Editing Delft University of Technology (section)

===Notable alumni===
{{Main|List of the Delft University of Technology Alumni}}

Two TU Delft alumni were awarded Nobel Prize and one recipient has been affiliated with TU Delft: [[Jacobus van 't Hoff]] was awarded first Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901 for his work with [[Solution (chemistry)|solution]]s. [[Simon van der Meer]] was awarded Nobel Prize in physics in 1984 for his work on [[stochastic cooling]] and one has been affiliated with TU Delft, [[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]] in 1913 for studies related to liquefaction of helium in the quest for the lowest temperature on Earth.

Some of the mathematicians include [[Jan Arnoldus Schouten]], contributor to the [[tensor calculus]]. Chemists and TU Delft alumni include [[Willem Alberda van Ekenstein]], Dutch chemist and discoverer of [[Lobry-de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation]]. TU Delft alumni and computer scientists include [[Adriaan van Wijngaarden]], developer of [[Van Wijngaarden grammar]] and co-designer of [[ALGOL]]. Famous TU Delft alumni electrical engineers include [[Jaap Haartsen]], developer of [[Bluetooth]].

Political figures that studied at TU Delft include [[Karien van Gennip]], Dutch secretary of state for economic affairs, [[Anton Mussert]], Dutch politician of World War II era and founder of [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands]], [[Abdul Qadeer Khan]], father of [[Nuclear power in Pakistan|Pakistan nuclear program]], and Dutch politician [[Wim Dik]]. Famous TU Delft alumni architects include [[Erick van Egeraat]], [[Herman Hertzberger]] and Hein de Haan. Dutch designers that graduated at TU Delft include [[Alexandre Horowitz]], designer of [[Philishave]], and [[Adrian van Hooydonk]], Dutch automobile designer and head of design at [[BMW]].

TU Delft alumni executives include [[Jeroen van der Veer]], former [[CEO]] of [[Shell plc|Royal Dutch Shell]], [[Ben van Beurden]] former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, [[Frits Philips]], fourth chairman of the board of directors of [[Philips]] and [[Gerard Philips]], co-founder of Philips. [[Laurens van den Acker]] is a Dutch automobile designer and the vice president of Renault Corporate Design.

Other interesting TU Delft alumni include [[Lodewijk van den Berg]], Dutch-American [[payload specialist]] on [[STS-51B]] mission and [[Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau]], member of the [[Dutch royal family]]. Other interesting figures that studied at TU Delft were mathematician [[Diederik Korteweg]], responsible for [[Korteweg–de Vries equation]], who studied at TU Delft before moving to [[University of Amsterdam]] and painter [[Maurits Cornelis Escher]] who studied at TU Delft for a year. [[Thomas Jan Stieltjes]], co-developer of [[Riemann–Stieltjes integral]] studied at TU Delft but never passed his final exams. The internationally renowned graphic designer and industrial designer [[Piet Zwart]] studied at the university 1913–1914.

TU Delft alumni who are currently a faculty of other universities include [[Wilhelmus Luxemburg]], Dutch mathematician and [[California Institute of Technology]] professor, as well as [[Walter Lewin]], Dutch physicist and former [[MIT]] professor, and [[Alexander van Oudenaarden]], Dutch biophysicist, a director of the Hubrecht Institute.

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File:Jacobus_Hendricus_van_%27t_Hoff.jpg|[[Jacobus van 't Hoff]],<br /> [[Nobel Prize]] in chemistry, TU Delft student 1869-1871
File:Gerard_philips.jpg|[[Gerard Philips]],<br /> cofounder of [[Philips]], TU Delft student 1876-1883
File:Lely-Havermans-kleur.jpg|[[Cornelis Lely]],<br /> head designer of [[Afsluitdijk]], TU Delft student 1871-1875
File:Ben van Beurden.jpg|[[Ben van Beurden]] former CEO of [[Royal Dutch Shell]], TU Delft student 1981-1983
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====Honoris Causa Laureates====
In 1906 TU Delft obtained the right to award PhD degrees. This also marked the date since when the university was able to award [[honorary doctorates]]. Between 1906 and 2006 exactly 100 [[honoris causa]] degrees have been awarded. Honorary doctoral degrees are awarded to people that presented extraordinary contributions in their respective fields. Some of the most recognized recipients of TU Delft honorary doctorate include:
*[[Gerard Philips]] (1917), co-founder of [[Philips]] corporation,
*[[Hendrik Antoon Lorentz]] (1918), winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] known for work on [[electromagnetic radiation]],
*[[Prince Bernhard]] (1951), prince of the Netherlands,
*[[John Douglas Cockcroft]] (1959), winner of Nobel Prize in Physics for work on atom splitting,
*[[Santiago Calatrava]] (1997) architect.