GLOBAZINE FIRST EDITION APRIL 2022
EDITORIAL Dear Readers, We are very excited and proud to present the first edition of our magazine ‘Globazine’ to you. At Delft Global Student Club we strive to constantly keep you updated and informed about TU Delft | Global Initiative's projects and other research opportunities in the Global South. What better way to do this than a magazine! In this edition, we talk about the Kick-Off of Delft Global Student Club, introducing our board and ambassadors followed by interesting updates! Since this is our first edition, we would highly appreciate your feedback and input on what you want to see in the forthcoming editions of Globazine. You can reach out to us through our email or direct message on Instagram. We hope you enjoy the first edition of Globazine! Regards Godwin Rayan, Natalia Pienkowska and Anmol Soni Social Media Committee Delft Global Student Club
CONTENTS
01 05DGSC NEWS 07 GLOBAL LUNCH STORIES 09 CROSSWORD
INTRODUCTION TO DELFT GLOBAL STUDENT CLUB
11 GLOBAL KITCHEN 13 DOCUMENTARY STORIES
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BOARD 2021 JULIA ROZENBERG
TPM - BSc Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management What was the motivation for joining the board of DGSC? When I first arrived in Delft and I heard about the Global Initiative community I was immediately inspired by the many projects and ways in which Delft researchers (and students) could make an impact on global development. I am looking forward to working closely together with the Global Initiative's community to bridge the gap between students and researchers. What is your role in DGSC? As the Project & Administration Officer, I will be collecting thesis and internship opportunities among the many research projects that are conducted by researchers/members of the TU Delft Global Initiative community. We also plan on collecting these opportunities among the companies working with Global Initiative.
GODWIN RAYAN 3mE - MSc Robotics
What was the motivation for joining the board of DGSC? I was curious about Global Initiative from the beginning of my Master's since it aligned my interests in solving world problems with Science and Technology. Global Initiative came with an idea of a student board and I was motivated to join the board to make an impact together. What is your role in DGSC? I chose the Communications and Events Officer role as I wanted to spread awareness of how academic knowledge in different domains can be used to transform the lives of people around the world.
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RENS AMPTING CEG - MSc Water Management
What was the motivation for joining the board of DGSC? While organizing the study trip to Ghana for my study association Dispuut Water & Environment I had my first encounter with TU Delft | Global Initiative. Their enthusiasm and possibilities got me to dive into what TU Delft| Global Initiative does and got me to apply for the firstever student board of Delft Global. I am looking forward to connecting TU Delft students and researchers from all over the world with each other and making science a benefit for all people worldwide. What is your role in DGSC? As Chair I will be responsible for finance, internal and external relations, setting the foundation for the coming years, and the overall trajectory of the TU Delft | Global Student Club.
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STUDENT AMBASSADORS Student Ambassadors are the eyes and ears of the Delft Global Student Club at the faculty level. Ambassadors are responsible for coordinating with study associations and sharing initiatives and research opportunities in their respective faculty.
Linnaea Cahill Faculty Of Civil Engineering and Geosciences MSc. Water Management I completed my bachelor’s in civil engineering in Guatemala and the US, and have worked on research and engineering projects in Tanzania, Jordan, Guatemala and Ireland. I look forward to organizing activities, creating awareness and connecting students in my faculty to local and global challenge/solution spaces around the world.
Anmol Soni Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management MSc. Engineering and Policy Analysis I envisage contributing toward building a sustainable and green future. I hope by serving as the ambassador of the Delft Global Student Club, I can share the research initiatives and opportunities available in the global south across TPM faculty.
Natalia Pienkowska Faculty of Applied Sciences MSc. Chemical Engineering As a member of the Delft Global Student Club, I hope to help students from the faculty of Applied Sciences and beyond to get involved in impactful projects, meet inspiring people and build an inter-faculty collaboration!
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Gloria Micali Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime Engineering MSc. Biomedical engineering
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Joining the Delft Global Student is my very first step toward improving healthcare conditions in the global south. As an ambassador, I am excited to start organizing events for our community and connecting students from my faculty!
Shinnosuke Albert Wasswa Faculty of Architecture & the Built Environment MSc. Urbanism Born and bred in Kampala, Uganda's capital, I completed my bachelor's in architecture and worked as an architect in one of Africa's fast-urbanising cities. Harnessing my first-hand experience with challenges in the global south, I hope to enlighten fellow architecture students about the Global Initiative's research on these issues and create a platform to link them with researchers within Delft and beyond.
Bilal El Attar Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science MSc. Computer Science I look forward to learning about the Global South and Global Development, while also connecting with a group that shares a diverse background (academically, as well as culturally). As an ambassador, I hope to connect fellow students with researchers across the world and provide them with opportunities to get involved in a variety of interesting projects.
Azhim Firdaus Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering MSc. Strategic Product Design I see a lot of motivation from the students in my faculty to dive deeper into the world of social impact, so I hope that I can connect them to the researchers at Delft Global to facilitate more collaboration!
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March 8, 2022 at the Green Village
6 On March 8th, the Delft Global Student Club (DGSC) officially launched. The student club, which is part of the TU Delft | Global Initiative, is the place where TU Delft students who aim to make an impact for a better society can excel. Together we can contribute to our university’s vision to solve global challenges by educating new generations of socially and globally responsible engineers. More than 100 students from all faculties were present to celebrate the Delft Global Student Club kick-off at The Green Village on TU Delft Campus.
Students for a better future The afternoon was opened by Prof.dr. Rob F. Mudde, Vice-Rector Magnificus/VicePresident Education. He emphasized the importance of the Delft Global Student Club: “It is great to see that the DGSC community has grown to over 200 already, in just a few months!”. Other speakers included Samenjo K.H Tondo, PhD candidate who focuses on building up local production of circular healthcare instruments in Africa, Jerry de Vos, inventor of the Plastic Scanner and recent recipient of the James Dyson Award, and Helena Verloo on her additional thesis about water treatment in Africa. Students were also able to visit a prototype market, where members from the TU Delft | Global Initiative community shared their latest prototypes like Yask Kulshreshtha’s cow-dung bricks, Schistosocope from INSPiRED, Pieter Ham’s floating homes, Solar Grid from DC opportunities etc. We closed the kick-off with some drinks and food provided by Zuppanini Catering.
About TU Delft | Global Initiative Student Club DGSC is a new initiative from the Global Initiative programme. The aim is to bridge the gap between students and researchers by organizing social as well as educational events and providing opportunities for students. Students serve an important role in projects by doing an internship or their thesis. DGSC has its own opportunity platform where internships and thesis opportunities are posted around global development. In that way, we want to bring students and researchers together in solving the challenges we face today.
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OPPORTUNITY PLATFORM tudelft.nl/global/education/student-opportunities
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GLOBAL LUNCH All new level of Housing Design The TU Delft | Global Initiative lunch lecture in December was related to the topic of global housing design. It was given by Zhuo-ming Shia, who told us about the topic of his graduation project. His participatory housing design process for Addis Ababa in Ethiopia brought new light to how architects can contribute to socially responsible housing. For his outstanding thesis, Zhuo-ming Shia received the title TU Delft Best Graduate 2021. For his graduation research, Zhuo-Ming developed a socially responsible process for global housing design. Since importing Western models of mass housing production, Addis Ababa has chosen a short-term solution to its problems of rapid urbanisation which favours efficiency over sensitivity, standardisation over flexibility, and a homogenous illusion over a heterogeneous reality. Zhuo-ming Shia’s response to this imbalance is his ‘An Architecture of Enablement’ which creates a model for coexistence between top-down and bottom-up decisionmaking in the Global South. It suggests that current methods of housing production can be adopted in the initial phases of construction, while participatory design can take place at a later stage on a smaller scale. His approach takes heavy inspiration from 'Open Building', reinterpreted for the context of Addis Ababa. The result is a design for a housing process that can be implemented on a wide variety of different sites in the city, and also have the potential to be adapted as a prototype for a national or international housing strategy. Contact: zhuoming.shia@gmail.com
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How to improve recycling practices globally? On 11 January 2022, the first lunch lecture of the year took place still in an online format. The presentation was given by Jerry de Vos, Integrated Product Design MSc graduate of the TU Delft Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. His innovative Plastic Scanner is a portable device that would contribute to better recycling practices, especially in countries where recycling is still done by hand. Plastic waste is a worldwide problem but is especially prevalent in Low-and-Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Much of plastic waste ends up in oceans through rivers. And though in many countries there are either formal or informal waste management systems, identifying plastic remains difficult due to the cost of the technology that is available. Yet, in order to successfully recycle plastics into new products that can also be recycled, identification of plastictype is necessary. Jerry de Vos has come up with a potential solution: The Plastic Scanner. It’s a handheld device that uses infrared light to detect plastic types. It can identify many types of plastics and is significantly lower in cost than existing technologies. During the Delft Global Lunch, Jerry explained how he came up with the idea for the Plastic Scanner and his future plans. Recently he won the James Dyson Sustainability Award for his design, and with this prize, he will further develop the product. By always making available an open-source version of the product, he hopes his technology will support LMICs in plastics waste management. Contact: info@jerrydevos.com
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GLOBAL CROSSWORD Discover some of the Global Initiative projects for global development and the countries where they are carried out by filling in the crossword! The name of the project is given as well as a hint and some facts about the concerned country, which you should try to guess. You can also solve an online version of the crossword on your phone by scanning the QR code at the bottom of the page. If you encounter difficulties, you can always discover all the Global Stories or discover the locations of the different projects on the TU Delft| Global Initiative map.
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10 1.Water4Change: this project takes place in an Asian country that has more than 300 cities with a population higher than 100 000 inhabitants and which are showing infrastructure and basic services deficits in terms of management of water supply and wastewater. 2. Towards safe surgery worldwide: according to research, the death rate of children within 24 hours after undergoing surgery is about 100 times higher in this Eastern-African country compared to those in high-income countries. 3. Clean drinking water thanks to sunlight and nanotechnology: in this country of Southeast Asia, although an important increase in access to water supply between 1990 and 2010, still up to 80% of diseases is directly caused by water pollution. 4. Producing geothermal energy in …: with more than 13,000 islands, this country has the largest number of active volcanoes (it has 147 volcanoes and 76 of them are active volcanoes and spread along with the islands). 5. Access to prosthetics thanks to 3D printing and a smartphone app: after various guerrilla movements, many inhabitants of this country have lost limbs. This country ranks as having the 22nd most efficient healthcare system in the world according to the World Health Organization. Still, 83% of public opinion agrees that many cannot afford good healthcare. 6. Re-thinking solar energy: this Southeast Asian country, famous for its world's largest religious building, has some of the best solar resources in the region, due to high average irradiation. Theoretically, the country has around 134,500 km² of land with potential for photovoltaics development. 7. Floating homes for…: in this archipelago, many houses are built on poles because of the marshy ground. However today those poles start sinking as well. This is worsened by enormous damage caused by typhoons and storms that strike this country on average 20 times per year. 8. Leapfrogging towards sustainable palm oil: this country currently has ~68MW installed biogas capacity. Its biogas industry has grown by 400% since 2014 driven by the palm oil industry. 9. Optical Smart Malaria Diagnost: this West African country accounts for the most malaria deaths worldwide, with 31.9% of deaths registered in this country (WHO). 10. Measuring water quality with a smartphone in …: this largest country in Mainland Southeast Asia was almost inaccessible because of a military junta until 2011 (which began again in 2021). “A few years ago there was no mobile network (…). Now there is 4G across the country and most residents have a smartphone that you can use to collect data” (Marjan Kreijns). 11. Making space- affordable housing in emerging economies: this country's economy is based on agriculture, which accounts for 46% of GDP and 85% of total employment. Today, despite a recent building boom, 80% of citizens in the capital city still live in slums.
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GLOBAL KITCHEN Biryani is a delicious mixed rice dish, believed to originate from Persia, where it was brought to India by the Mughals. Today it is one of the most popular dishes in South Asia, but its preparation varies among different regions. We invite you to prepare this chicken version for a meal full of flavours! Ingredients for 5 portions: Whole ingredients: 500g chicken (breast or thighs) 1 pot of Greek yoghurt (500g)- can be substituted with coconut milk for a dairy-free version. 3 medium onions 2 small tomatoes, chopped half of a cucumber 500g of dry basmati rice cilantro leaves, mint leaves, a few slices of lemon for topping cooking oil or ghee Ground spices for curry: Cumin seeds (0.5 teaspoon), Garam masala (1 tablespoon), Coriander powder (0.5 teaspoon), Turmeric powder (0.5 teaspoon), Chilli powder (1 teaspoon) Whole spices for rice: 2 dried bay leaves, 6 whole cloves, 5 black cardamoms, a half of crushed cinnamon stick, 1 teaspoon of black cumin seeds, 1-star anise
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Preparation: 1. Start by preparing the chicken. Cut it into large pieces (about 5 cm long). Then marinate it by mixing it with half a cup of Greek yoghurt (or 5 tablespoons) and the ground spices. Cover and set aside for 30 minutes. 2. Finely slice 2 onions. Heat up a saucepan and add about half a cup of oil. Add onions to the hot oil and sauté until the onions are golden (~15 minutes). After this time take the onions out with the help of a fork and place the onions on a towel paper to absorb excess fat. 3. Slice the remaining onion and fry it in a pan over a spoon of oil. Add the chicken with its marinade and sauté for 3 minutes. Add the tomato and half a cup of water (the water should cover about 1/3 of the chicken) and bring to a gentle boil. Let the chicken gently simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring from time to time. 4. In the meantime prepare the rice. Thoroughly wash the rice and drain it. Add the rice spices. In a medium pot bring about 7 cups of water to a boil. Stir in the rice. Once the water comes to a boil again, boil for 5 minutes. Steaming: 1. Prepare a big soup pot. If needed, slightly oil its bottom. Layer half of the drained rice. Add in all the chicken and half of the fried onions. Add the remaining rice, and top it with the remaining chicken and onions. Serving and topping: 1. Use the leftover Greek yoghurt to prepare cucumber raita (optional). Cut half of the cucumber into small pieces and mix with the yoghurt. Season with salt. 2. Top the rice with cut cilantro and mint. Serve with raita and slices of lemon to sprinkle on the rice before eating for extra taste. Enjoy!
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Movie Recommendations The movie "The boy who harnessed the wind" is set up in Malawi, a country in southeastern Africa. The story revolves around a 13-year-old boy who lives with a family relying on farming for a living. Due to water scarcity, his family faces an economic crisis. The boy cannot afford to go to school anymore. He later sneaks into the library and studies on his own to redeem the family as well as his village. "This movie has given me an insight into how necessity propels innovation even amidst a lack of resources. It also gave an idea of how resourceful we are and yet we complain about what is not available. The film, on the whole, inspired me and made me realise the importance of education." -Godwin Rayan Chandran
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The documentary Human (2015) was created over the span of 3 years, by collecting life stories of over 2,000 men and women in 60 countries. The film captures the personal and emotional topics that make us a diverse group united: loss, happiness, poverty, family, war, and love. "Recent developments have shown how modern media can divide people and turn groups against each other. The documentary Human is proof that modern media can also unite us and bring us closer together! The film shattered many of my (implicit) prejudices and showed me that in the end, we are all Human." -Julia Rozenberg
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