Delft Outlook 2010-4
In this edition, Delft Outlook 2010 nr. 4:
In Brief
- Chairs on show
- Surgery training
- Optical measuring tape
- Isotopes
- Party for Ockels
- Fingerprint
- Electron spin record
- Super superconductors
- Space travel
- Magnetic minibars
- Spotlight
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Background
Building ecologically in China
Researchers from TU Delft are trying to help with the construction of an ecocity in China, but cultural differences are turning the project into a hornets’ nest.
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Experimental showcase
When it opened for business in September, the Science Centre was still unfinished. According to Dr Michael van der Meer, the Centre’s director, it will never be finished. “We are a showcase for the science carried out at TU Delft. And science is never finished.”
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Long-awaited sunrise
Is solar energy finally going to make its long-awaited breakthrough? More and more signs are pointing that way. Even Professor Miro Zeman, who has been active in solar cell technology for twenty years, is expecting the price performance ratio to improve dramatically over the coming years.
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The sentinels of Holland's spatial planning
In their heyday, Wytze Patijn, Jo Coenen and Mels Crouwel expanded the influence and prestige of the Chief Government Architect, despite the fact that they themselves were no longer designing any buildings. Government architects caught between vision and frustration.
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Interview
‘Don't lose sleep over funding'
Assistant professor Jouke Verlinden, from the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE), is one of four finalists competing for the Delft Entrepreneurial Scientist Award. While completing his studies in the United States, he became aware of how important external funding was for scientific research.
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Masterwork
Interview with Professor Gerard van Bussel and Sander Mertens.
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Column
The Alumnus: Martijn van Hassel
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People
An overview of the most important awards, appointments and other remarkable personal milestones at TU Delft
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Hora est
The proposition
Despite the emergence of the global village, language teaching in the Netherlands remains provincial.
Daniel Saakes, Industrial Design Engineer
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Eureka!
App for disaster victims
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