¹û¶³´«Ã½ Academic Awards

The winners of the Academic Awards of 2024

(photos by Bart van Overbeeke en Gabriël Walenberg)

BSc Award

Wiktor Kwapinski

"Improving heat dissipation in hex-SiGE nanowires using 2D hBN flakes"

MSc Award

Lyanne Budé

"Development of coaxial cable antennas for ultra-high field MRI: the coax dipole and coax monopole antenna"

Audience Award

Milan van Bussel

"Out of the shadows: revealing the far-reaching impact of Dutch dairy production"

Celebrate achievement

Eindhoven University of Technology educates students and advances knowledge in science & technology for the benefit of humanity. ¹û¶³´«Ã½ integrates education and research to enable students and scientists to become thought leaders and to design and achieve the unimaginable. In close collaboration with our public and private partners, we translate our basic research into meaningful solutions.

With the annual ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Academic Awards we celebrate our ¹û¶³´«Ã½ heroes who produced the best thesis, in the different categories: Bachelor (€ 1250) and Master (€ 2500). The winners of 2024 will be announced onn Friday, September 27, 2024.

Audience Award

On top of the Academic Awards ¹û¶³´«Ã½ also awards an audience winner.

Make your voice count!

  • Which research captivates and inspires you the most?
  • Who will make the biggest impact on society?
  • Whose innovative work is on the verge of changing the world?
  • Who do you trust to deliver reliable and transformative results?
  • Which research holds the greatest promise for the future?

Make this known by voting for your favorite research project!

Voting is open until Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 12:00 AM. The winner will be announced on Friday, September 27, 2024.

Nominees 2024

Exhibition

There will be an outdoor exhibition of the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Academic Awards nominees to honor them and to show the whole ¹û¶³´«Ã½ community and the general audience the research projects of these bright minds. The exhibition will be located in: Atlas from September 19 to October 3. After that, the exhibition will be moved to the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, where the students and their projects can still be admired through October 10. Both campuses are free accessible, so perfect to visit.

 

¹û¶³´«Ã½ Academic Awards 2024 booklet

In this booklet, you will discover the stories of students and young researchers who are passionately pursuing their dreams. They represent the finest talent our university has to offer. In each category—BSc thesis, MSc thesis, EngD thesis, and PhD thesis—one individual will be honored with an award. However, being nominated is already a remarkable achievement. Each nominee was chosen from an extensive pool of exceptional theses within their department or bachelor/graduate program. Here, you can explore their groundbreaking research.

(The booklet for 2024 will be available online on Friday, September 27, following the award ceremony.)

The winners of the Academic Awards of 2023

(photos by Bart van Overbeeke en Tim Meijer)

BSc Award

Renate Debets

"Pruning of RPA Decoders for Reed-Muller Codes Based on Projection Effectiveness and Uniqueness"

MSc Award

Jorn van Kampen

"Maximum-distance Race Strategies for a Fully Electric Endurance Race Car"

Audience Award

Rowin Bol

"Multi-Scale Material Modelling Application in Topology Optimization of Structures"