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21 February 2019
Service sector has sizeable impact on urban energy demand
A better understanding of the energy demands of various users in the city – households and services such as schools, offices and shops – can…
18 February 2019
HumTechLab at HNPW 2019!
From 3-8 February, 2019 a delegation of thirteen TU Delft students from the HumTechLab traveled to Geneva to attended the Humanitarian…
16 January 2019
The Hague worst hit in the case of extreme precipitation
A new precipitation index compares the risks that different cities face from extreme rainfall. In The Netherlands, The Hague will be…
15 January 2019
Planning for large-scale thermal energy storage systems could be greatly improved
In some places in the Netherlands, the ground is starting to run out of space for thermal energy storage systems, which can provide heating…
07 January 2019
Inaugural speech prof. Frans Klijn: Wanted: a river pilot
Deltas are attractive places for humanity to settle, since they provide good agricultural soils as well as a main port to a vast hinterland.…
13 December 2018
Inaugural speech prof. dr. J. Groeneweg (TPM): Just culture
Many organisations in healthcare and other fields are struggling with the question how they can further improve the safety of patients and…
07 December 2018
TU Delft Policy Modelling Lab opened
On 6 December 2018, the Policy Modelling Lab (PML) in The Hague was opened by Saskia Bruines, Deputy Mayor and Alderman for Education,…
29 November 2018
Paulien Herder joins board NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences
The board of the NWO domain Applied and Engineering Sciences appoints prof. Paulien Herder as new board member. She will join the AES domain…
15 November 2018
Aimee van Wynsberghe receives LÓreal UNESCO For Women In Science award
Aimee van Wynsberghe has received the Dutch For Women In Science award. The award was extended by L’Oréal and UNESCO, together with the…
14 November 2018
First ever professor of Ethics of Water Engineering: ‘Take account of the differing opportunities available to citizens’
On Friday, 16 November, Prof. Neelke Doorn gave her inaugural address as professor of Ethics of Water Engineering.