Maaike Kroon; best graduate TU Delft 2004/2005
28 November 2005 by M&CThe prize for the best graduate from Delft University of Technology in the 2004/2005 academic year has been awarded to Ms Maaike C. Kroon.
The Delft University Fund presented its annual awards to the best graduates from each of the eight faculties at a ceremony held on Friday 25 November. Maaike Kroon, winner from the Faculty of Applied Sciences, was then named as best graduate overall. She received a bronze statue and a cheque from the university''s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. J. T. Fokkema.
Kroon''s degree is in BSC Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, in which she followed the ‘ honours track’ in Innovation. Her graduation topic was ‘A Sustainable Production Method for the Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Industry’ and the title of her thesis was A Novel Environmentally Benign Approach to Combine Reactions and Separations: miscibility switches in ionic liquids. Her supervisor was Dr C. J. Peters.
In layman''s terms, this research focuses upon preventing the release of waste substances by the chemicals industry. A patent has now been obtained for the technology concerned and an article is being prepared for the journal Nature.
For more information, please contact Mr K. M. Van der Laan, Director of the Delft University Fund (tel. +31 15 278 5555; e-mail k.m.vanderlaan@tnw.tudelft.nl).
