TheftThe two doors between the office section of the library and the public section of the library must remain closed to prevent theft.
Over the course of the past months, people’s personal belongings have been stolen in the library building. Staff members are asked to ensure that the doors of the staff entrance are securely closed after they enter or exit. And they should also pay closer attention to suspicious-looking people loitering in the building.
High rank
On the recently released ranking of European universities, called the ‘Leiden Ranking’, TU Delft received a high ranking. The Leidse Center for Science and Technology Studies ranked Delft 11th. The ranking determines which institutions are conducting the most important research. In Europe, this is Oxford and Cambridge. The best Dutch university is the Erasmus University, which was ranked eighth. Utrecht University, Vrije University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam were 14, 15 and 16th respectively. Leiden University was ranked 23rd, and Groningen 24th.
Mega-simulation
The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) and TU Delft have connected the two flight simulators at each institution to each other, as well as to the air traffic tower simulator (Narsim) and to the NLR’s traffic control simulator. This historic connection took place on last month and involved TU Delft’s Simona (the abbreviation for ‘International research Institute for Simulation, Motion and Navigation Technologies’) flight simulator, the NLR’s Grace (Generic Research Aircraft Cockpit Environment) flight simulator and NLR’s Narsim (ATC Research Simulator) traffic control simulator. Both flight simulators are equipped with a two-person cockpit and a motion system that can reproduce the speeds and rotations pilots are subjected to. This ‘mega-simulator’ at the NLR was unveiled on during the ‘Fidelity in Motion’ international symposium held at TU Delft. The connection of both the flight simulators and traffic control simulator has created a virtual ‘main port’ simulation, which now makes it possible to study the interaction of more airplanes and traffic control systems. Examples of this are the simultaneous and parallel starts of two airplanes on the Polder runway and the Zwanenburg runway, and landing on intersecting runaways at Schiphol.
Partnership agreement
Delft University of Technology and the Middle East Technical University (Ankara) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on April 12, formalizing agreements about the development of a joint curriculum at the Master’s level, joint PhD studentships and joint research programs.
The Middle East Technical University (Metu) is located in Ankara and has worked with TU Delft on education and research for some years. This collaboration was first formalized in 2004, in an agreement at institutional level. Since then a number of concrete initiatives have been developed to give further form to cooperation in education and research. The two universities now wish to refine their collaborative venture still further, to include specific initiatives in which both institutions regard each other as ‘preferred partners’. Metu’s chairman, Prof. Ural Akbulut, signed the Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement is in keeping with TU Delft’s aspirations to enter into long-term partnerships with leading technical universities in Turkey. One of its aims is to help boost the number of graduate engineers and technical-scientific lecturers in Turkey. Another is to help achieve the desired intake of science and technology students in the Netherlands.
Demo Prize 2007
It’s not just a prize, it’s also a prototype. The Electronic and Mechanical Support Division (Demo) is looking for students and PhD candidates with innovative and groundbreaking ideas and ideas with social impact, such as ideas that might also fit in with the TU Delft theme ‘Sustainability in the world’. The deciding factor in winning this competition isn’t the cost of the idea, but the idea itself. Demo contributes to education and research at TU Delft by developing, constructing and maintaining unique experimental set-ups, prototypes and instruments. The following conditions apply to the competition. You must be a registered student or PhD candidate at TU Delft. All entries must be submitted before 21 May 2007. Your design/ idea must be original, innovative and useful to society; make a positive contribution to TU Delft’s image; and be clearly defined and workable. Main prize: Demo will develop your idea and make it into a tangible product. Your entry should contain a short description of the idea (with a sketch, if possible) and a brief outline of why you think your idea should win.
Theft
The two doors between the office section of the library and the public section of the library must remain closed to prevent theft. Over the course of the past months, people’s personal belongings have been stolen in the library building. Staff members are asked to ensure that the doors of the staff entrance are securely closed after they enter or exit. And they should also pay closer attention to suspicious-looking people loitering in the building.
High rank
On the recently released ranking of European universities, called the ‘Leiden Ranking’, TU Delft received a high ranking. The Leidse Center for Science and Technology Studies ranked Delft 11th. The ranking determines which institutions are conducting the most important research. In Europe, this is Oxford and Cambridge. The best Dutch university is the Erasmus University, which was ranked eighth. Utrecht University, Vrije University Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam were 14, 15 and 16th respectively. Leiden University was ranked 23rd, and Groningen 24th.
Mega-simulation
The National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) and TU Delft have connected the two flight simulators at each institution to each other, as well as to the air traffic tower simulator (Narsim) and to the NLR’s traffic control simulator. This historic connection took place on last month and involved TU Delft’s Simona (the abbreviation for ‘International research Institute for Simulation, Motion and Navigation Technologies’) flight simulator, the NLR’s Grace (Generic Research Aircraft Cockpit Environment) flight simulator and NLR’s Narsim (ATC Research Simulator) traffic control simulator. Both flight simulators are equipped with a two-person cockpit and a motion system that can reproduce the speeds and rotations pilots are subjected to. This ‘mega-simulator’ at the NLR was unveiled on during the ‘Fidelity in Motion’ international symposium held at TU Delft. The connection of both the flight simulators and traffic control simulator has created a virtual ‘main port’ simulation, which now makes it possible to study the interaction of more airplanes and traffic control systems. Examples of this are the simultaneous and parallel starts of two airplanes on the Polder runway and the Zwanenburg runway, and landing on intersecting runaways at Schiphol.
Partnership agreement
Delft University of Technology and the Middle East Technical University (Ankara) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on April 12, formalizing agreements about the development of a joint curriculum at the Master’s level, joint PhD studentships and joint research programs.
The Middle East Technical University (Metu) is located in Ankara and has worked with TU Delft on education and research for some years. This collaboration was first formalized in 2004, in an agreement at institutional level. Since then a number of concrete initiatives have been developed to give further form to cooperation in education and research. The two universities now wish to refine their collaborative venture still further, to include specific initiatives in which both institutions regard each other as ‘preferred partners’. Metu’s chairman, Prof. Ural Akbulut, signed the Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement is in keeping with TU Delft’s aspirations to enter into long-term partnerships with leading technical universities in Turkey. One of its aims is to help boost the number of graduate engineers and technical-scientific lecturers in Turkey. Another is to help achieve the desired intake of science and technology students in the Netherlands.
Demo Prize 2007
It’s not just a prize, it’s also a prototype. The Electronic and Mechanical Support Division (Demo) is looking for students and PhD candidates with innovative and groundbreaking ideas and ideas with social impact, such as ideas that might also fit in with the TU Delft theme ‘Sustainability in the world’. The deciding factor in winning this competition isn’t the cost of the idea, but the idea itself. Demo contributes to education and research at TU Delft by developing, constructing and maintaining unique experimental set-ups, prototypes and instruments. The following conditions apply to the competition. You must be a registered student or PhD candidate at TU Delft. All entries must be submitted before 21 May 2007. Your design/ idea must be original, innovative and useful to society; make a positive contribution to TU Delft’s image; and be clearly defined and workable. Main prize: Demo will develop your idea and make it into a tangible product. Your entry should contain a short description of the idea (with a sketch, if possible) and a brief outline of why you think your idea should win.
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