10 23 January 2014 | year 56
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Major energy economization Helix Thursday 16 January - By changing the air management in the Helix building, TU/e will be saving approximately 220,000 euro on energy costs annually. Before Christmas, TU/e signed an Energy Performance Contract with Honeywell. The company will be responsible for the changes, and guarantees the investment will have paid for itself after ten years. Helix is the first TU/e building that will undergo an energy-efficiency makeover in light of the university’s ‘entrepreneurial cooperation’ with five technology partners. The economization will reduce the CO2 emission of Helix by twenty percent, and since Helix is by far the most energy-consuming building on campus (because of the extensive air treatment in the chemical labs), said reduction will contribute to the sustainability goals of the university significantly.
2.5 million for fast electron microscopy Thursday 9 January - FOM has accepted the Industrial Partnership Program ‘The Foundations for Faster Electron Microscopy’. Eindhoven researchers dr.ir. Seth Brussaard, prof.dr.ir. Jom Luiten and dr.ir. Peter Mutsaers of the Coherence & Quantum Technology group (Applied Physics) have set up the program with the help of FEI
-the world’s leading electron microscopy company- and the group of Professor prof.dr. Pieter Kruit of TU Delft. The program budget is 2.5 million euro, half of which is funded by FEI, and the other half by FOM. Approximately two-thirds of the money will be used in Eindhoven, the rest will go to Delft. TU Delft is in charge of the project.
Clmn Exam week always brings me a flood of emotions. Especially right after Christmas break, which you’ve spent joyfully with friends, being back to studying seems to be the most painful transition ever. Days seem dull and boring without all the entertainment, travelling, food, and company. Yes, for me, company is the thing that I miss most while being here in the Netherlands. A couple of weeks back, there was a discussion session conducted by students at the Human Technology Interaction group of the Department of Innovation Sciences about the importance of ‘touch devices’ in the lives of international students staying here at university. Nobody opposed the idea of a device that would enable them to “feel the touch” of family and close friends. There are already a lot of innovative products on the market that meet this demand for example by connecting two or more people who are far apart through vibration or some other mechanical sensation.
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Students finish world’s largest ice dome Saturday 18 January - Friday night, the construction workers popped champagne to celebrate their successful project: building the world’s largest ice dome. The construction diameter is thirty meters and the dome measures ten meters in height. The balloon on which the construction rested was popped Friday, and much to the team’s delight their creation stood on its own - as was expected. The dome’s official opening in Juuka, Finland was on Saturday.
Female Chemical Engineering students start women’s association Monday 13 January - Three female students of Chemical Engineering felt their department could do with more ‘female events’. Eveline Hermans, Marijne Timmers and Nicky Meertens therefore decided to found an association: Women in Chemistry Eindhoven MyST. They’ve planned a kickoff lunch on Monday January 13th, which will be the very first event of the student association for (former) female Chemical Engineering students. The three students want to organize more cultural activities, invite more women to speak at lectures, and ‘not visit companies that focus on chemistry exclusively’.
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Exam time emotions I am not against these products, but it will never be a substitute for actual human company. Whether it is exam time or free time, the presence of people has never been distracting to me. But it does distract me now. I keep thinking about those I care for, planning and taking time off from studying to ‘talk’ to them on a regular basis. But I’m not complaining. Hearing their loving, caring, and concerned voices, or their excitement about gifts I sent can never be conveyed by some vibrating device. Although such technologies may be healing at times, they’re not a cure. So, regardless of whether or not you have one, help yourself either way and good luck with your exams! Bipashyee Ghosh, Innovation Graduate Student Sciences