
Rethinking electric vehicles a smarter path to cleaner transport
Maurizio Clemente defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on April 16th.

Michel Reniers and Anton Wijs received funding from the Open Competition Domain Science-M program
Michel Reniers and Anton Wijs receive NWO funding to accelerate control software synthesis using GPUs for safer, faster system design.

Ammodo Science Award 2025 naar Yoeri van de Burgt
Het geldbedrag van 350.000 euro zet Van de Burgt in om te onderzoeken hoe slimme materialen kunstmatige intelligentie effici毛nter kunnen…

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

Stabilizing burners to prevent thermoacoustic instability for quieter combustion appliances
Hamed F. Ganji defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on April 2nd.

Efficient designing of porous media and metamaterials with multiscale modeling
Renan Liupekevicius Carnielli defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on April 1st.

URWOOD: Innovative Solutions for Wood Waste in the Utrecht Region
The URWOOD project transforms local wood waste into innovative composite materials, promotes the circular economy, and strengthens the local…

Enabling automated driving for vehicles in the logistics industry
Viral Gosar defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 26th.

Advancing impact-aware robot control for automation in logistics
Jari van Steen defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 19th.

Improving ultrasound wave control with metamaterial coatings for medical needles
Georgia Kuci defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 12th.

Optimizing NMR system designs for industrial analysis applications of flowing samples
Rutger Tromp defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 14th.

Digital twins improve fault diagnosis in high-tech engineering systems
Farhad Ghanipoor defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 13th