TU Delft Academic Heritage

Exhibition

Voices of Women in Science

Female voices in speech recognition

WOMEN MAKING WAVES

How many female scientists can you name? How many on campus?

This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Women's History Month, and International Women's Day, we celebrate TU Delft’s female scientists. TU Delft Library & DEWIS (Delft Women in Science) introduce you to 17 campus leaders through their intellectual ideas, attracting attention to how these women impact society and inspire future female scientists. Some of our faculty even take on gender challenges in their own research and teaching.

Welcome

TU Delft Women in Science Pt 1

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a collaboration of the TU Delft Library and DEWIS

STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF EVEN WHEN THINGS DON'T WORK OUT THE WAY YOU HOPED THEY WOULD.

– Odette Scharenborg

THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY HAS YOUR BACK!

– Feijia Yin

STRONG SUPPORT NETWORKS WITH ALLIES ARE ESSENTIAL.

– Amy Thomas

NEVER LOSE CURIOSITY.

– Laura Marchal-Crespo

"Overexpressed" targets to detect tumors

BE OPEN AND OUTSPOKEN OF YOUR OPINION. THEN BRING MORE SOLID EVIDENCE AND CALCULATION TO THE TABLE.

– Wen-Jun Cao

FEMALES HOLD UP HALF THE SKY.

– Alina Rwei

BE THE WATER THAT FLOWS AROUND THE ROCKS THAT ARE IN YOUR WAY.

– Catholijn Jonker

DON'T COMPARE YOURSELF TOO MUCH WITH PEERS; RELY ON YOUR OWN STRENGTHS.

– Neelke Doorn

TU Delft Women in Science Pt 2

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DEVELOP YOUR OWN TRAJECTORY IN YOUR FIELD RATHER THAN FOLLOWING THE MAINSTREAM.

– Klaske Havik

GATHER PEOPLE AROUND YOU, FORMING A REAL TEAM IN WHICH THE MEMBERS MUTUALLY REINFORCE EACH OTHER.

– Sepideh Ghodrat

DO NOT LET ANYONE TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO.

– Aimée Sakes

FORTUNATELY, IN MODERN SOCIETY, WOMEN DO NOT NEED TO PROVE THAT THEY CAN BE AS GOOD AT SCIENCE AS MEN.

– Kristina Djanashvili

I WAS TOLD TO TUNE DOWN, GIVE UP, OR FOCUS MY ENERGY DIFFERENTLY.... BUT NEVER GIVE UP ON WHAT MAKES YOU TICK.

– Cynthia Liem

Emerging applications in Soft Robotics for healthcare

YOU CAN ALWAYS BECOME A DON(NA) QUIXOTE!

– Annemiek van Boeijen

TU Delft Women in Science Pt 3

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GRAB CHANCES...

– Merle de Kreuk

CONTINUE TO BE CURIOUS AND INSPIRED FOR WORK, EVEN IF OTHER PEOPLE AND PUPILS DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

– Aleksandra Lekic

SEE THE PERSON BEHIND THE GENDER.

– Elif Ozcan Vieira

Student campaign exposing gender bias in design

"Female voices are less likely to be accurately processed by voice recognition software and artificial intelligence assistants, because these programs are trained on datasets in which women are underrepresented (Perez, 2019)."

– Excerpts and fictional product from "One Size Fits Some", a 2020 Master's Thesis on gender bias at the TU Delft by Maartje van Proosdij, advised by Prof. dr. B.F. van Eekelen and Dr. ir. A.G.C. van Boeijen.