the same timescale. I did my BSc and MSc in Chemistry at Radboud University in Nijmegen, where I worked on solid-phase deracemization of molecules containing multiple stereocenters for my Master’s thesis. j.c.j.mertens@tudelft.nl Building 58 Room E2.220 Van der Maasweg 9 2629HZ Delft the Netherlands

Jelco Albertsma

I am a PhD candidate working on porous, conductive CO adsorbent materials that contain redox active sites which can electrochemically be switched between CO attracting and CO repulsing states. I did my BSc in Chemical Engineering and a double MSc in Chemical Engineering and Nanotechnology at the University of Twente. My master thesis was on modelling spin crossover-induced CO adsorption behaviour in Fe2Cl2(bbta).

Chunyu Huang

Chunyu is a PhD student working on developing metal-organic frameworks for odour-based selective recognition of veterinary disease. She obtained her BSc in Environmental Science from Shanghai Ocean University and MSc in Environmental Science from East China Normal University. Her master’s thesis focused on the development of environmental analysis methods based on metal organic coordination polymers.

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2021 Origin of the synergistic effect between TiO2 crystalline phases in the Ni/TiO2-catalyzed CO2 methanation reaction D. Messou, V. Bernardin, F. Meunier, M. Borges Ordoño, A. Urakawa, B.F. Machado, V. Collière, R. Philippe, P. Serp, C. Le Berre, J. Catal., 398, 14-28 Enhancing Sustainability Through Heterogeneous Catalytic Conversions at High Pressure N. Phongprueksathat, A. Urakawa, Heterogeneous Catalysts: Advanced Design, Characterization and Applications (Wiley) Methodologies to Hunt Active Sites and Active Species A. Urakawa, Heterogeneous Catalysts: Advanced Design, Characterization and Applications (Wiley) Heterogeneously Catalyzed CO2 Hydrogenation to Alcohols N. Phongprueksathat, A. Urakawa, CO2 Hydrogenation Catalysis (Wiley) Greener and facile synthesis of Cu/ZnO catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol by urea hydrolysis of acetates N. Phongprueksathat, A. Bansode, T. Toyao, A. Urakawa, RSC Advances 11 (24), 14323-14333 Silica-Supported PdGa Nanoparticles: Metal Synergy for Highly Active and Selective CO2-to-CH3OH Hydrogenation S.R. Docherty, N. Phongprueksathat, E. Lam, G. Noh, O.V. Safonova, A. Urakawa, C. Copéret, JACS Au, 1 (4), 450-458 Enhanced Activity of Integrated CO2 Capture and Reduction to CH4 under Pressurized Conditions toward Atmospheric CO2 Utilization F. Kosaka, Y. Liu, S.-Y. Chen, T. Mochizuki, H. Takagi, A. Urakawa, K. Kuramoto, ACS Sust. Chem. Eng., 9 (9), 3452-3463 PEM electrolysis‐assisted catalysis combined with photocatalytic oxidation towards complete abatement of nitrogen‐containing contaminants in water J. Ampurdanés, S. Bunea, A. Urakawa, ChemSusChem, 14 (6), 1534 Selective dehydration of glycerol on copper based catalysts R.J. Chimentão, P. Hirunsit, C.S. Torres, M. Borges Ordoño, A. Urakawa, J.L.G. Fierro, D. Ruiz, Catalysis Today, 367, 58-70

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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.