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Steering Committee Meeting, and Newly Elected Chair

ENHANCE Leadership (from left to right): Stefano Ronchi (PoliMi), parting Steering Committee Chair, newly elected Chair Ena Voûte (TU Delft), and Co-Chair Ute Habel (RWTH Aachen). On the 14th and 15th of May, the ENHANCE Steering Committee and VP Research met in historic Valencia and enjoyed the hospitality of UP Valencia. This was the first time that Ena Voûte was introduced to the Steering Committee as Chair. Quote Ena Voûte: ‘It is an honour to chair the ENHANCE Steering Committee in the future. We need this collaboration in Europe more than ever, and what better way to do it than with trusted friends. With our joint creativity, engineering skills and drive for progress, I am confident that we will make great strides.’ The second phase of ENHANCE, which we are now in, focuses on sharing education, courses, best practice and student and staff exchanges, building on the strengths and opportunities of all universities. We discussed educational pathways and agreed on different formats in which we can all contribute to give our students international experiences. In addition to education, we looked at ways of working more closely together in research. Especially for early career researchers. If you are thinking of applying for an MSCA next November, please contact Core Officer Marieke Wolthuis, m.s.wolthuis@tudelft.nl. We are happy to help you find consortium partners within the ENHANCE alliance. More information about the Steering Committee Meeting: Embracing Change in ENHANCE+ Governance – ENHANCE Alliance (enhanceuniversity.eu) More information about ENHANCE: ENHANCE – European Universities of Technology (tudelft.nl)

ENHANCE Diversity Office officially inaugurated + Roadmap published

We are thrilled to announce the official inauguration of the ENHANCE Diversity Office (DO), a pivotal step towards fostering Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (IDE) within our community. The launch of the ENHANCE DO underscores our commitment to cultivating a safe, critical, and fair environment. The DO is led by dedicated specialists from all ten member universities. Members of the ENHANCE Diversity Office during the ENHANCE+ Kick-Off in February 2024 in Berlin (from left to right): Silvia Barattieri (PoliMi), Sadaf Nadimi (TU Delft), Hanna Wolf (ETH Zurich), Maria Saline (Chalmers), Katrin Feldmann (RWTH Aachen), Kathrin Philipp (TU Berlin), Melih Özkardeş (RWTH Aachen – Head of the DO), Janet Overland (NTNU), Hossein Ghami (Gdańsk Tech) und Ulrich Schutz (ETH Zurich) Sadaf Nadimi (TU Delft member of Work Package ‘Diversity, Impact and Dissemination’) has been a great contributor to the recently introduced ENHANCE Road Map for IDE . With this Road Map as our guiding compass, we are embarking on a journey towards a more inclusive future. Sadaf Nadimi: “The roadmap serves as a valuable tool for us to gain insight into our current and forthcoming projects. It enables us to identify potential synergies with other work packages, thereby enhancing our ability to maximize our impact. We can draw inspiration from the roadmap for future projects in our local office at TU Delft.” To find out more about ENHANCE’s work on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, sign up for the monthly Diversity and Impact newsletter to stay up to date with all developments, or visit the ENHANCE Diversity Hub .

TU Delft joins forces with European lifelong learning network

TU Delft joins forces with European lifelong learning network The TU Delft Extension School for Continuing Education is thrilled to announce that the university has joined EUCEN. Membership of the European Universities Continuing Education Network allows us to work with other universities that are also dedicated to maximising impact on society through the power of lifelong learning. Championing Openness in Education Being part of EUCEN provides yet another valuable platform for one of our key principles: openness. Openness is at the very core of what we do, as we strive to make our education accessible to as many people as possible worldwide. We are also committed to sharing educational resources, course design insights and pedagogical methodologies with other universities and educational institutions. We are excited to contribute to the collective efforts of eucen in the pursuit of excellence in continued education, “ said Director of the Extension School for Continuing Education, Willem van Valkenburg. “ We look forward to playing an increasingly significant role in shaping the future of lifelong learning. Contributing to a prestigious network Having celebrated 10 years of the Extension School this year, and 10 years of delivering continuing education to professionals worldwide, we look forward to actively contributing to the exchange of ideas and best practices. We are recognised as leaders in Lifelong Learning in Europe which was underscored more recently by Prof. Luc Sels, Rector of KU Leuven who commended our efforts as “the best example of what we could aim for on the European continent” during his keynote address at the European Lifelong Learning Conference in Brussels. Championing Openness in Education Being part of EUCEN provides yet another valuable platform for one of our key principles: openness. Openness is at the very core of what we do, as we strive to make our education accessible to as many people as possible worldwide. We are also committed to sharing educational resources, course design insights and pedagogical methodologies with other universities and educational institutions. Innovating Lifelong Learning Design Our very own learning developer, Tracey-Lee Davis will be leading a panel session during EUCEN’s Global Lifelong Learning Week on Redefining Design and Delivery for Lifelong Learners. She will explore the ways in which lifelong learning has to adapt to meet the diverse needs of all learners, considering their unique circumstances, needs, means and responsibilities. Influencing European Education Policy We look forward to actively participating in European Education and Lifelong Learning policymaking, and exploring how we can play a role in decision-making in Brussels. This involvement gives us direct insights into new developments, enabling us to make informed decisions that keep us adaptable to the evolving skill requirements of individuals and organisations across Europe and beyond. Photo by RDNE Stock project

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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

Veiligere en efficiëntere bloedvatbehandelingen door innovatieve kathetertechnologie

Wereldwijd worden jaarlijks meer dan 200 miljoen katheters gebruikt voor de behandeling van vaatziekten zoals hartaandoeningen en slagadervernauwing. Hoewel essentieel, brengt het gebruik van katheters risico’s met zich mee: wrijving tussen de katheter en de vaatwand kan complicaties veroorzaken. Een nieuwe technologie, ontwikkeld door Mostafa Atalla en zijn team, biedt een oplossing. Met één druk op de knop kan de wrijving van de katheter worden aangepast, van maximale grip naar volledige gladheid. Deze innovatie belooft niet alleen veiligere, maar ook efficiëntere endovasculaire procedures mogelijk te maken. De resultaten zijn gepubliceerd in het wetenschappelijk tijdschrift IEEE. Slimme katheter met instelbare wrijving Het nieuwe katheterprototype is uitgerust met geavanceerde technologie die de wrijving tussen de katheter en vaatwand nauwkeurig reguleert via ultrasone trillingen. Dit mechanisme zet via ultrasone trillingen de dunne vloeistoflaag onder druk waardoor de wrijving dynamisch kan worden aangepast: lage wrijving voor soepele navigatie door bloedvaten en hogere wrijving voor optimale stabiliteit tijdens een procedure. Tests tonen aan dat deze techniek de wrijving op harde oppervlakken met gemiddeld 60% vermindert en op zachte oppervlakken met 11%. Veelbelovende resultaten Bij experimenten op dierlijk aortaweefsel heeft het prototype zijn potentieel bewezen. Deze innovatie kan niet alleen bij vaatbehandelingen worden ingezet, maar mogelijk ook bij andere medische procedures, zoals interventies in de darmen. De onderzoekers zijn nu bezig de technologie verder te ontwikkelen en te testen op bredere toepassingen. Meer informatie 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 Wil je een demonstratie bijwonen of in contact komen met een van de onderzoekers neem contact op met: Fien Bosman, persvoorlichter TU Delft Health: f.j.bosman@tudelft.nl/ 0624953733

Een flexibele backstop als deel van de oplossing voor netcongestie

Uit naam van het TU Delft PowerWeb Institute overhandigen onderzoekers Kenneth Brunninx en Simon Tindemans op 12 november 2024 een Position Paper aan de Tweede Kamer, met een mogelijke oplossing voor de grote netwerkcapaciteit-problemen die in Nederland steeds vaker opspelen. Waarschijnlijk haalt Nederland de klimaatdoelen 2030 niet, en dat komt onder andere doordat de grote industrie niet snel genoeg kan overstappen op elektriciteit, mede doordat er steeds vaker problemen ontstaan rondom netwerkcapaciteit en netcongestie. Naar alle waarschijnlijk zullen die problemen dit decennium eerst zelfs toenemen, voordat ze kunnen afnemen, stellen de onderzoekers. De oplossing die de onderzoekers van het TU Delft PowerWeb Institute aanbieden, is de ‘flexibele backstop’. Met een flexibele backstop kan de huidige capaciteit van het elektriciteitsnet efficiënter gebruikt worden zonder aan veiligheid of betrouwbaarheid in te boeten. Een flexibele backstop is een veiligheidsmechanisme dat semiautomatisch en op korte termijn de hoeveelheid elektriciteit vermindert die een elektrische verbruiker van het elektriciteitsnet kan onttrekken (een elektrische laadpaal of een warmtepomp) of leveren (een PV-installatie). Het is een klein apparaatje dat is aangesloten of ingebouwd in een elektrische verbruiker, zoals een laadpaal of warmtepomp, en dat ‘communiceert’ met de distributienetwerkbeheerder. In geval van acute congestie op het netwerk geeft de netwerkbeheerder een signaal aan het apparaat om de hoeveelheid stroom te beperken. Duitsland heeft recent een vergelijkbaar systeem ingevoerd voor elektrische laadpalen. De backstop wordt enkel geactiveerd in periodes van acute congestieproblemen, nadat alle andere maatregelen uitgeput zijn. “Het opwaarderen van het elektriciteitsnetwerk blijft essentieel, maar zal in de praktijk nog jaren duren. Er is dus behoefte aan kortetermijnoplossingen die geïntegreerd kunnen worden in de langetermijnplanning. Wij, de leden van het TU Delft PowerWeb Institute, roepen de overheid, netwerkbeheerders en regulator op om de flexibele backstop als extra veiligheidsmaatregel voor het netwerk te onderzoeken”, aldus de onderzoekers. Het gehele paper is hier te lezen. Kenneth Bruninx is universiteit hoofddocent bij de faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management, waar hij met kwantitatieve modellen energiebeleid, regulering en marktontwerp evalueert. Simon Tindemans is universitair hoofddocent in de Intelligent Electrical Power Grids groep van faculteit Elektrotechniek, Wiskunde en Informatica. Hij doet onder andere onderzoek naar onzekerheid en risicomanagement voor elektriciteitsnetwerken. Het TU Delft PowerWeb Institute ontwerpt het elektriciteitsnetwerk van de toekomst.