Native potato starch is an excellent carrier of minerals due to its inherent ion exchange capacity. Mineral enrichment not only changes the nutritional value but also influences starch pasting and swelling properties. Hydrothermal treatments like annealing constitute a straightforward and green way to …

Students of the Minor 'Robotic Production and Circular Materials' designed and created a modular outdoor structure suitable for the Green Mile Initiative. The structure fills in one parking lot, along the streetside of the Stadhouderskade. In 2022, this street is one of the most polluted and dangerous …

On 2 March 2022, in response to framed and anti-Western narratives surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Council of the European Union legally banned two Russian state-sponsored media outlets, RT and Sputnik, within EU borders. The decision of the Council divided opinion. While the ban indeed …

In the project 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood', carried out by the Digital Production Research Group and partners, three cases were researched, each of them including prototyping. For case study 1, two small tables were designed and built from the wood of a front door.

In the project 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood', carried out by the Digital Production Research Group and partners, three cases were research, each of the including prototyping. For case study 2, the prototypes focused on how to join a set of uneven pieces of wood. Two joints / nodes were designed …

In the project 'Circular Wood for the Neighborhood', carried out by the Digital Production Research Group and partners, three cases were researched, each of them including prototyping. For case study 3, a complete room divider systems was designed and prototyped by three students built environment, as …

Ooit was Holwerd een bekend handelsdorp. Op dit moment heeft het dorp te maken met een dalende inwonerspopulatie, grote werkloosheid en een verminderde leefbaarheid. Om de verpaupering tegen te gaan hebben verschillende inwoners van Holwerd een werkgroep opgericht. Onder de naam Holwerd aan Zee zijn …

In Nederland krijgen alle leerlingen op het voortgezet- en het middelbaar beroepsonderwijs het vak Burgerschapsvorming. Dit vak maakt jongeren bewust van hun plek in de maatschappij. Ze maken kennis met problematiek uit de wereld en uit hun eigen omgeving, zo leren ze wat zij kunnen bijdragen om de samenleving …