List of the Delft University of Technology Alumni
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- Laurens van den AckerLaurens van den AckerLaurens van den Acker is an automobile designer from the Netherlands.-Biography:Van den Acker studied at the Delft University of Technology, where he obtained a Master of Engineering at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.-Career:He began his career in 1990 as a designer at Design System...
, Dutch automobileAutomobileAn automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
designer and Vice President of RenaultRenaultRenault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, and in the past, autorail vehicles, trucks, tractors, vans and also buses/coaches. Its alliance with Nissan makes it the world's third largest automaker...
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- Ad BaxAd BaxAdriaan "Ad" Bax is a molecular Biophysicist. He was born in Holland and is currently a US Citizen. He is the Chief of the Section on Biophysical NMR Spectroscopy at the National Institutes of Health....
, Dutch biophysicist, contributor to protein nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyProtein nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of proteins is a field of structural biology in which NMR spectroscopy is used to obtain information about the structure and dynamics of proteins. The field was pioneered by Richard R. Ernst and Kurt Wüthrich, among others... - Henk BadingsHenk BadingsHenk Badings was a Dutch composer.Born in Bandung, Java, Dutch East Indies, as the son of Herman Louis Johan Badings, an officer in the Dutch East Indies army, Badings became an orphan at an early age...
, Dutch composer - Reinout Willem van BemmelenReinout Willem van BemmelenReinout Willem van Bemmelen was a Dutch geologist whose interests were structural geology, economic geology and volcanology...
, Dutch geologist - Lodewijk van den BergLodewijk van den BergLodewijk van den Berg is a Dutch American chemical engineer, specializing in crystal growth, who flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle Challenger mission as a Payload Specialist....
, Dutch-American astronaut, payload specialistPayload SpecialistA Payload Specialist ' was an individual selected and trained by commercial or research organizations for flights of a specific payload on a NASA Space Shuttle mission...
on STS-51B mission - Onno J. BoxmaOnno J. BoxmaOnno J. Boxma is a Dutch mathematician, known for several contributions to queueing theory and applied probability theory.Born in Den Haag, he earned a B.Sc. in mathematics at Delft University , Boxmagot his Ph.D...
, Dutch queuing theorist - Henri BalHenri BalHenri Elle Bal is a professor of Computer Science at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is a well-known researcher in computer systems with a specialization in parallel computer systems, languages, and applications....
, Dutch computer scientist - Lourens Baas Becking, Dutch botanist and microbiologist
- Gerrit BroekstraGerrit BroekstraGerrit Broekstra , is a Dutch scientist and professor in the field of organization behavior and systems sciences at the Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, Northwestern University, Chicago, and Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands.- Biography :Broekstra was born in 1941 in Alkmaar in Holland...
, Dutch systems scientist - Wiebe BijkerWiebe BijkerWiebe E. Bijker is a Dutch professor, chair of the Department of Social Science and Technology at Maastricht University in the Netherlands....
, Dutch sociologists - Kees BoekeKees BoekeCornelis Boeke was a Dutch reformist educator, Quaker missionary and pacifist. He is best known for his popular essay/book Cosmic View which presents a seminal view of the universe, from the galactic to the microscopic scale, and inspired several films.Boeke tried to renovate education by letting...
, Dutch Quaker missionaryMissionaryA missionary is a member of a religious group sent into an area to do evangelism or ministries of service, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care and economic development. The word "mission" originates from 1598 when the Jesuits sent members abroad, derived from the Latin... - Carin ter BeekCarin ter BeekCarin Anuschka ter Beek is a retired rower from the Netherlands. She won a silver medal in the women's eight with coxswain in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.-References:...
, Dutch rower, olympic medalistOlympic medalistAn Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal: gold, silver and bronze. The winner is awarded the gold medal, the runner-up the silver medal, and the third place competitor is awarded the bronze medal... - Jan BoermanJan BoermanJan Boerman was born in The Hague on June 30, 1923. He has been in electronic music studios since 1959. The Delft Polytechnic in Utrecht, from which the world-famous Institute of Sonology was developed, housed the first electronic music studio in Holland after the Philips laboratory in Eindhoven,...
, Dutch composer of electronic musicElectronic musicElectronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
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- Wim CohenWim CohenJacob Willem "Wim" Cohen was a Dutch mathematician, well known for over hundred scientific publications and several books in queueing theory....
, Dutch mathematician - Dirk CosterDirk CosterDirk Coster , was a Dutch physicist. He was a Professor of Physics and Meteorology at the University of Groningen....
, Dutch physicist, discoverer of HafniumHafniumHafnium is a chemical element with the symbol Hf and atomic number 72. A lustrous, silvery gray, tetravalent transition metal, hafnium chemically resembles zirconium and is found in zirconium minerals. Its existence was predicted by Dmitri Mendeleev in 1869. Hafnium was the penultimate stable... - Kees ChristiaanseKees ChristiaanseKees Christiaanse is an architect and urban planner from the Netherlands. After working with Rem Koolhaas, he started two firms, Kees Christiaanse Architects & Planners in 1989 and Architects and Planners in 1990, where he was a partner till 2002...
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- Arief Edsel Dahoe, Explosion Scientist, Creator of World's First Higher Educational Programme in Hydrogen Safety Engineering
- Wim DikWim DikWim Dik was the head of Royal PTT Nederland NV, Holland's formerly state-owned postal and telecom service.-References:...
, Dutch politicus - Jacob Pieter Den Hartog, Dutch mechanical engineer, recipient of Timoshenko MedalTimoshenko MedalThe Timoshenko Medal is an award given annually by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to an individual"in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of applied mechanics."...
- Henricus DroogHenricus DroogHenricus Antonius Droog is a Dutch rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.In 1968 he and his partner Leendert van Dis won the silver medal in the coxless pairs event.-External links:*...
, Dutch rower, olympic medalistOlympic medalistAn Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal: gold, silver and bronze. The winner is awarded the gold medal, the runner-up the silver medal, and the third place competitor is awarded the bronze medal...
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- Gerritjan EggenkampGerritjan EggenkampGerritjan Eggenkamp is a Dutch rower.Born in Leiden, Netherlands, Eggenkamp started rowing aged 12 at Het Spaarne rowing club in Heemstede, and first competed internationally as a Junior, coming 9th in the coxless four at the 1993 Junior World Championships...
, Dutch rower and silver medalist 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer OlympicsThe 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
silver medalist - Erick van EgeraatErick van EgeraatErick van Egeraat is a Dutch architect. He is based in Rotterdam but particularly active in Germany and Russia....
, Dutch architect - Willem Alberda van EkensteinWillem Alberda van EkensteinWillem Alberda van Ekenstein was a Dutch chemist and discovered the Lobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation together with Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn....
, Discoverer of Lobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformationLobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformationIn carbohydrate chemistry, the Lobry–de Bruyn–van Ekenstein transformation also known as the Lobry–de Bruyn–van-Alberda–van-Ekenstein transformation is the base or acid catalyzed transformation of an aldose into the ketose isomer or vice versa, with a tautomeric enediol as reaction intermediate.... - Gerritjan EggenkampGerritjan EggenkampGerritjan Eggenkamp is a Dutch rower.Born in Leiden, Netherlands, Eggenkamp started rowing aged 12 at Het Spaarne rowing club in Heemstede, and first competed internationally as a Junior, coming 9th in the coxless four at the 1993 Junior World Championships...
, Dutch rower, olympic medalistOlympic medalistAn Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal: gold, silver and bronze. The winner is awarded the gold medal, the runner-up the silver medal, and the third place competitor is awarded the bronze medal...
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- Karien van GennipKarien van GennipKarien van Gennip is a former Dutch politician. In 2008 she was appointed Director European & International Affairs for ING Group.-References:...
, Dutch secretary of state for economic affairs - Rik GrashoffRik GrashoffHendrik Johannes Grashoff is a Dutch engineer and politician. He is a member of GroenLinks , a left-wing, Green political party. Since 23 November 2010 he has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands...
, Dutch politician - Willem Frederik GisolfW. F. GisolfDr Ir Willem Frederik Gisolf was a Dutch geologist and petrographer.Gisolf graduated from Delft University in the early 1900's. In 1910, he married Elisabeth Jacoba Cornelia van der Waals, a niece of Johannes Diderik van der Waals, from whom he separated. In the subssequent years, he invested in...
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- Alexandre HorowitzAlexandre HorowitzAlexandre Horowitz was a Belgian-born Dutch technical engineer and inventor.Alexandre "Sacha" Horowitz was born in 1904 in Antwerp, to parents of East-European Jewish heritage, and lived from 1914 in The Netherlands until his death in 1982...
, Dutch engineer, designer of PhilishavePhilishavePhilishave was the brand name for the electric shavers manufactured by the Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care unit of Philips . In recent years, Philips had extended the Philishave brand to include hair clippers, beard trimmers and beard shapers... - Tjeerd Hoek, Dutch industrial designer, user interface designer of Windows VistaWindows VistaWindows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
- Herman HertzbergerHerman HertzbergerHerman Hertzberger is a Dutch architect and emeritus professor.-Biography:Herman Hertzberger was born on 6 July 1932 in Amsterdam, Netherlands....
, Dutch architect - Hein de HaanHein de haanHein de Haan, is a Dutch Architect, Urbanist and Teacher at the faculty of Architecture of the TU Delft. de Haan graduated from the TU Delft in 1970. He worked as a teacher at the Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam, Groningen, and Tilburg.Since 1975, he has been working at the TU Delft...
, Dutch architect - Francine HoubenFrancine HoubenFrancine Houben is a leading Dutch architect. She is a founding partner and the creative director of Mecanoo Architecten, Delft, The Netherlands....
, Dutch architect - Jacobus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist and Nobel laureate
- Jaap HaartsenJaap HaartsenJaap Haartsen is a Dutch electrical engineer, researcher, inventor and entrepreneur....
, Dutch engineer, inventor of BluetoothBluetoothBluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security... - Adrian van HooydonkAdrian van HooydonkAdrian van Hooydonk , is a Dutch automobile designer, best known for several modern BMW concept cars and production vehicles. He is based in Munich, Germany.- Biography :...
, Dutch automobile designer, head of design at BMWBMWBayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands... - Gerard J. HolzmannGerard J. HolzmannGerard J. Holzmann is an American computer scientist, best known as the developer of the SPIN model checker. Holzmann was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and received an Engineer's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Delft University of Technology in 1976...
, Dutch computer scientist, developer of SPIN model checkerSPIN model checkerSPIN is a general tool for verifying the correctness of distributed software models in a rigorous and mostly automated fashion. It was written by Gerard J. Holzmann and others in the original Unix group of the Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs, beginning in 1980... - Diederik HolDiederik HolDiederik Hol is a Dutch Design Engineer, designer of the patented Dual Box inline skate frame and the Narrow Shape Cross-Section ice blade, and founder/director of skate company CadoMotus Skating BV....
, Dutch engineer, inventor of Dual BoxDual BoxDual Box or DualBox is the trademark name for the patented tubular sidewall inline skating frame, which employs the mechanical properties of the tubular to optimize the performance of a frame or chassis that secures the wheels on an inline skate .Designed in 1999 by Dutch Design Engineer Diederik...
inline skating frame - N. John HabrakenN. John HabrakenN. John Habraken is a Dutch architect, educator, and theorist. His major contributions are in the field of mass housing and the integration of users and residents into the design process.-Biography:...
, Dutch architect, former DeanDean (education)In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of MIT Department of ArchitectureMIT School of Architecture and PlanningThe MIT School of Architecture and Planning is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA... - Geert HofstedeGeert HofstedeGeert Hofstede, born as Gerard Hendrik Hofstede is an influential Dutch social psychologist and anthropologist. He is a well-known pioneer in his research of cross-cultural groups and organizations. He has played a major role in developing a systematic framework for assessing and differentiating...
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- Warner T. KoiterWarner T. KoiterWarner Tjardus Koiter was an influential mechanical engineer and the Professor of Applied Mechanics at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands from 1949 to 1979.-Life and education:...
, Dutch mechanical engineer - Abdul Qadeer KhanAbdul Qadeer KhanAbdul Qadeer Khan , also known in Pakistan as Mohsin-e-Pakistan , D.Eng, Sc.D, HI, NI , FPAS; more widely known as Dr. A. Q...
, Pakistani metallurgical engineer and nuclear scientist. - Marc KoehlerMarc KoehlerMarc Koehler is a Dutch architect of Portuguese origin.Koehler studied at the Delft University of Technology and, in 2004, he became a staff member and lecturer at the University's Faculty of Architecture....
, Dutch architect - Diederik KortewegDiederik KortewegDiederik Johannes Korteweg was a Dutch mathematician. He is now remembered as the joint discoverer of the Korteweg–de Vries equation.-Early life and education:...
, Dutch mathematician - Jón KristinssonJón KristinssonJón Kristinsson is a Dutch architect.-Biography:Kristinsson matriculated from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík in 1956. He then studied architecture at Delft University of Technology....
, Dutch architect - Thomas KarstenThomas KarstenHerman Thomas Karsten was a Dutch engineer who gave major contributions to architecture and town planning in Indonesia during Dutch colonial rule. Most significantly he integrated the practice of colonial urban environment with native elements; a radical approach to spatial planning for Indonesia...
, Dutch architect of Indonesia - Robert KozmaRobert KozmaRobert Kozma is a William Dunavant University Professor of Mathematics at the University of Memphis, and director for the Center for Large-Scale Integration and Optimization Networks in the FedEx Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis....
, Dutch mathematician, University of MemphisUniversity of MemphisThe University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....
professor - Randal A. KoeneRandal A. KoeneRandal A. Koene is a Dutch neuroscientist and neuroengineer, and co-founder of carboncopies.org, the outreach and roadmapping organization for Advancing Substrate-Independent Minds . He is currently directing the Analysis team at the nanotechnology company Halcyon Molecular...
, Dutch neuroscientistNeuroscientistA neuroscientist is an individual who studies the scientific field of neuroscience or any of its related sub-fields...
and neuroengineer, pioneer of Whole brain emulation - Frederik H. KreugerFrederik H. KreugerFrederik Hendrik Kreuger , is a Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor, lives in Delft, Holland, and is professor emeritus of the Delft University of Technology. He is also a professional author of technical literature, nonfiction books, thrillers and a decisive biography of the master forger...
, Dutch high voltage scientist and inventor - Abraham KuyperAbraham KuyperAbraham Kuijper generally known as Abraham Kuyper, was a Dutch politician, journalist, statesman and theologian...
, Dutch politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, statesmanStatesmanA statesman is usually a politician or other notable public figure who has had a long and respected career in politics or government at the national and international level. As a term of respect, it is usually left to supporters or commentators to use the term...
and theologian, prime minister of the NetherlandsPrime Minister of the NetherlandsThe Prime Minister of the Netherlands is the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Netherlands. He is the de facto head of government of the Netherlands and coordinates the policy of the government...
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- Wilhelmus LuxemburgWilhelmus LuxemburgWilhelmus Luxemburg is Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. He received his B.A. from the University of Leiden in 1950; his M.A., in 1953; his Ph.D., from the Delft Institute of Technology, in 1955. He was Assistant Professor at Caltech during 1958-60;...
, Dutch mathematician and California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia Institute of TechnologyThe California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
professor - Walter LewinWalter LewinWalter H. G. Lewin is a professor emeritus of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .-Education and career:...
, Dutch physicist and MIT professor - Harm LagaayHarm LagaayHarm Lagaay is a Dutch automobile designer. Educated in the Netherlands he completed the studies at the IVA and went to work for a Dutch company Olyslager in Soest....
, Dutch automobile designer, former chief designer of PorschePorschePorsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry.... - Cornelis LelyCornelis LelyCornelis Lely was a Dutch civil engineer and statesman. He first designed and then realised by a law the Zuiderzee Works, a major project that turned the Zuiderzee into a lake, and converting a huge area into dry land.-Career outline:From 1886 to 1891, Lely led the technical research team that...
, Dutch engineer, chief designer of Zuiderzee WorksZuiderzee WorksThe Zuiderzee Works are a manmade system of dams, land reclamation and water drainage works, the largest hydraulic engineering project undertaken by the Netherlands during the twentieth century. The project involved the damming of the Zuiderzee, a large, shallow inlet of the North Sea, and the... - Richard Lamb, Dutch strategic futurologist
- Kazimierz LeskiKazimierz LeskiKazimierz Leski, nom de guerre Bradl , was a Polish engineer, co-designer of the Polish submarines ORP Sęp and ORP Orzeł, a fighter pilot, and an officer in the World War II Home Army's intelligence and counter-intelligence.He is credited, during World War II, with at least 25 journeys across...
, Polish engineer, designer of ORP OrzełORP OrzełThree boats of the Polish Navy have been named ORP Orzeł :* ORP Orzeł was an commissioned in 1939 and lost in 1940.* ORP Orzeł was a commissioned in 1962 and decommissioned in 1983.... - Otto Cornelis Adriaan van Lidth de JeudeOtto Cornelis Adriaan van Lidth de JeudeOtto Cornelis Adriaan van Lidth de Jeude was a Dutch politician. During World War II he was in London. From 1942 till 1945 he served as Minister of War in the Dutch government in exile.-References:*...
, Dutch politician, Minister of War in the Dutch government in exileDutch government in exileThe Dutch government in exile was the government of the Netherlands, headed by Queen Wilhelmina, that evacuated to London after the German invasion of the country at the outset of World War II....
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- Simon van der MeerSimon van der MeerSimon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, two of the most fundamental constituents of matter.-Biography:One of four...
, Dutch engineer and Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner in physicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic... - Anton MussertAnton MussertAnton Adriaan Mussert was one of the founders of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands and its de jure leader. As such, he was the most prominent national socialist in the Netherlands before and during the Second World War...
, Dutch politician of the Second World War era and founder of National Socialist Movement in the NetherlandsNational Socialist Movement in the NetherlandsThe National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands was a Dutch fascist and later national socialist political party. As a parliamentary party participating in legislative elections, the NSB had some success during the 1930s... - Felix Andries Vening MeineszFelix Andries Vening MeineszFelix Andries Vening Meinesz was a Dutch geophysicist and geodesist. He is known for his invention of a precise method for measuring gravity. Thanks to his invention, it became possible to measure gravity at sea, which led him to the discovery of gravity anomalies above the ocean floor...
, Dutch geologist - Hubertus van Mook, Dutch administrator in the East IndiesEast IndiesEast Indies is a term used by Europeans from the 16th century onwards to identify what is now known as Indian subcontinent or South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and the islands of Oceania, including the Malay Archipelago and the Philippines...
(studied, did not graduate) - Winy MaasWiny MaasWiny Maas is a Dutch architect, landscape architect, professor and urbanist. In 1991 together with Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries he set up MVRDV...
, Dutch architect, co-founder of MVRDVMVRDVMVRDV is a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1991. The name is an acronym for the founding members: Winy Maas , Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries... - Han van MeegerenHan van MeegerenHan van Meegeren , born Henricus Antonius van Meegeren, was a Dutch painter and portraitist, and is considered to be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century....
, Dutch painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and portraitis and art forger (studied, did not graduate) - Bert MetzBert MetzBert Metz is a Dutch climatologist. He was Co-chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III on mitigation on climate change for the third and fourth assessment report of the IPCC...
, Dutch climatologist, former co-chair of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeIntergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and... - Anne MenkeAnne MenkeAnne Menke is a German-born photographer now based in New York City who specializes in editorial, advertising, and beauty photography.-Biography:Anne Menke was born on March 26, 1967 in Wittlich, Germany....
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- Cornelius Van NielCornelius Van NielCornelis Bernardus van Niel was a Dutch-American microbiologist. He introduced the study of general microbiology to the United States and made key discoveries explaining the chemistry of photosynthesis.In 1923, Cornelis van Niel married Christina van Hemert, graduated in chemical engineering at...
, Dutch chemist who first demonstrated that photosynthesis is a light-dependent redox reaction - Peter Newman, Australian environmental scientist (postdoctoral studies)
- Siegfried NassuthSiegfried NassuthSiegfried Nassuth was a Dutch architect, best known as the architect of the Bijlmermeer .He attended the Delft University of Technology...
, Dutch architect, author of BijlmermeerBijlmermeerThe Bijlmermeer or colloquially Bijlmer is one of the neighbourhoods that form the Amsterdam Zuidoost borough of Amsterdam, Netherlands. To many people, the Bijlmer designation is used to refer to Amsterdam Zuidoost and Diemen Zuid as a pars pro toto... - Quoc Nguyen, petroleumPetroleumPetroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
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- Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, member of the Dutch Royal Family
- Kas OosterhuisKas OosterhuisKas Oosterhuis is professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, as well as director of Hyperbody and the Protospace Laboratory for Collaborative Design and Engineering...
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- Willem van der PoelWillem van der PoelWillem Louis van der Poel is a pioneering Dutch computer scientist, who is known for designing the ZEBRA computer. In 1950 he obtained an engineering degree in applied science at Delft University of Technology. In 1956 he obtained his PhD degree from the University of Amsterdam...
, Dutch engineer and designer of ZEBRAZEBRA (computer)The ZEBRA was one of the first computers to be designed in the Netherlands, and one of the first Dutch computers to be commercially available...
computer - Herman PhaffHerman PhaffHerman Jan Phaff was a scientist who specialised in yeast ecology. He was born in The Netherlands before moving to California at age of 26. He was active in Californian universities until his death...
, Dutch scientist who specialized in yeast ecology - Roel PieperRoel Pieper-Early life and education:Pieper was born in Vlaardingen, son of an engineer at a car manufacturer. His father died when Pieper was 20, and on his 18th birthday he suffered a motoring accident which destroyed his sporting career as a player of the Juventus Schiedam basketball team. According to...
, Dutch IT entrepreneur - Frits PhilipsFrits PhilipsFrederik Jacques "Frits" Philips was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded...
, Dutch engineer, fourth chairman of the board of directors of PhilipsPhilipsKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company.... - Gerard PhilipsGerard PhilipsGerard Leonard Frederik Philips was a Dutch industrialist, co-founder of the Philips Company as a family business in 1891. Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips changed the business to a corporation by founding in 1912 the NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken...
, Dutch industrialist, co-founder of PhilipsPhilipsKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , more commonly known as Philips, is a multinational Dutch electronics company.... - Frits PeutzFrits PeutzF.P.J. Peutz was a Dutch architect.Peutz was born in a Catholic family in Uithuizen in Groningen, a mostly Protestant province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1910 he was sent to the Rolduc boarding school in Kerkrade in the Catholic province of Limburg for his higher education. In 1914 he...
, Dutch architect - Roel PieperRoel Pieper-Early life and education:Pieper was born in Vlaardingen, son of an engineer at a car manufacturer. His father died when Pieper was 20, and on his 18th birthday he suffered a motoring accident which destroyed his sporting career as a player of the Juventus Schiedam basketball team. According to...
, Dutch IT-entrepreneurEntrepreneurAn entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
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- Jo Ritzen, Dutch economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and social-democratic politician - Jan RoskamJan RoskamJan Roskam is the emeritus Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Kansas. He is the author of eleven books on airplane design and flight dynamics and over 160 papers on the topics of aircraft aerodynamics, performance, design and flight controls...
, Dutch aerospace engineer - Clemens C. J. RoothaanClemens C. J. RoothaanClemens C.J. Roothaan was born in 1918 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He enrolled TU Delft in 1935 to study electrical engineering. During World War II he was first detained as a prisoner of war camp, later he was sent for a year to a concentration camp in Vught...
, Dutch theoretical physicist and developer of Roothaan equationsRoothaan equationsThe Roothaan equations are a representation of the Hartree-Fock equation in a non orthonormal basis set which can be of Gaussian-type or Slater-type. It applies to closed-shell molecules or atoms where all molecular orbitals or atomic orbitals, respectively, are doubly occupied. This is generally... - Herman te Riele, Dutch mathematician, known for disproving Mertens conjectureMertens conjectureIn mathematics, the Mertens conjecture is the incorrect statement that the Mertens function M is bounded by √n, which implies the Riemann hypothesis...
- Hendrik van RiessenHendrik Van RiessenHendrik Van Riessen was one of the second generation of reformational philosophers arising from the Free University in Amsterdam, after the first generation of Herman Dooyeweerd and D. H. Th. Vollenhoven. Other second generationers were: K. J. Popma, S. U. Zuidema and J. P. A...
, Dutch reformational philosophers - Johan RingersJohan RingersJohannes Aleidis Ringers was a Dutch politician.-References:...
, Dutch politician - Jacob van RijsJacob van RijsJacob van Rijs is a Dutch architect, lecturer and urbanist. In 1991 together with Winy Maas and Nathalie de Vries he set up MVRDV...
, Dutch architect - Mien RuysMien RuysWilhelmina Jacoba Moussault-Ruys, better known as Mien Ruys , was a Dutch landscape and garden architect. Her gardening legacy is maintained in the Dutch town of Dedemsvaart, which is home to the Tuinen Mien Ruys...
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- Lars SpuybroekLars SpuybroekLars Spuybroek is a Dutch architect and artist.-Education:He graduated cum laude at the Technical University Delft in 1989. A year later, he won the Archiprix for his Palazzo Pensile, a new royal palace for Queen Beatrix in Rotterdam...
, Dutch architect - Egbert SchuurmanEgbert SchuurmanEgbert Schuurman is a professor of philosophy in the Netherlands, whose teaching is most concerned with exploring and developing Reformational philosophy and its organized expression, the Association for Reformational Philosophy. He studied under Hendrik Van Riessen...
, Dutch reformational philosopherReformational philosophyReformational philosophy is a Neo-Calvinistic movement pioneered by Herman Dooyeweerd and D. H. Th. Vollenhoven that seeks to develop philosophical thought in a radically Protestant Christian direction.- Historical overview :... - Wim Schermerhorn, Dutch engineer, former Prime Minister of The Netherlands
- Diederik Samsom, Dutch politician and member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands for the Dutch Labour Party
- Jan Arnoldus SchoutenJan Arnoldus SchoutenJan Arnoldus Schouten was a Dutch mathematician. He was an important contributor to the development of tensor calculus and was one of the founders of the Mathematisch Centrum in Amsterdam....
, Dutch mathematician and contributor to tensor calculus - Pieter Hendrik SchoutePieter Hendrik SchoutePieter Hendrik Schoute was a Dutch mathematician known for his work on regular polytopes and Euclidean geometry.- References :...
, Dutch mathematician - Eric de SturlerEric de SturlerEric de Sturler is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. He is on the editorial board of Applied Numerical Mathematics, International Journal on Computational Science and Engineering, and Open Applied Mathematics Journal.Prof. de Sturler completed his Ph.D...
, Dutch mathematician - Steef van SchaikSteef van SchaikTheodorus Stephanus Gerardus Johannes Marie van Schaik was a Dutch politician....
, Dutch politician - Alex Verrijn StuartAlex Verrijn StuartAdolf Alexander Verrijn Stuart was a Dutch computer scientist, and the first Professor in computer science at the Leiden University from 1969 tot 1991.- Biography :...
, Dutch computer scientistComputer scientistA computer scientist is a scientist who has acquired knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application in computer systems....
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- Bernard Tellegen, Dutch electrical engineer and developer of pentodePentodeA pentode is an electronic device having five active electrodes. The term most commonly applies to a three-grid vacuum tube , which was invented by the Dutchman Bernhard D.H. Tellegen in 1926...
and gyratorGyratorA gyrator is a passive, linear, lossless, two-port electrical network element proposed in 1948 by Tellegen as a hypothetical fifth linear element after the resistor, capacitor, inductor and ideal transformer. Unlike the four conventional elements, the gyrator is non-reciprocal... - Theodoor Philibert TrompTheodoor Philibert TrompTheodoor Philibert Tromp was a Dutch politician and engineer.Tromp was a mechanical engineer working at Philips since 1927, who in 1945, in the last Dutch government in exile , was Minister of Public Works...
, Dutch politician - Jan TooropJan TooropJean Theodoor Toorop , better known as Jan Toorop, was an Indo painter, whose works straddle the space between the Symbolist painters and Art Nouveau.-Biography:...
, Dutch Art NouveauArt NouveauArt Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
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- Bas van der VliesBas van der VliesBastiaan Johannis van der Vlies is a former Dutch politician of the Reformed Political Party . He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands from June 10, 1981 until June 17, 2010. However, this does not make him the longest serving MP, Duymaer van Twist served for almost 45...
, Dutch politician of the Reformed Political PartyReformed Political PartyThe Reformed Political Party is an orthodox Protestant Dutch political party. The term Reformed is not a reference to political reform, but is a synonym for Calvinist. The SGP is the oldest political party in the Netherlands in its current form, and for its entire existence has been in opposition... - Jeroen van der VeerJeroen van der VeerJeroen van der Veer was the CEO of the petroleum corporation Royal Dutch Shell until 30 June 2009....
, Dutch engineer, former CEO of Royal Dutch ShellRoyal Dutch ShellRoyal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six... - Pier VellingaPier VellingaPier Vellinga is one of the Netherlands experts on the impacts of climate change.-Position in 2009:Vellinga is the chairman of the Knowledge for Climate research program and vice chairman of the Climate Changes Spatial Planning program...
Dutch expert on climate change - Nathalie de VriesNathalie de VriesNathalie de Vries is a Dutch architect, lecturer and urbanist. In 1991 together with Winy Maas and Jacob van Rijs she set up MVRDV...
, Dutch architect, co-founder of MVRDVMVRDVMVRDV is a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1991. The name is an acronym for the founding members: Winy Maas , Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries... - Jo van den Broek, Dutch architect
- Hendrik VosHendrik VosHendrik Vos was a Dutch economist and politician.-References:...
, Dutch politician - Jan VismanJan VismanJan Visman played a key role in building a bridge between sampling theory with its homogeneous populations and sampling practice with its heterogeneous sampling units and sample spaces...
, Dutch statisticianStatisticianA statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...
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- Leen van der WaalLeen van der WaalLeendert van der Waal is a Dutch engineer and former politician. He is a member of the Reformed Political Party and former Member of the European Parliament.- References :...
, Dutch engineer and former politician - Adriaan van WijngaardenAdriaan van WijngaardenAdriaan van Wijngaarden was an important mathematician and computer scientist who is considered by many to have been the founding father of informatica in the Netherlands...
, Dutch computer scientist and developer of Van Wijngaarden grammarVan Wijngaarden grammarIn computer science, a Van Wijngaarden grammar is a two-level grammar which provides a technique to define potentially infinite context-free grammars in a finite number of rules...
and co-desigher of ALGOLALGOLALGOL is a family of imperative computer programming languages originally developed in the mid 1950s which greatly influenced many other languages and became the de facto way algorithms were described in textbooks and academic works for almost the next 30 years... - Franciscus Cornelis Marie WijffelsFranciscus Cornelis Marie WijffelsFranciscus Cornelis Marie Wijffels was a Dutch politician.-References:* at "Parlement &Politiek"* by the Institute of Dutch History...
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