Wild Ideas The Delft Centre for Materials is organizing the Young Wild Ideas (YWI) program. The program’s aim is to stimulate research in the field of materials science and engineering.
Bachelor, Master and PhD students can obtain financial support of up to €10,000 to carry out their Young Wild Idea. Young Wild Ideas should be innovative, high-risk research projects that take a unique and original approach to the subject matter. A project will only be considered for funding if the materials science aspect is a significant part of the application, be it in materials selection, materials processing, a novel application for an existing material or the development of a new material with new properties. If you have a good idea in the field of materials science and engineering, but you lack the money, equipment and contacts to carry it out, a YWI grant is the simplest, fastest and most efficient way to obtain the seed money needed to help with your research. For more information visit the website.
www.dcamet.tudelft.nl
Shell Awards
Three students from TU Delft and three students from TU Eindhoven will compete in the finals of the 2007 Shell Bachelor Master Awards. TU Delft BSc graduate Roeland Jan Dijkhuis and MSc graduates Jimmy Melskens and Rutger van Raalten will defend their theses before a jury consisting of the President of Shell Netherlands, Peter de Wit; the Vice-Chancellor of Eindhoven University, Hans van Duijn; and the Presidents of the Executive Board of Twente University and of TU Delft, Anne Flierman and Hans van Luijk, respectively. The Shell Bachelor Master Awards are awarded by Shell Netherlands to the best Bachelor and the best Master graduate in the area of sustainable energy and sustainable development. This is the third time the Shell Bachelor Master Awards have been organized specifically for students from the three Dutch universities of technology. The finals will take place on 14 February 2008 in the Aula at Eindhoven University. Dutch Education Minister Ronald Plasterk will present the awards.
Dean of TPM
Professor Theo Toonen has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM) as of 1 March 2008. Professor Toonen is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University, a post he has occupied since 2003. He has been Professor of Public Administration in Leiden since 1990. Professor Toonen graduated with distinction in political science from the Catholic University of Nijmegen and proceeded to obtain his doctorate at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1987. He went on to fulfill various academic positions in universities within the Netherlands and abroad. Professor Toonen has an impressive list of scientific publications to his name and has served in a large number of administrative capacities. He is currently a member of the Advisory Council for Transport, Public Works and Water Management and the board of the StimulanSZ Foundation.
High-rise buildings
Thanks to a new, simple mathematical formula, the rigidity and stability of buildings can now be calculated at a very early stage. High-rise buildings can therefore be constructed 10 to 20 percent lighter and hence cheaper. Prof. Rob Nijsse presented the formula during his inaugural address at TU Delft on 1 February. He also introduced new techniques that enable buildings to actively lean into the wind. Prof. Nijsse was appointed Professor of Support Structure Design at TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture last year.
New degree
The three Dutch universities of technology will start a new, unique Master’s degree for teachers in upper secondary education and specialists in science communication for mathematics, physics, chemistry and IT in September. The two-year degree course in Science Education and Communication will replace the existing separate teacher training courses. The new course aims to increase the number of engineers teaching in the higher years of pre-university education and the number of trained specialists in science communication.
Wild Ideas
The Delft Centre for Materials is organizing the Young Wild Ideas (YWI) program. The program’s aim is to stimulate research in the field of materials science and engineering. Bachelor, Master and PhD students can obtain financial support of up to €10,000 to carry out their Young Wild Idea. Young Wild Ideas should be innovative, high-risk research projects that take a unique and original approach to the subject matter. A project will only be considered for funding if the materials science aspect is a significant part of the application, be it in materials selection, materials processing, a novel application for an existing material or the development of a new material with new properties. If you have a good idea in the field of materials science and engineering, but you lack the money, equipment and contacts to carry it out, a YWI grant is the simplest, fastest and most efficient way to obtain the seed money needed to help with your research. For more information visit the website.
www.dcamet.tudelft.nl
Shell Awards
Three students from TU Delft and three students from TU Eindhoven will compete in the finals of the 2007 Shell Bachelor Master Awards. TU Delft BSc graduate Roeland Jan Dijkhuis and MSc graduates Jimmy Melskens and Rutger van Raalten will defend their theses before a jury consisting of the President of Shell Netherlands, Peter de Wit; the Vice-Chancellor of Eindhoven University, Hans van Duijn; and the Presidents of the Executive Board of Twente University and of TU Delft, Anne Flierman and Hans van Luijk, respectively. The Shell Bachelor Master Awards are awarded by Shell Netherlands to the best Bachelor and the best Master graduate in the area of sustainable energy and sustainable development. This is the third time the Shell Bachelor Master Awards have been organized specifically for students from the three Dutch universities of technology. The finals will take place on 14 February 2008 in the Aula at Eindhoven University. Dutch Education Minister Ronald Plasterk will present the awards.
Dean of TPM
Professor Theo Toonen has been appointed Dean of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM) as of 1 March 2008. Professor Toonen is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University, a post he has occupied since 2003. He has been Professor of Public Administration in Leiden since 1990. Professor Toonen graduated with distinction in political science from the Catholic University of Nijmegen and proceeded to obtain his doctorate at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1987. He went on to fulfill various academic positions in universities within the Netherlands and abroad. Professor Toonen has an impressive list of scientific publications to his name and has served in a large number of administrative capacities. He is currently a member of the Advisory Council for Transport, Public Works and Water Management and the board of the StimulanSZ Foundation.
High-rise buildings
Thanks to a new, simple mathematical formula, the rigidity and stability of buildings can now be calculated at a very early stage. High-rise buildings can therefore be constructed 10 to 20 percent lighter and hence cheaper. Prof. Rob Nijsse presented the formula during his inaugural address at TU Delft on 1 February. He also introduced new techniques that enable buildings to actively lean into the wind. Prof. Nijsse was appointed Professor of Support Structure Design at TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture last year.
New degree
The three Dutch universities of technology will start a new, unique Master’s degree for teachers in upper secondary education and specialists in science communication for mathematics, physics, chemistry and IT in September. The two-year degree course in Science Education and Communication will replace the existing separate teacher training courses. The new course aims to increase the number of engineers teaching in the higher years of pre-university education and the number of trained specialists in science communication.
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