9 oktober 2008 -
Jorge Alves Lino is a Communication Designer and PhD candidate within the Designed Intelligence group of the Department of Industrial Design. Alves Lino is from Lisbon, Portugal, but he has lived in several places in his life, like Oslo and Prague. Since March 2007 he has lived in Eindhoven. Alves Lino: “When you move to a new place you have to make it your own. When you move a lot in your life, you don’t get attached to places and things. You get attached to exchanges with other people.”
Alves Lino at the Effenaar. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
9 oktober 2008 -
A new weapon in the battle of recruiting international students is the International Student Barometer. This instrument is deployed by the Education and Student Service Center (STU) and the Communication Expertise Center (CEC) jointly. The purpose is to find out which are the distinguishing features of the TU/e in comparison with other universities of technology.
9 oktober 2008 -
From October 18 thru October 26 Eindhoven will be hosting the seventh edition of the Dutch Design Week (DDW), the largest design event in the Netherlands. Around 1500 Dutch and international designers will show their work at more than 50 locations all over the city. Major themes this year include sustainability, social design, and fair trade. This big event starts with a speech by Alberto Alessi.
In Design United students from the study programs Industrial Design of the three universities of technology will show their designs, such as the Curious Paths. This system, developed by TU/e students in collaboration with Microsoft, was designed to make tourists curious about interesting locations in an urban environment. These locations have been marked by other users who share profile properties with the user. This is done by means of special software that generates a list of interesting locations on the basis of the coupling mentioned above. Users can find these locations by actively looking for vibration patterns in the environment. This will take them to hitherto unknown spots.
9 oktober 2008 - Combining simulation models for buildings, heating, ventilation and air conditioning can reduce the energy consumption and contribute to better user comfort. Serbian Marija Trčka from the Department of Architecture, Building and Planning conducted research into the possibilities of co-simulation and obtained her PhD from the TU/e with her dissertation yesterday.
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