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Wassink, J. (author)Researchers at the South Pole launch test balloons. As soon as the atmosphere is stable enough, they will launch an enormous balloon carrying a telescope with detectors built in Delft.journal article 2015
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Wassink, J. (author)The latest measurement instrument of the TU Delft measures the crystal structures of many different materials and is unique within the Netherlands. The so-called Pearl neutron powder diffractometer was opened on 24 September at the RID reactor institute. “It is difficult to overestimate the diversity of applications.”journal article 2015
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Wassink, J. (author), Timmers, S. (author)Engineers from Delft have designed a kind of Delta plan for Texas. The aim is to protect the inhabitants in and around Houston against floods caused by hurricanesjournal article 2015
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Wassink, J. (author)Politicians will meet at the Climate Summit in Paris to discuss the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report. It provides an overview of the current state of climate knowledge, based on the work of thousands of scientists all over the world. Delft researchers have also contributed in various ways.journal article 2015
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Wassink, J. (author), Rentmeester, S. (author)Biophysicist Professor Cees Dekker had a notable start to the year. He was appointed as a Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences for his life’s work and received a major European research grant to develop artificial cell division. Dekker (56) is now focusing on the development of artificial life.journal article 2015
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Wassink, J. (author), Krijger, M. (author)A capital of 60 billion in sewer drains lies buried in the Netherlands. These drains must gradually be replaced, but where to start? New inspection techniques may provide the answer.journal article 2015
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Wassink, J. (author), Rentmeester, S. (author)In a period of two months, TU Delft alumnus Allard van Hoeken gave around 100 interviews in response to the introduction of Bluetec and winning the Dutch KIVI Engineering Award. He was happy to do it, because he is an engineer with a message.journal article 2015
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Wassink, J. (author)In the WaterLab, biotechnologist Steef de Valk is carrying out experiments with tubifex worms. These threadlike creatures are capable of reducing by half the quantity of sewage sludge from water treatment. No-one really understands how this works.journal article 2015
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Wassink, J. (author)With their knowledge of metallurgy, mechanics and thermodynamics, mechanical engineers had to give shape to the industrial revolution in the Netherlands 150 years ago. This revolution only slowly gathered momentum, however, especially in comparison with England.journal article 2014
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Wassink, J. (author)At TU Delft neighbour Deltares, the Ballast construction company is putting the finishing touches on the world’s largest wave channel. Last month, a group of science journalists were invited to take a peek.journal article 2014
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Wassink, J. (author)People can be strange creatures, as ergonomics expert Professor Peter Vink (Industrial Design Engineering) knows. They will sit in tight and uncomfortable seating to save money, complain about it in surveys and then do it all over again. These are the enigmas of environmental ergonomics.journal article 2014
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Wassink, J. (author)A polymer prepared from waste water extends the useful life of concrete. It also appears to be suitable as a protective coating for offshore applications. Chemistry professor Stephen Picken predicts that this ‘alginate’ could become huge.journal article 2014
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Wassink, J. (author)TU Delft is heading a European research programme on CO2 capture, with a budget of 10 million. This could result in the first large-scale application of a new class of porous materialsjournal article 2014
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Wassink, J. (author)The Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft celebrated its tenth anniversary on 10 March. In terms of money, the Kavli Foundation’s annual contribution is only approximately one per cent of the budget, but the name is of inestimable value.journal article 2014
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Wassink, J. (author)“How safe are we really?” was the question posed at TU Delft’s 172th Dies Natalis celebration. New technologies offer opportunities, but they also pose threats. This is certainly true with regard to internet safety, Cyber-Security Professor Jan van den Berg (EEMC/TPM) tells us. “The days of a happy-go-lucky attitude are in the past”.journal article 2014
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Wassink, J. (author)The government is looking for techniques for producing new fuels from CO2, light and water. Late last year, the Foundation for Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and Shell allocated 5 million to this purpose. One of the seven proposals to be funded was from TU Delft.journal article 2014
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Wassink, J. (author)The technique which the TU Delft and Canon-Océ developed for making relief reproductions of paintings received extensive news coverage in late September. Art experts frowned on it.journal article 2013
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Wassink, J. (author)Quite a bit of heat is lost in industry and on the road. A technique that involves using residual heat has been attracting more and more interest.journal article 2013
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Wassink, J. (author)A network of tens of thousands of low-budget weather stations will give people of Africa more certainty about weather and water. The project was launched this summer in Kenya.journal article 2013
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Wassink, J. (author)The Museum of Mineralogy and Geology on Mijnbouwstraat celebrated its centenary last year. This spring, the Executive Board made it known that the room would need to be vacated. Everyone agrees that something has to be done.journal article 2013