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Biweekly magazine of the Eindhoven University of Technology
19 September 2013 | year 56
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Significant share of TU/e staff in report on shale gas
Getting acquainted with the university professors’ work Monday 16 September 2013 - The four university professors appointed early in 2013 will be presenting lectures in the next few months. In this way they allow the TU/e community to get acquainted with their scientific work. The ‘Aan de Dommel’ series of lectures is organized by the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems. Prof.dr.ir. Wil Van der Aalst has presented the first lecture Monday. Monday 16 September. October 4, 2013, 15:00 hours, Zwarte Doos Filmzaal, by prof. René Janssen November 21, 2013, 10:30 hours, Ceres building 0.31, by prof. Maarten Steinbuch December 19, 2013, 11:30 hours, Zwarte Doos Filmzaal, by prof. Anthonie Meijers
Monday 9 September 2013 - Three TU/e staff members and one TU/e alumnus joined forces with staff members from the Rathenau Institute in the report on shale gas that was presented recently. There was wide coverage of their conclusion that the debate around shale gas needs to be given a broader basis. Dr. Annick de Vries from the Rathenau Institute, who has also participated in the research, will be one of the speakers on the TU/e Energy Day on September 19, which will be entirely devoted to shale gas. From 13.15 - 17.00 h in the Zwarte Doos.
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Getting lost in a stranger city - first impressions
I saw more bicycles on my first day in the Netherlands than I would typically see in a month in my country. This came as quite a shock, because here I was, newly-arrived in a country that had over ten times the GDP per capita compared to home and the number of cars on the roads was negligible in comparison. It took a while to swallow the cultural shock of coming from a place where cars equate with opulence and affluence, the general mantra being bigger is better. Of course, in the following days, bikes weren’t the only thing I would see in excess: weather changes more frequent than a bipolar person’s mood and all meals are based off bread: bread for breakfast, lunch, supper and dinner. But I digress. So far, it has been a love-at-first-sight kind of affair. Seriously! (Notwithstanding the bread, the unpredictable weather and the people all driving on the ‘wrong’ side of the road.) Everyone has been really nice and helpful
so far! Well, almost all of them, except for the taxi driver who scammed me - 14 euros for a 2 km ride the day I arrived here - and reminded me of, well… taxi drivers everywhere, in the process. Another thing that took a little getting used to was the city closing earlier than a six-year-old’s bedtime back home. But slowly, I have come to appreciate the peace and calm of after-work hours. Overall the TIP has been a great experience s well, especially for someone returning to school after a four-year hiatus: it has eased me back into the academic culture and routine. Experienced people tell me that, like most other kinds of madness (and passionate love affairs), this (love affair with the city) too shall pass. Thinly-veiled sinister references to weather are floating in the air. We will see. But for now, here’s to the next adventure.
Hussain Ka zmi, Sustainablmasterstudent e Energy