On 09/2021 was the kick-off conference for the Water Mining project. The project was initiated and will be coordinated by TU Delft. 38 partners from 12 countries will work on sustainable solutions for desalination and resource recovery from (waste)waters. Overall
Kaumera wins Aquatech Innovation Awards 2019
Kaumera Nereda® Gum won the Aquatech Innovation Awards 2019. The award win was announced on 4 November 2019 at the opening ceremony of the Amsterdam International Water Week and the Aquatech Amsterdam. For more information on Kaumera. This was by
Opening: Kaumera Installation Zutphen
On Wednesday, October 2, 2019, the world’s first Kaumera plant was opened. The Netherlands have the world first plant for the production of the biopolymer Kaumera Nereda® Gum. Kaumera Nereda® Gum is value raw product for the industry. At the
Kaumera on the Dutch Design Week 2018
The Energie- en Grondstoffenfabriek asked three Dutch designers, Nienke Hoogvliet, Billie van Katwijk and Jeroen Wand, to experiment with Kaumera. The water boards and the artists, working together in the Energy and Raw Materials Factory, want to draw attention to
2018 Stockholm Water Prize for Mark van Loosdrecht
2018 Stockholm Water Prize for TU Delft biotech pioneer Mark van Loosdrecht Congratulations from the Slimy Green Stuff team to Mark van Loosdrecht and Bruce Rittmann! Professors Mark van Loosdrecht (Delft University of Technology) and Bruce Rittmann
Unexpected Delft Green applications
While experimenting with Delft Green curing compound also sometimes you are in for surprises, as was found by our partners NGCM. If you are interested to take this further please contact NGCM directly (click logo). Visual appearance of concrete Apart
TU Delft and Royal Haskoning DHV
8-12-2017, Delft Today Rene Noppeney of Royal Haskoning DHV and Karel Luyben of TU Delft signed a joint agreement for doing long term research. An introduction about the science and technology involved was given by Mark van Loosdrecht and Stephen
NWO Gesloten Kringlopen
The research proposal ‘Nanocycle’ that was submitted to the 2017 NWO programme Gesloten Kringlopen (‘Closed Cycles’) has been granted to Prof. Mark van Loosdrecht and Prof. Stephen Picken, this entails two PhD positions and some equipment upgrades (total project is
Burning down the house
A nice simple picture explains more than 1000 words. This shows a comparison of the flammability ALE/MMT nanocomposite material and regular cardboard. Image by Yuemei Lin (click to open in new tab)
More exhibitions and art
Recently we have been involved with showing some of our things at the Bioinspired exhibition, which is showing at the TU Delft Library. The exhibition will continue at the library until January 2018 and will then move to a permanent