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24 unusual facts about Delft University of Technology


12160 Karelwakker

It is named after Karel F. Wakker, a professor of astrodynamics at Delft University of Technology.

Alper Çuğun

He holds a MSc in Media and Knowledge Engineering from Delft University of Technology.

Delft

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is one of three universities of technology in the Netherlands.

Delft is primarily known for its historic town centre with canals; also for the painter Vermeer, Delft Blue pottery (Delftware), the Delft University of Technology, and its association with the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange-Nassau.

education; (a.o. TU Delft Delft University of Technology) (As of 2007 14.299 students, 2.712 scientists and 1.859 researchers),

The Delft Explosion is the principal reason why Delft University of Technology maintains explosion science as a key topic within its research portfolio and graduate skill-set.

Distributed mode loudspeaker

Initial testing by researchers at the Delft University of Technology concluded that DML panels are good potential candidates for use in wave field synthesis applications, as they are light and can be placed close to walls.

DUT Racing

By applying the theoretical skills taught at the Delft University of Technology, the teammembers learn valuable skills, not only in the technical areas, but also in areas such as teamwork and communication.

Fokker S-13

Years afterwards, the airframe was donated to the aerospace faculty of the TH Delft, today known as Delft University of Technology.

Gijs Bakker

Bakker has also taught for more than 40 years at different schools, among others the Delft University of Technology.

Igor de Vetyemy

In 2012 defended a Master Thesis on “Mutualistic Architecture in Delft University of Technology, in The Netherlands, once more graduating with distinction.

Indicated by Delft University of Technology with the thesis “Mutualistic architecture: Innovative approach towards a preservative densification”

Iosono

It is based on wave field synthesis, a method to use secondary audio sources to recreate primary wave fields, that was developed at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands in the 1980s.

Leidschendam

However, at about 10 miles distance there are both the Delft University of Technology and Leiden University, and a number of applied science and art universities in The Hague (granting bachelor degrees only), all easily accessible.

Red and Blue Chair

The Red and Blue Chair was reported to be on loan to the Delft University of Technology Faculty of Architecture as part of an exhibition.

S.A.T. Project 3D Transportation System

Since 2002 a joint International Cooperation Research Program with the Transportation Logistics Organization at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands has analysed the performance and economical feasibility of S.A.T. under various real Case Studies.

Schempp-Hirth Quintus

The 18m inner section of the wing was developed by Lange with the assistance Professor Loek Boermans of the Delft University of Technology.

Schön scandal

Experimenters at Delft University of Technology and the Thomas J. Watson Research Center have since performed experiments similar to Schön's.

SmartGeometry Group

Participants come from some of the world's leading architectural and engineering practices (such as Arup, Buro Happold, Foster + Partners, Grimshaw Architects and KPF) and educational institutions (including MIT, Architectural Association, The Bartlett, University of Bath and Delft University of Technology).

Sytske de Groot

As of 2012, she was a student of marine engineering at Delft University of Technology and she was a member of the Proteus-Eretes rowing club in Delft.

The Hague University of Applied Sciences

The Hague University of Applied Sciences’ building on the Delft University of Technology campus opened in 2009.

Tsunamis affecting the British Isles

Researchers at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands found the island to be much more stable than was widely believed, estimating that it would take at least another 10,000 years for the island to grow enough for there to be a danger.

Uytenbogaardtite

It is named after the Dutch mineralogist Willem Uytenbogaardt (1918 – 2012), Professor of Geology, Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands, prominent ore microscopist.

Willis Resilience Expedition

Liautaud and Stoup plan to deploy and test a lightweight weather station, the ColdFacts-3000BX, developed at the Delft University of Technology and previously untested in Antarctica.


Ad Bax

He studied at Delft University of Technology where he got his engineer's degree in 1978, and Ph.D. degree in applied physics in 1981, after spending considerable time working with Ray Freeman at Oxford University.

Agneta Matthes

In 1865, Agneta met Jacob Cornelis van Marken, known as Jacques, who studied technology and sociology at the Polytechnical School of Delft, a precursor of the Delft University of Technology.

Angelo Vermeulen

Two years after the platform was launched, Vermeulen started a doctoral research in Space habitat design and participatory systems engineering at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Martinus Beijerinck

He became a teacher in microbiology at the Agricultural School in Wageningen (now Wageningen University) and later at the Polytechnische Hogeschool Delft (Delft Polytechnic, currently Delft University of Technology) (from 1895).

Ralph Kronig

Around 1930 he settled in the Netherlands: first in Utrecht, then in Groningen, first as Dirk Coster's assistant, and from 1931 as an associate professor, and since 1939 as a full professor at the Delft University of Technology where he stayed until his retirement in 1969.