Posted in 2016

Do you remember last years bridge of beer cases in front of the Aula? It served as entrance of the International Festival of Technology. The large bridge, a record attempt of made by ‘Praktische Studie’ (study association of Civil Engineering), is of course hard to beat. That’s why a contest was launched to develop a new entrance for this year’s festival. The challenge was to make it ‘typical for Delft’, sustainable, conspicuous and innovative. Last week, the ideas were pitched and a winner was chosen. Jeroen Ubels, an Architecture student, is the lucky winner and gets to see his design built. Continue reading →

De verkiezingen van de leden van de Studentenraad (SR) en de Facultaire Studentenraden (FSR) zullen dit jaar alleen online plaatsvinden, op woensdag 18 mei 2016 vanaf 9:00 uur doorlopend tot en met donderdag 19 mei 2016 om 17:00 uur.

Het kiesregister kunt je dit jaar, tot en met 23 maart 2016, online vinden via: https://stem.tudelft.nl. Log in met je NetID en controleer of alles in orde is zodat je in mei kan stemmen. Mocht je problemen hebben met inloggen of kloppen je gegevens niet, neem dan contact op met het Servicepunt van je faculteit.

Het kiesregister van verkiezing van de leden van de Studentenraad op instellingsniveau (SR) en de leden van de Studentenraden op facultair niveau (FSR) kan op papier ingezien worden en ligt vanaf 16 maart 2016 tot en met 23 maart 2016 bij de Centrale Verkiezingscommissie, 5^e etage Faculteit Civiele Techniek, Stevinweg 1, kamer 5.10. Je kan binnen een week na de bekendmaking (tot en met uiterlijk 23 maart 2016; 17:00 uur) bezwaar aantekenen bij het College van Bestuur, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN te Delft.

Wil je zelf ook deelnemen aan de verkiezingen? Iedere student die mag stemmen kan zich kandidaat stellen voor de Studentenraad op instellingsniveau (SR) en de Studentenraad op facultair niveau (FSR). Om deel te kunnen nemen aan de verkiezingen moet je een kandidatenlijst met een of meer kandidaten inleveren bij de secretaris van de Verkiezingscommissie.

Deze kandidatenlijst moet ondersteund worden door ten minste 10 kiesgerechtigden voor de SR en ten minste 5 kiesgerechtigden voor de FSR. Ook moet iedere kandidaat een bewilligingsverklaring in vullen, waarop hij/zij zich formeel kandidaat stelt voor de betreffende kandidatenlijst.

De kandidaatstellingsformulieren kan je vanaf vandaag  afhalen bij de betreffende centrale c.q. facultaire verkiezingscommissies (zie onderstaand overzicht). De deadline voor het indienen van de kandidatenlijsten is woensdag 30 maart 2016 om 17:00 uur. Let op: je moet de lijst voor zowel de SR als FSR persoonlijk komen  inleveren.

Ophalen en indienen kandidatenlijsten SR en bewilligingsverklaringen van de kandidaten. Deadline: 17:00 uur, 30 maart 2016:

Kamer 5.10, 5^e etage Faculteit Civiele Techniek, Stevinweg 1

Ophalen en indienen kandidatenlijsten FSR en bewilligingsverklaringen van de kandidaten. Deadline: 17:00 uur, 30 maart 2016:

BK: Julianalaan 134, BG. Oost.110

CiTG: Stevinweg 1, Kamer 2.42

EWI: Mekelweg 4, kamer LB 02.170

L&R: Kluyverweg 1, Kamer 1.60

IO: Landbergstraat 15, Kamer C-4-100

3Me: Mekelweg 2, kamer K 34E-A-280 (O&S)

TBM: Jaffalaan 5, Kamer: A2.310

TNW: TN gebouw, Lorentzweg 1, kamer A.216, 2e verdieping A-vleugel

The election for Student Council (SR) and Student Councils at faculty level (FSR) will only take place online, between Wednesday 18^th May 2016 from 9.00 a.m. and Thursday 19^th May 2016 until 5.00 p.m.

Starting from today until 23 March 2016, this year’s electoral registers can be found online at https://stem.tudelft.nl. Log in with your NetID and check if everything is in order for you to vote in May. If you encounter any problems logging in or your data is incorrect, contact your faculty’s Servicepunt.

This year the electoral registers for the election of Student Council (SR) members at institute level and for the election of members of the Student Council at faculty level (FSR) are printed out and may be consulted between 16^th March 2016 and 23^th March 2016 in the Central Election Committee’s office on the 5^th floor of the Faculty Civil Engineering, Stevinweg 1, room 5.10. You can lodge objections about the electoral registers with the Executive Board: Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, up until one week after the names have been made known (i.e. until 5.00 p.m. on 23^rd March 2016 at the very latest).

Want to run for office yourself? Every student who is entitled to vote can nominate him- or herself for the Student Council (SR) and Student Councils at faculty level (FSR). To take part in the elections you have to hand in a candidate list to the secretary of the election committee.

Your Student Council candidate list must be supported by at least 10 persons who are eligible to vote for the Student Council (SR) elections. For the Student Councils at faculty Level it has to be supported by at least 5 persons who are entitled to vote for the Student Councils at faculty level (FSR). Every candidate has to fill in a written declaration of consent, in which she or he accepts her/his nomination on the candidate list.

You can pick up the candidate proposition forms from the relevant central or facultative election committee (see overview below) starting today! The deadline for the submission of your candidate list is 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday30^th March 2016. Please beware that you have to hand in your lists for both the SR and FSR elections personally.

Collecting and submitting of SR candidate lists, together with the candidates’ declarations of consent. Deadline: 17:00 hours, March 30, 2016:

Room 5.10, 5^th floor of the Faculty Civil Engineering, Stevinweg 1

Collecting and submitting of FSR candidate lists, together with the candidates’ declarations of consent. Deadline: 17:00 hours, March 30, 2016:

Architecture: Julianalaan 134, BG. 00.Oost.110

Civil Engineering & Geosciences: Stevinweg 1, room 2.42

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics & Computer Sciences: Mekelweg 4, room LB 02.170

Aerospace Engineering: Kluyverweg 1, room 1.60

Industrial Design Engineering: Landbergstraat 15, room C-4-100

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering: Mekelweg 2, room K 34E-A-280 (O&S)

Technology, Policy and Management: Jaffalaan 5, room: A2.310

Applied Sciences: TN building, Lorentzweg 1, room A.216, 2nd floor, A-department

Five internationally minded TU Delft students are invited to the 7^th University Scholars Leadership Symposium (USLS).  Are you one of them?

On the 1st of August, 2016, over 1,000 delegates from more than 60 countries will come together to learn from internationally-renowned humanitarian experts, participate in workshops organized by various United Nations agencies and do fieldwork in Hanoi. This program will give young people the opportunity to develop their international network, expand their worldview and become globally-minded leaders.

You will be joined by internationally-renowned speakers such as the American Nobel Peace Prize finalist Tim Peters, several TED speakers and founders of successful international NGOs.  The USLS speakers will share their knowledge and experience with current world problems and hope inspire delegates to search for solutions.

Interested? Send an e-mail to Ms Francesca Pellegrino at Francesca.pellegrino@humanitarianaffairs.org.

Are you a fun, outgoing and responsible person who would like to help the new international students during their first weeks in Delft? Want to be able to say ‘cheers!’in more than 10 languages, or make a proper paella? Well, then we have an opportunity worth considering.

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New TU Delft TV episode alert! This one covers the story of Rolf Hut, teacher of the course ‘Measuring water’. During this course he challenges his students to build a measuring device for water with only the little pieces of electronics he provides them.

The criteria to pass the course are rather simple, if you succeed you pass, if you fail you don’t. Watch the episode to see what sort of devices the students of the course built..

Do us a favour and look around you for a moment. How many women do you see? None? A few? Plenty? If you answered ‘plenty’, we’re guessing you’re at Architecture or Industrial Design Engineering. As you know, female students are sometimes a bit outnumbered at TU Delft. Even more reason to value them!

On the 8th of March, the world celebrates International Women’s Day 2016. Sports & Culture extends this celebration to the whole month: so let us introduce you to the range of activities.

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Every year, the National Student Survey (Nationale Studenten Enquete, or NSE, in Dutch) lets students across the country rate their study: from your course programme to housing and study facilities at your university. The survey closes on March 6th, so this is the last week to let your voice be heard. 

At TU Delft, we use the results of the NSE to make further improvements. For instance, after last year’s NSE we improved our on-campus wifi connection. Together with more study spaces being added, it enables more students to study at more locations on-campus.

We’re all proud of our university, but there’s always room for improvement! Let us know where to find it.

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 →

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.

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