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Bas Krijnen

Hi! I am Bas Krijnen, student Aerospace Engineering at the TU Delft.

I've grown up in a small town in Noord-Brabant doing all different kinds of sports such as surfing, swimming and skiing. Nowadays I row at the student rowing society Proteus-Eretes.

I started this minor because I was sick of only working with formulas and digits and wanted to work more with people. Especially the inter university part of this minor attracted me, meeting new people from other cities and hearing their perspectives on subjects is always nice.

I hope you will enjoy reading my columns!

Regards,

Bas

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Genetically modified food: Would you eat it?

Column on the different sides of genetically modified food

Genetically modified food The question that I raised above is actually a trick question. It is not really for you to decide whether you would eat genetically modified food or not, because you already have. The fact that you probably thought negatively about GM (genetically modified) food there provides us with the basis of the continuing debate about whether they are safe or not. GM foods are…
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Oversight in the cost-benefit analysis

Column on who provides oversight in the cost benefit analysis

Oversight of cost-benefit analysis Where did my money go? This is the question that a lot of people who gave money for a certain kind of aid initiative asked and ask themselves. International aid initiatives had built up a reputation of being corrupt in a lot of ways. People were wondering if their money ever made it to the goal that was originally set. To clear things up the International Aid…
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Dangerous printing

Columns on the dangers involving 3D-printing

Risks involving 3D-printing In my previous column I talked about bringing 3D-printing available to everyone. This would enable the individual back into the mass market by allowing for the customisation of products. In my opinion this is something that is lacking in today’s industry. However with the rise of 3D-printing, a relatively new product for the “average Joe”, comes new risks. With every…
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Bringing back the individual by bringing 3D-printing to everyone

Column on how 3D-printing can bring back customisation combined with frugal innovations

Bringing back the individual by bringing 3D-printing to everyone 3D printing is one of the most encompassing innovations of the present world. While it has been around for quite a long time, it is only recently that buying a 3D-printer has become more attractive for regular consumers. It is not yet at the level that the “average Joe” can and will buy a printer. This will not be the case in the…
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Usability of mobile phones

Column on the usability of mobile phones in our society

Mobile phones Mobile phones have been around for quite a while now. The first commercially available phones were brought on the market in 1983. Since then we have seen more and more innovations in the mobile phone industry. Not only the mobile phones have developed, but also the usage of the phones have become different. The market around the phones has grown with this, think about all the apps…
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Water on Mars

Column on the dilemma of water on Mars

Water on mars You might have already heard about it in the news. Lately Nasa made the announcement that they had found strong evidence of flowing water on Mars. What they found was that certain dark streaks had been formed while photographing the same area over a couple of years. These streaks are made out of hydrated salts which flow in the hot season and ebb in the cold season. The water is not…
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United we stand, divided we fall

In this week’s lecture we talked about the different types of responsibility. We’ve talked about individual responsibility and collective responsibility. The main course of the lecture was the case about the refugees that have begun to flee in larger numbers towards Europe. In the lecture we did a game which dealt on how the individual and on the collective level. All this deals with how to solve…

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Genetically modified food: Would you eat it?

Oversight in the cost-benefit analysis

Dangerous printing

Bringing back the individual by bringing 3D-printing to everyone

Usability of mobile phones

Water on Mars

United we stand, divided we fall

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