Egg beaters and ice caps
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No fewer than 12 talented TU Delft researchers have received Veni grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. They will receive a maximum of 250,000 euros and will spend three years engaged in research and development. Their subjects range from melting ice caps and a study of skeletal disorders to the development of models for more efficient wind parks. Amelia Barreiro’s research proposal, ‘Quantum Transport in Novel Heterogeneous Layered Materials’, was also deemed worthy of a Veni grant. However, in the meantime, Barreiro had accepted a prestigious Catalonian ‘Beatriu de Pinos’ grant, so she had to turn down the Veni grant. A vertical axis wind turbine, nicknamed the eggbeater, is the research subject of Veni laureate De Carlos Simão Ferreira (AE).
