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  • July 17, 2025

    A Record Ten ¹û¶³´«Ã½ researchers awarded Veni grants

    Non-invasive monitoring of fetal brain health, using mathematics to design transport systems that serve broader society, and dynamic home…

  • July 3, 2025

    Analyzing the mechanical behavior of supercrystals

    Cong Yan defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical engineering on July 2nd.

  • 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 25, 2025

    Developing a heart-on-a-chip platform to study cellular responses to mechanical forces

    Sofia Gomez defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on July 18th.

  • June 24, 2025

    Making electric cars more efficient

    Greater range and lower consumption: this is how we get more out of electric cars

  • Chairman Koen Janssen in conversation with Cindy de Koning. Click on the photo to watch the video. Photo: Still from Boardwalk
    June 23, 2025
    PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD KOEN JANSSEN IN EPISODE FIVE OF BOARDWALK

    'I see many opportunities to improve and change'

    [VIDEO] In the fifth episode of our video series Boardwalk, the new President of the Executive Board, Koen Janssen, talks about his first…

  • TeraNova measurement system inspecting a wafer used to make tiny lenses and optical structures. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
    June 19, 2025

    ¹û¶³´«Ã½ strengthens leading position in semiconductors and high tech with new institute

    With this new institute, the university aims to take the lead in bolstering Dutch and European technological sovereignty.

  • June 19, 2025

    Improving the accuracy of mechatronic systems by learning from data using artificial intelligence

    Johan Kon defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on June 18th.

  • June 17, 2025

    Data-driven optimization for dynamical systems

    Wouter Weekers defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on June 13th.

  • June 6, 2025

    Teaching robots to think ahead

    Hao Chen defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on June 4th.

  • Head researcher Jolanda Kluin of the Erasmus MC. Photo: Holland Hybrid Heart Consortium
    June 5, 2025

    ¹û¶³´«Ã½ develops living layer for promising robotic heart

    Publication in Nature Communications marks important step for ‘Hybrid Heart’.

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    May 27, 2025

    Cellular pushing and pulling

    Roel Kooi developed a new system with magnetic cilia.