Sustainability news

  • Hamid Montazeri and Shuxia Tao. Photo: Saeed Montazeri and Vincent van den Hoogen
    July 9, 2025

    €1.5M to advance perovskite solar integration in the built environment

    UPSCALE: Upscaling Perovskite Solar Cells from Atomic To Living Environments

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    July 7, 2025
    Students tackle e-waste with smart, circular solutions

    Toward repairable and reusable electronics

    Students from the new Circular Electronics course presented innovative, practical solutions to reduce electronic waste, focusing on reuse,…

  • July 3, 2025

    Mark Boneschanscher new dean of the CE&C department

    "We are very pleased that we have found someone with Mark's qualities in our own organization, he is the ideal candidate."

  • Luc van Summeren. Photo: Angeline Swinkels
    July 3, 2025

    Empowering people to power the energy transition

    A great deal of the success of the energy transition depends on citizen engagement. Their involvement and actions play a significant role.

  • July 1, 2025

    Powering the future with smarter megawatt chargers

    Kaveh Pouresmaeil defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Electrical Engineering on June 30th.

  • EIRES researcher Bart Erich. Photo: Angeline Swinkels
    June 27, 2025
    Smart Heat Storage for Sustainable Buildings

    Boosting the heat transition

    ¹û¶³´«Ã½ EIRES researcher Bart Erich will lead two linked projects, SCAN4HEAT and HEAT4BUILDINGS, focusing on phase changing materials for…

  • The winners of the Science Awards 2025. From left to right: Fons van der Sommen, Sandra Loerakker, Tom Bertens, Iris Huijben, Juliette van Haren, and Heleen de Coninck. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
    June 25, 2025

    Innovation thrives on collaboration; this is the theme of Research Day 2025

    Collaboration and knowledge sharing featured front and center during the fourth ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Research Day on June 24, 2025. More than once, the…

  • June 13, 2025

    Smarter solutions for a crowded grid

    Sicheng Gong defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Electrical Engineering on June 12th.

  • Photo: private archive Marrit van der Wal
    June 5, 2025

    No more manure waste

    Moving toward circular agriculture thanks to nutrient separation from manure.

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    June 5, 2025
    Expanding experimental expertise

    New methods for complex materials: Marie Curie fellow tackles wax crystallization

    Can wax store renewable energy? Marie Curie fellow Claudiu Savulescu explores the crystallization of complex waxes at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, aiming to…

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    June 5, 2025

    An experimental study of plasma-enhanced surface processes

    Xingyu Chen defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Applied Physics and Science ¹û¶³´«Ã½ on May 27.

  • Bert Meijer. Photo: Vincent van den Hoogen
    June 4, 2025
    Plastics - present, past and future?

    'Don't abolish plastic, but solve it'

    Bert Meijer, university professor at ¹û¶³´«Ã½, has been working on plastic and polymer materials for his entire career. He sees a solution to…