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Posted in February 2016
‘New Space: Launching Entrepreneurship’, VSV Leonardo da Vinci annual symposium
Every year, only a handful of people visit space. Billions of people, however, use space-related technology on a daily basis. Just like the access to airspace in the past, the access to space is undergoing a major shift. At first only accessible for government, military and scientific purposes, our airspace is also being used for commercial purposes nowadays. Outer space seems to be moving in that very same direction. This creates exciting opportunities for entrepreneurs to start new ambitious companies operating in the ‘New Space’ domain. Continue reading
175 Days of celebration
Did you know that TU Delft will celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2017? The Dies Natalis (TU Delft’s birthday) in January 2017 will kick off 175 Days of Celebration, which will last until the International Festival of Technology in May/June. Within the theme ‘Technology for Life’ anyone, either students, staff or alumni and friends of the TU Delft, is invited to send in a proposal for the lustrum programme!
So if you have any ideas for an awesome anniversary event, don’t hesitate and send your proposal, in Dutch or English, before 1 April to Nienke van Bemmel.
Say what you want about your education
Do you have something to say about your education? For example, do you think your teacher is very motivating or inspiring or maybe the opposite? Or maybe you have an opinion about the study places? At the TU Delft, you can make yourself heard and participate in the Central Student Council or your Faculty Student Council. If you are interested, this is your moment, because they are all looking for you!
How would you like your news? Win a €20 iTunes or Google Play gift card
How do you keep up to date with the latest news regarding TU Delft? Do you daily check your blackboard and notice the newsfeeds from ‘Universiteitsblad Delta’ or ‘TU Student news? Perhaps you follow the TU Delft twitter and facebook accounts to stay in the loop.
Delta & TU Delft made an online questionnaire to learn more on how students keep abreast of news and developments at the university. Care to help us improve our newsfeeds? The questionnaire will take you about ten minutes to complete. It gives you the opportunity to indicate which topics you find interesting and where you find your news. When you finish it, you will enter a raffle to win a €20 iTunes or Google Play gift card! Isn’t that neat?
‘How do you keep frogs in a wheelbarrow?’ – Management Event Curius
In other words: how do you manage technological innovation? How do you get all those self-willed engineers to cooperate? If you have an interest in management and want to improve your managementskills, the TPM study association Curius has just the thing for you. On the 23rd of February, Curius organises the Management Event 2016.
Open the gate! Or at least, design it
The International Festival of Technology invites TU Delft, De Haagse Hogeschool and Inholland students to submit their most creative and innovative designs for the entrance to their festival site. The winners will get to see their design actually be built and receive some nice prize money.
The assignment
Design an awesome, sustainable, innovative, typically ‘Delft’ entrance for the festival site. No pressure. They’re looking for a ‘typical Delft design’. This means that the entrance first has to be functional as, you know, being able to enter the festival terrain. But it should also surprise the visitor with creativity and technological innovation. Go crazy! And by the way, collaborating with students from other educational institutes in or outside Delft in a single team is a plus. Check this website for more details and technical requirements of your entrance.
Want to visit Denmark for the ‘Green Challenge’ 2016?
Let’s say you have some ideas to make the world more sustainable. And let’s say that Denmark is an awesome country to visit. Well, then the ‘Green Challenge’ (Grøn Dyst) might be something for you.
The Green Challenge is a 3 week course taught at the Denmark University of Technology, followed by a student conference on June 24. Only five TU Delft students will be nominated to participate. In the course you will work innovatively and independently to identify the challenges and develop solutions. This will be done through literature survey, process or product design, experimental study, and evaluation of economy and sustainability.
Up to €5000 for your BSc thesis, UfD-Damen Bachelor Awards 2016
Did you or your study group just hand in a BSc-paper you feel proud of? Here’s your chance for eternal glory and a some hefty prize-money. In collaboration with Damen Shipyards, a Dutch shipyard group, the Delft University Fund is awarding outstanding Bachelor papers. An independent jury will judge the submitted papers based on their summaries.
After this, the jury will make a shortlist of potential winners. The five winners of the UfD-Damen Bachelor Awards 2016 will be announced during the ceremony on March 30, 2016. First prize get’s you €5000. The runner-up receives €3000, third place get’s you €2000. But it doesn’t stop there. Numbers 4 and 5 receive €1500 and €1000 respectively, while the 6th and 7th spot each get €500!
TU TV: Student hydrogen race car to power the world
A brand new episode by TU TV. An episode about the TU Delft DreamTeam Forze, world’s first hydrogen race team. They’re developing a hydrogen race car, hoping to attract investors and interest the world in hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Fuel cell technology allows for a very sustainable vehicle since the only outputs of the fuel cells are water and energy. This means zero CO2 and zero NOx.
The goal of Forze is the Dutch Super Car Challenge in August 2016. If they manage to compete in this challenge, their hydrogen race car is the first ever to compete against petrol cars!
Turn your thermostat down and wear a sweater
On Friday 5 February, TU Delft will turn its thermostats down by one degree in all university buildings. Once again we are participating in the national Warm Jumper Day and, as a result, will save a considerable amount of energy and CO2 emissions. So make sure to dress warm this Friday.
In some of our buildings, the temperature cannot be adjusted centrally or a constant temperature is required for research purposes. But don’t worry, you can still participate: just turn the radiator in your own room down a notch and contribute to this energy-saving green initiative.
