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Rem to Head EESI
Rector prof.dr. Martin Rem has been appointed as the new director
of EESI, the Eindhoven Embedded Systems Institute, as of September
1. EESI is located on TU/e campus and will become an independent
institute with business involvement in the future.
Rem has been rector at TU/e since 1996 and will be succeeded by
prof.dr. Rutger van Santen in September. Rem, in his turn, succeeded
prof.dr.ir. Loe Feijs, who was recently appointed as a member
of the department board and professor at the new department of
Industrial Design. EESI was founded in 1998 by TU/e and focuses
on 'embedded systems', or technology built into all kinds of equipment.
The institute is a university institute but has developed in such
a way that indepedence and a larger organisation have become logical.
EESI will become an independent institute this year. Companies
with a vested intererest in embedded systems are participating
in the foundation.
More than fifteen professors and forty researchers are involved
in research at EESI.
Ex-student Kleisterlee Speaks
at Alumni Day
On Friday April 20 some 900 ex-TU/e students managed to find their
way to their alma mater, despite construction work on campus.
During the morning program, they were treated to a speech by ir.
Gerard Kleisterlee. Kleisterlee, who graduated as an electrical
engineer from the then Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven, will take
over the helm of Philips from CEO Cor Boonstra next Tuesday. In
an over crowded Blauwe Zaal he showed himself to be an excellent
speaker. He touched on his studies and the history of the Philips
concern, after which he talked about his plans for Philips and
his emphasis in the years ahead. Kleisterlee said he is convinced
knowledge must be shared at Philips much more broadly. "The
conviction that knowledge is power and therefore must not be shared
with others is passé. We need to share our knowledge more
effectively within the company. In this way, know-how will make
us powerful."
E-Hoog Must Go
A 100 million guilder deficit in the budget off the Housing Masterplan
forced the Executive Board to present a surprising proposition
to the University Council last Monday. The Board proposes the
disposal of the E-Hoog building, in one way or another. This should
solve 60 to 70 per cent of the problem.
The 100 million deficit was caused by the reconstruction costs
of the main building and E-hoog, which turned out to be much higher
than was budgetted for in 1994/95. A second opinion requested
from the Rijksgebouwendienst has confirmed this. Other factors
driving costs up were the overheated building market and the tightening
of all kinds of labour and environmental regulations, said De
Wilt. All the adjustments to campus infrastructure also represent
a considerable lump sum. These costs had not been taken into account
in the Masterplan until now.
Letter Lunch
TU/e's Amnesty International group is planning their next letter-writing
lunch for Tuesday May 1 in the Auditorium from 12.30 to 1.30 p.m.
Letters will be written to focus attention on cases where the
human rights of prisoners have been violated. Anyone interested
is welcome.
First Dive
Monique van den Broek, vice chairman of ESSF, was the first to
dive into the brand new pool at TU/e's Student Sports Centre on
Monday morning. She jumped into the water at 7.15 a.m. Some fifteen
people followed her example in the early morning. "The water
was a bit cold," said Van den Broek. "It was only 24
degrees Celsius. I took a long hot shower to get warm again. But
once you're in, it's great." The water will eventually be
heated to 26 degrees. The official opening is planned for May
10. As of that moment TU/e will be the first university in the
Netherlands with an indoor 25 metre competition swimming pool.
The official opening is planned for 4 p.m. and will be carried
out by students from water polo and swimming club Nayade and Jan
Loorbach, head of the Dutch Olympic Team Sydney 2000. A special
sports card for the pool is available for 25 guilders, and is
valid until september 1. The pool is open to individual swimmers
every Monday and Wednesday from 7.30 to 8.30 a.m. and daily from
5 to 6.30 p.m. and 12 to 1.30 p.m.
Roads Closed
The road under the Traverse building (Het Eeuwsel) is closed in
connection with drilling and construction works for the Warmte
Koude Opslag Installatie (WKO). This will continue until week
20. The crossroads at the new Architecture building path will
remain closed in connection with demolition. This road should
be open by mid May.
There may be some inconvenience on campus due to the construction
of the WKO in the time ahead.
The English Page is written by Paula van der
Riet. She can be reached at engcur@stud.tue.nl.
All over the country people clean
out their attics and try to sell each other their left over bits
and pieces at impromptu flea markets. The serious entrepreneurs
travel to Amsterdam and sleep in the streets to make sure of a
place to set out their wares. In Eindhoven, people arrive very
early in the morning to secure a spot at the Wilhelminaplein free
market. There is always music and dancing, lots of orange bunting
and Dutch flags, and of course parades galore. And because this
was traditionally a children's festival, this is the one day of
the year you might see traditional Dutch games and folk dances
being performed.