
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…

Redefining fluid control in microfluidics with magnetic artificial cilia
Tongsheng Wang defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on April 8th.

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…

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.

Prize for careful process analysis and early validation
Jan-Pieter Rijstenbil (alumnus ¹û¶³´«Ã½) receives Wim van der Hoek Award 2024

Learning from nature
Newly founded company ARTIC Technologies is building a special pump with microhairs.
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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…

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.

Emma Moonen and Joric Oude Vrielink receive personal funding from NWO
From detecting biomarkers in sweat to diagnosing lung cancer

Our brain as an example
¹û¶³´«Ã½ researcher Imke Krauhausen built new electronic devices based on neuromorphic computing.

Exploring metachronal motion in artificial cilia inspired by nature
Zhiwei Cui defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 14th.
