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  • April 15, 2025

    Ammodo Science Award 2025 goes to Yoeri van de Burgt

    Yoeri van de Burgt will use the €350,000 prize money to investigate how smart materials can make artificial intelligence more efficient by…

  • April 8, 2025

    Redefining fluid control in microfluidics with magnetic artificial cilia

    Tongsheng Wang defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on April 8th.

  • Mohammad Jouybar shows the chip he used to do his research on breast cancer. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
    January 28, 2025

    Cancer-on-a-chip technology advances our understanding of how cancer operates

    During his PhD research, biomedical engineer Mohammad Jouybar explored how to build specific organ-on-a-chip or even cancer-on-a-chip…

  • November 22, 2024

    Exploring brain function with a human-derived Brain-on-Chip model

    Gülden Akçay defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on November 19th.

  • November 18, 2024

    Prize for careful process analysis and early validation

    Jan-Pieter Rijstenbil (alumnus ¹û¶³´«Ã½) receives Wim van der Hoek Award 2024

  • October 3, 2024

    Learning from nature

    Newly founded company ARTIC Technologies is building a special pump with microhairs.

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    July 12, 2024

    Neural network training made easy with smart hardware

    Led by Yoeri van de Burgt and Marco Fattori, ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers have solved a major problem related to neuromorphic chips. The new research is…

  • May 28, 2024

    Numerical study of electrophoresis and electro-osmosis for electronic paper displays

    Wei Liu defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on May 15th.

  • April 15, 2024

    Emma Moonen and Joric Oude Vrielink receive personal funding from NWO

    From detecting biomarkers in sweat to diagnosing lung cancer

  • April 11, 2024

    Our brain as an example

    ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researcher Imke Krauhausen built new electronic devices based on neuromorphic computing.

  • March 15, 2024

    Exploring metachronal motion in artificial cilia inspired by nature

    Zhiwei Cui defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 14th.

  • Photo: Emma Moonen
    March 7, 2024

    It’s ‘no sweat’ to use sweat to check your health!