# Empowering refugees with renewable energy

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## Impact for a better society

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[## Aerodynamic fairing gives sit-skiers a crucial speed advantage

Paralympic Winter Games | TU Delft and elite sport

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[## The housing challenge

Story of Team Science | Radically rethinking building and living

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[## Alumnus Patrick built stress reducing hospital light

Delft Design Stories | Design for interaction

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[## Students' language game in Dutch lessons

Delft | Students Eline and Xavier developed a language game to practice Dutch

Read more](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/wijstad/language-game)

[## What does a Professor of Practice do?

Alumni | Strenthening collaboration between industry and university

Read more](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/delft-design-stories/professors-of-practice-eline-van-beest-and-jeroen-raijmakers)

[## Can materials react on their own?

Student Story | Master's student Daan is designing and testing mechanical metamaterials that can change shape unexpectedly

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## News

## Nieuws

[### TU Delft sets national record with largest human pi symbol

On Tuesday, 3 March 2026, at precisely 3:14 p.m., TU Delft's Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) set a national record with the largest human π symbol in the Netherlands. With 550 participants, students, staff, alumni, and other interested parties jointly formed the iconic mathematical symbol on the football field at location X on the campus in Delft.](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/eemcs/tu-delft-sets-national-record-with-largest-human-pi-symbol)

[### Four Vici grants for leading TU Delft researchers

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a Vici grant of up to 1.5 million euros to four TU Delft researchers in the domain of Exact and Natural Sciences (ENS). This will enable them to develop an innovative line of research and further expand their own research group for five years. Vici is one of the largest personal scientific grants in the Netherlands and is aimed at advanced researchers. A total of 39 Vici grants have been awarded. The grant is an incentive for adventurous, talented and groundbreaking researchers.](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/tu-delft/four-vici-grants-for-leading-tu-delft-researchers)

[### TU Delft Campus makes switch to geothermal energy

After years of preparation, research and construction, the moment has arrived: the geothermal well on TU Delft Campus has officially been put into operation. The well supplies sustainable heat to the majority of university buildings as well as several DUWO student housing complexes. As a result, CO₂ emissions from building heating will decrease significantly, with reductions expected to reach approximately 80% by 2027. Equally important is the substantial amount of scientific data generated by the well.](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/tu-delft/tu-delft-campus-makes-switch-to-geothermal-energy)

[### Time-traveling to galaxies of the past: creating a 3D map of the early Universe

When you look up at the sky at night, at the endless amounts of stars and constellations, you might begin to wonder about the origins of the Universe. And that is exactly what experimental astronomer Akira Endo, and his team, are trying to uncover. They are creating a 3D map of the early Universe, for which they’re developing a chip with tiny terahertz spectrometers, which are very small analytical instruments that measure the properties of far-infrared light. Akira is a researcher at the Terahertz Sensing Group of Delft University of Technology, and he has received a Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for this study.](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/eemcs/time-traveling-to-galaxies-of-the-past-creating-a-3d-map-of-the-early-universe)

[### Spin Qubits in new quantum chip architecture](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/tu-delft/rolling-out-the-carpet-for-spin-qubits-in-new-quantum-chip-architecture)

[### Gertjan Medema elected as International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering

Professor Gertjan Medema has been elected as an International Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional distinctions accorded to engineers worldwide. He is being honoured for his pathogen monitoring methods to reduce infectious disease risk globally.](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/citg-1/gertjan-medema-elected-as-international-member-of-the-us-national-academy-of-engineering)

[### Drones with low-cost air quality sensors can improve air quality monitoring

A drone equipped with low‑cost air quality sensors has revealed unexpectedly high concentrations of particulate matter at around 100 metres above ground level in Delhi. These new vertical insights could play an important role in urban haze understanding and mitigation.](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/citg-1/drones-with-low-cost-air-quality-sensors-can-improve-air-quality-monitoring)

[### Olya Kudina appointed as board member of The Young Academy

Olya Kudina gaat aan de slag als algemeen bestuurslid bij De Jonge Akademie. In april 2026 start zij met twee andere nieuwe bestuursleden het tweejarig bestuurstermijn.](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/tbm/olya-kudina-appointed-as-board-member-of-the-young-academy)

[### Rubicon grants for Kanghui He and Shengren Hou

Kanghui He (ME) and Shengren Hou (EEMCS) have received Rubicon grants from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). They will have the opportunity to gain valuable research experience abroad for a period of two years. The Rubicon round organized by NWO had a budget of over 4.7 million euros and has been made available to a total of 24 talented and recently graduated scientists.](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/tu-delft/rubicon-grants-for-kanghui-he-and-shengren-hou)

[### Change of rectorship during TU Delft's 184th anniversary celebrations

This week, the university celebrated its 184th anniversary with a festive academic gathering, which explored the most significant challenges facing a technical university in the 21st century. The event focused on the farewell to Tim van der Hagen, who is stepping down as President of the Executive Board and Rector Magnificus. It looked back on his ten years at the helm of the organisation and his influence on TU Delft's development, both nationally and internationally.](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2026/tu-delft/change-of-rectorship-during-tu-delfts-184th-anniversary-celebrations)

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## Events

[For everyone

### 11 March: English Election Debate](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/evenementen/2026/tu-delft/03-mar/english-election-debate)

[For everyone

### 12 March: Lecture 'Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness'](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/events/2026/climate-action-programme/climate-action-programme-lecture-nature-based-solutions-getting-into-depth-of-short-and-long-term-functioning-and-consequences)

[For everyone

### 13 March: Monthly Game Nights - Bingo](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/events/2025/ide/march-2-2/monthly-game-nights-bingo)

[For students

### 16 March: Dutch Language Cafe - Birthdays](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/events/2025/ide/march-2-2/dutch-language-cafe-birthdays)

[For science and industry

### 17 March: Clean Tech conference – where science meets industry](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/events/2026/global-initiative/tu-delft-clean-tech-conference-where-science-meets-industry)

[For second-year bachelor students

### 19 March: Minor Event](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/events/2025/tu-delft/01-jan-1/minor-event)

[For prospective students

### 20 March: Bachelor Open Campus Dagen](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/events/2025/tu-delft/orientation-1/open-campus-days-tu-delft-all-bachelor-programmes)

[For everyone

### 21 March: Blossom photography - Learn & Wander](https://www.tudelft.nl/evenementen/2026/x/maart/blossom-photography-learn-wander)

[For everyone

### 24 March: Best Climate Action and Energy Paper 2025 Award Event](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/climate-action/events/best-climate-action-and-energy-paper-2025-award-event)

[For everyone

### 25 & 26 March: Symposium Critical Raw Materials](https://www.tudelft.nl/citg/over-faculteit/afdelingen/geoscience-engineering/research/research-themes/critical-raw-materials)

[For everyone

### 26 March: Open Mic & Band Night: Rallou & the Boyz](https://www.tudelft.nl/evenementen/2026/x/maart/open-mic-band-night-rallou-the-boyz)

[For everyone

### 27 March: Dutch Cooking Workshop Mystery](https://www.tudelft.nl/en/events/2025/ide/march-2-2/dutch-cooking-workshop-mystery)

[For everyone

### 28 March: Art Festival](https://www.tudelft.nl/evenementen/2026/x/maart/art-festival)

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