Table of contents - Delft Matters

No. 7 June 2025

COLOPHON Editorial staff Saskia Bonger (editor-in-chief), Dorine van Gorp, Katja Wijnands (managing editors), Annebelle de Bruijn, Kim Bakker, Marjolein van der Veldt, Jos Wassink Telephone +31 (0)15 278 4848
E-mail [email protected] Website tudelft.nl/delftmatters Contributors to this edition Jeroen van Aken, Agaath Diemel, Anouk Dijkstal, Inger Duursma, Merel Engelsman, Antine Hartman, Leonie Kapiteyn, Marcel Krijger, Tonie Mudde, Deborah Nas, Peer Peer, Dayinta Perrier, Sam Rentmeester, Guus Schoonewille, Elise Spetter, Stephan Timmers, Angeline Westbroek Concept De Nieuwe Lijn Design Ontwerpwerk Cover Card design by Ontwerpwerk, combined with images from Getty Images Online realisation DutchGiraffe | Digital Solutions – WPMagazines Subscriptions administration [email protected], please quote ‘Administration’ in the subject line Delft Matters is a TU Delft publication

The Challenge | Grid Congestion

How can we prevent future power cuts? We posed this question to TU researcher Laura Ramirez-Elizondo and Hans-Peter Oskam.

Innovation & Impact | Hydrogen

Green hydrogen is necessary for a climateneutral Europe by 2050. But it’s scarcely available. What is taking so long?

Do great minds think alike?

Jan Leen Kloosterman, Silvio Erkens and Jan Haverkamp discuss the statement: the Netherlands will also achieve its climate targets without nuclear power.

Technology & Innovation | Geothermal

A huge geothermal energy storage facility will be built under the Delft campus. The reservoir will be able to hold 500,000 cubic metres of hot water.

Technology & Innovation | Urban development

Ethiopia’s capital is changing fast. Organically formed neighbourhoods are being supplanted by large-scale government housing projects.

Lifelong Learning | Education

Lecturer Fernando Secomandi is developing an educational model for ethical dilemmas within engineering degree programmes.

Collaboration & Matchmaking | Giving

On 30 June, Delft University Fund will celebrate its 100th anniversary. What has been achieved with the help of donations?

Technology & Innovation | Reactor

The Delft research reactor has been thoroughly modernised. A new cold source provides a much more powerful neutron beam.

Greetings from…

Silicon Valley. Alumnus Max Huisman on entrepeneurship.

Lifelong Learning | TU magazine

Delft Outlook, the predecessor of Delft Matters, was first published in 1984. The science and community magazine is now stopping its print editions. A retrospective.

Technology & Innovation | Cloud services

Universities are too dependent on US ICT companies, many researchers believe. They launched an open-source platform.

Technology & Innovation | Tech for Impact

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have a new natural enemy: bacteriophages. Microbiologist Stan Brouns conducts research to treat patients.