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Stardust in terahertz

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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Hercules' head

Wassink, J. (author)

Neutron beams are much more suitable than X-rays for scanning bronze statues. Good news for our art collections?

journal article 2012

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Dutchies in Texas

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 hurricanes

journal article 2015

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Dismantle of refurbish

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

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A low-cost weather station

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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Nuclear bombs to cure cancer

Wassink, J. (author)

The first clinical trial of radiation therapy using minute radioactive microspheres has recently been launched in Utrecht. Once again, TU Delft researchers are thinking one step ahead.

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Stone-hard concrete

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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Between art and kitsch

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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Modelling in air

Wassink, J. (author)

Designers like to use gestures when they are talking about new shapes. Computers on the other hand can only understand the input they receive from something like a mouse. Researchers at the faculty of Industrial Design are working on a computer system that can understand gestures. Its purpose is to facilitate an intuitive way of 3-D design,...

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Dora will watch over you

Wassink, J. (author)

A black box, but then in the operating room. Meet the digital surgical assistant Dora. TU Delft is developing the system together with hospitals and businesses in the province of Zuid-Holland. “We can learn a lot from aviation.”

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Big in nano

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.

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We have to look further; interview

Wassink, J. (author)

At his farewell event Emeritus Professor Prabhu Kandachar displayed more enthusiasm, idealism and optimism than many a politician. The more complex the world becomes, the more work there will be for designers.

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People want to press the button themselves; interview

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.

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Measuring in a wall of air

Wassink, J. (author)

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Microscope sees double

Wassink, J. (author)

Some 350 years after Antonie van Leeuwenhoek’s landmark invention, Delft has made another breakthrough in microscopy with a single device which combines optical and electron techniques

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DIMES most become more commercial

Wassink, J. (author)

As part of austerity cutbacks, the TU Delft Executive board has decided to reduce the fixed funding of the Dimes Technology Centre from four million euros per year to zero in five years. The Dean of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science faculty, Professor Rob Fastenau, explains how Dimes will have to generate its own funding...

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Smart as paint

Wassink, J. (author)

In the basement of the Chemistry Building, a new method has been developed to measure the ageing process of coats of paint. The method is extremely sensitive, says Professor Stephen Picken of the department of NanoStructured Materials. The doctoral research conducted by Massimiliano Giacomelli Penon (Max) appears to offer a fresh approach to an...

journal article 2007

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In the pit

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.

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Nuclear energy was the way of the future; 50 anniversary of the research reactor

Wassink, J. (author)

It was the hidden jewel of TU Delft, according to the employees of the nuclear reactor. Others protested against it and insisted that it be eliminated. Following a major mid-life crisis, the Delft research reactor is now in better shape than ever before.

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The Sleeping Beauty awakes

Wassink, J. (author)

A century ago it was decided that Delft was in need of a garden with &#180technical plants&#180. This summer the Botanical Garden that resulted celebrated its centenary with a world conference. After being neglected for decades, the garden now looks forward to a flourishing period.

journal article 2008