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Biweekly magazine of the Eindhoven University of Technology
17 Oktober 2013 | year 56
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Nano-crossings next step towards quantum computer
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Monday 15 October 2013 - TU/e researchers of Photonics and Semiconductor Nanophysics (PSN) led by prof.dr. Erik Bakker have managed to create crossing nanowires from the material indium antimonide. They and their Delft colleagues announced their findings in an article that was published online on Nature Nanotechnology last Sunday. The nanowires might allow for the realization of a quantum computer based on Majorana particles. The new, crossing nanowires are a major step forward for the Delft-Eindhoven team. “This gives us a major advantage compared to other groups looking to confirm the existence of the Majorana particle”, says Erik Dekkers in newspaper NRC, which dedicated half a page to PSN’s research on Monday.
“Op mijn afscheidsreceptie had ik al spijt” Henk Janssen
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Solar Team Eindhov World Solar Challen en wins ge Sunday 13 October
2013 - Solar Team Eindh oven (STE) has won the of the World Solar Challe Cruiser Category nge with their four-pers on solar car Stella. The announced in Adelaide news was , Australia on Sunday. Stella finished on Friday, 11 October at 1.03pm ‘Da rwin Time’. It took them and fourteen minutes to forty hours travel three thousand kilo meters through Australia with 3.2 passengers on . STE raced average, and an averag e speed of 72 km/h - bu 120 km/h were registered t top speeds of . After having finished in Adelaide, a judging panel evaluated Stella for com user-friendliness, and int fort, egrated innovations, but also trunk space and parallel parking. The fac t Stella is licensed in the Netherlands scored STE extra points as well. Read more on pages 24 -25
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Jan Fransoo new dean Graduate School Friday 11 October - Prof.dr.ir. Jan Fransoo has been appointed as the new dean of the TU/e Graduate School. He will be succeeding prof.dr. Hans Niemantsverdriet, who held the position for a short time only. Niemantsverdriet will now focus on the further development of his company Syngaschem. The Graduate School is meant to streamline collaboration between the various departments concerning post-bachelor education. TU/e expects the Graduate School to help the international image of the university as well.
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Fransoo is part of the TU/e Capacity Group Operations, Planning, Accounting & Control (OPAC). Recently, their group conducted several major logistic jobs for the government, including jobs at the Port of Rotterdam and Schiphol Airport.
Secrets of self-assembly unraveled Tuesday 8 October 2013 - TU/e researchers have managed to describe the conditions under which specific molecules can clump together and form a useful material. The model for this self-assembly may be used in the production of plastic solar cells, they state in an article that was published on the website of PNAS magazine. The first author is doctoral candidate Peter Korevaar from the chemistry group Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry. He worked with researchers of the Computational Biology Group (Biomedical Engineering), and the Institute of Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS). In their publication, the researchers demonstrate
how their model works for an assembly process of two molecules that form a material similar to that what’s used for plastic solar cells.
Source of happiness
Recently, I stumbled across ‘The Happy Page’ on Facebook. The page gives innovative and interesting definitions of happiness. For some, happiness is delicious food, while for others it might be spending time with family. No matter how rich or poor, young or old we are, we’re all looking for happiness. Last Friday I turned 23. Many people feel sad of growing older. But for me every birthday brings me happiness. I’m always looking forward to what life has in store for me next. Apart from my birthday, October is also the month of Durga Puja, an auspicious Hindu festival celebrated in eastern India. During the festival, cities are decorated and people go around the city in new dresses enjoying themselves.
Since I’m working on my MSc at TU/e, I know it’s not feasible to go back to India right now. This year I found my happiness celebrating the festival differently, here in Europe. I met so many people who, like me, accept the situation they’re in and find happiness in what’s available to them now. I spent Durga Puja in London, visiting the city’s highlights. And guess what? It made me happy, even though I had been here at least five times before! It is a challenge to adapt to a different culture, but it’s an even bigger challenge to be away from your own. All international students struggle with this test of patience and acceptance. Many get bored, depressed even. But I have a quote for The Happy Page: happiness is finding happiness in what you have, wherever you are!
Bipashyee Ghosh of Innovatio, Graduate student n Sciences