Table of contents & Colophon

No. 4 December 2023

COLOPHON Editorial staff Saskia Bonger (editor-in-chief), Dorine van Gorp, Katja Wijnands (managing editors), Kim Bakker, Annebelle de Bruijn, Marjolein van der Veldt, Jos Wassink Telephone (015) 278 4848, E-mail [email protected] tudelft.nl/delftmatters. Contributors to this edition Agaath Diemel, Anouk Dijkstal, John Ekkelboom, Oscar Greenwell, Bas Koppe, Marcel Krijger, Tonie Mudde, Deborah Nas, Michaela Nesvarova, Dayinta Perrier, Sam Rentmeester, Stephan Timmers, Angeline Westbroek Concept De Nieuwe Lijn Design Ontwerpwerk Online realisation DutchGiraffe | digital creatives – WPMagazines Cover Giulio Bordignon, Ontwerpwerk (3D-model De Rotterdam: 3dmodels.org) Print Quantes Subscription administration [email protected] please quote ‘Administration’ in the subject line. Delft Matters is a TU Delft publication

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The Challenge | Resilient cities

Rotterdam as living lab

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Collaboration & Matchmaking

In an enormous hall on campus field lab SAM XL works, together with TU Delft and industry on the automation of production processes involving smart robots

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Innovation & Impact | Magic table

Hester Anderiesen-Le Riche is Alumnus of the Year 2023

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Technology & Innovation | Harmony

In 2029, space organisation ESA will launch two observation satellites

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Do bright minds think alike?

How far should you go in shielding knowledge?

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Innovation & Impact | AI

Researchers work on a drone capable of collecting data on rainforest biodiversity

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Innovation & Impact | Fundamenteal

Seabarge, a ship with compact nuclear reactors on board

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On campus | Dreamteam

New student team Emergence combines technology with art to create ‘new media’ art

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Serendipity

How combining spiders’ webs and machine learning led to some of the world’s most precise microchip sensors