LibraryThe Delft architecture agency, Mecanoo, designer of the TU’s library, has made the short-list for an international competition to design a prestigious new library in Birmingham (UK).
The library must be ‘the best public library in the world’, and 244 million euro has been invested in the project. Mecanoo is competing against six other internationally famous architecture agencies. The library must be completed by March 2013.
Busy
The days when TU Delft wondered if enough students would enroll each year are definitely gone. For the academic year 2016, the university expects to have between 18,000 and 22,000 students enrolled. The Facility Management and Real Estate department is currently studying what this wave of new students will mean for the student housing supply in Delft, which already struggles to meet demand. Delft municipality wants to have 3,600 new student apartments by 2016.
Supervisory board
Maarten Schönfeld, vice-chairman of the Board of Directors at Stork B.V., became a member of the TU Delft Supervisory Board as of 1 April 2008. His appointment brings the number of members of the Supervisory Board at TU Delft back to five, its normal size. Schönfeld has been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and vice-chairman of the Board of Directors at Stork since 2001. From 1977 to 2001, he held various functions at Shell: as Chief Financial Officer at Shell Nederland B.V. and at Deutsche Shell AG, and in Investor Relations and Control in countries including the United States, Argentina, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. Schönfeld began his career with the United Nations, working in Malawi on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 1974 to 1976. He graduated in Business Management at the University of Groningen in 1974. Further studies included the MBA program at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France).
Iranians
It is not the Dutch government’s intention to prevent Iranian students from studying technological subjects in the Netherlands, said the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Verhagen, in response to a parliamentary questions. However, to prevent the Iranian government from benefiting from Dutch nuclear knowledge, Iranian students can no longer study nuclear energy-related subjects at the three Dutch TU’s. The Dutch government also asked the universities to monitor Iranian students already studying in the Netherlands.
Lloyd’s Trust
On 3 April 2008, Mr. M.C Franklin, Director of the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust and Prof. L. de Quelerij, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (TU Delft) signed a cooperation agreement concerning the Chair of Railway Engineering. The education and research function of this chair focuses on the availability and safety of railway infrastructure and rail transport modalities. The University Chair will include a full-time full professor’s position and funding for research. The chair will be part of the Road and Rail Engineering’s Construction department. The chair’s education and research will focus on the availability and safety of rail infrastructure. This further underlines the increasing importance of rail infrastructure within the Civil Engineering degree program. Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust is an independent charity financed by the Lloyd’s Register Group, which sponsors education, training and research in the field of transport, science and technology around the world.
Indian visit
A governmental delegation from India led by the Minister for Science, Kapil Sibal, visited TU Delft last week. According to Professor Louis de Quelerij, Dean of the TU’s Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, the Indian Delegation was primarily interested in “wet Delft research”, as conducted by TU Delft, TNO and Wetsus. This included inexpensive water purification processes that use membrane technology, and desalination of seawater processes.
Library
The Delft architecture agency, Mecanoo, designer of the TU’s library, has made the short-list for an international competition to design a prestigious new library in Birmingham (UK). The library must be ‘the best public library in the world’, and 244 million euro has been invested in the project. Mecanoo is competing against six other internationally famous architecture agencies. The library must be completed by March 2013.
Busy
The days when TU Delft wondered if enough students would enroll each year are definitely gone. For the academic year 2016, the university expects to have between 18,000 and 22,000 students enrolled. The Facility Management and Real Estate department is currently studying what this wave of new students will mean for the student housing supply in Delft, which already struggles to meet demand. Delft municipality wants to have 3,600 new student apartments by 2016.
Supervisory board
Maarten Schönfeld, vice-chairman of the Board of Directors at Stork B.V., became a member of the TU Delft Supervisory Board as of 1 April 2008. His appointment brings the number of members of the Supervisory Board at TU Delft back to five, its normal size. Schönfeld has been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and vice-chairman of the Board of Directors at Stork since 2001. From 1977 to 2001, he held various functions at Shell: as Chief Financial Officer at Shell Nederland B.V. and at Deutsche Shell AG, and in Investor Relations and Control in countries including the United States, Argentina, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. Schönfeld began his career with the United Nations, working in Malawi on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 1974 to 1976. He graduated in Business Management at the University of Groningen in 1974. Further studies included the MBA program at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France).
Iranians
It is not the Dutch government’s intention to prevent Iranian students from studying technological subjects in the Netherlands, said the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Verhagen, in response to a parliamentary questions. However, to prevent the Iranian government from benefiting from Dutch nuclear knowledge, Iranian students can no longer study nuclear energy-related subjects at the three Dutch TU’s. The Dutch government also asked the universities to monitor Iranian students already studying in the Netherlands.
Lloyd’s Trust
On 3 April 2008, Mr. M.C Franklin, Director of the Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust and Prof. L. de Quelerij, Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (TU Delft) signed a cooperation agreement concerning the Chair of Railway Engineering. The education and research function of this chair focuses on the availability and safety of railway infrastructure and rail transport modalities. The University Chair will include a full-time full professor’s position and funding for research. The chair will be part of the Road and Rail Engineering’s Construction department. The chair’s education and research will focus on the availability and safety of rail infrastructure. This further underlines the increasing importance of rail infrastructure within the Civil Engineering degree program. Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust is an independent charity financed by the Lloyd’s Register Group, which sponsors education, training and research in the field of transport, science and technology around the world.
Indian visit
A governmental delegation from India led by the Minister for Science, Kapil Sibal, visited TU Delft last week. According to Professor Louis de Quelerij, Dean of the TU’s Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, the Indian Delegation was primarily interested in “wet Delft research”, as conducted by TU Delft, TNO and Wetsus. This included inexpensive water purification processes that use membrane technology, and desalination of seawater processes.
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