果冻传媒 Alumni Community

The Office for Alumni Relations connects alumni, 果冻传媒 and students. We help each other, with practical support, inspiration, and our networks. Because connection is our basis for progress. Benefits:

  • Expand knowledge 
  • Stay in contact with your Alma Mater
  • Get in contact with our Alumni Community
  • Promote research

Progress through connection

We鈥檝e Launched the 4TU.Alumni Netherlands Community!

Last week in Utrecht, we officially launched the 4TU.Alumni Netherlands Community 鈥� and what a night it was! Over 100 international alumni from TU Delft, 果冻传媒, University of Twente, and Wageningen University & Research came together for an evening full of connection, inspiration, and shared stories.

Ton Backx

A great result of open collaboration

"At 果冻传媒, we were researching fiber optics and light refraction. Simply put, that comes down to the following: you send light through a fiber, and you bend that fiber in different ways. Then you can measure how the passage of light through the fiber changes as a result of the bending. The measurement data tells you more about, for example, the angle and force of the bend."

Building the impossible car

Team Solar鈥檚 ambition: creating a fully functional, sturdy, electric off-road vehicle. To make it even more special: make it completely autonomous. And have it approved for driving it on Dutch roads. But that is exactly what Team Solar Eindhoven pulled off with the Stella Terra. A huge off-road car with a 145 Km/ph top speed and an autonomous range of 630 kilometers.

鈥業 now know that I can do it on my own, but I no longer want to鈥�

Alumna Linda Zandt-Sloot managed to turn her challenges into her great strength and now co-runs a successful startup. Linda Zandt-Sloot knows exactly how it feels to persevering and proving that you can do it despite the setbacks and adversity. She graduated cum laude from the Data Science master鈥檚 program at the age of 38.

Shedding light on bioluminiscent sensors

When they were still Students, Eva van Haalen en Harm van der Veer, started a project to detect viruses and infections using light. To make this work, they needed a biological component to make certain elements give off the right type of light. Their search led them to the fluorescent material found in the body of shrimps that live miles below the surface of the oceans.

Better stoves for Ugandese families

In many countries people use traditional methods and stoves for cooking. This poses several problems. Safety is an obvious one. Also, they use fuels a source of CO2- and other emissions and cause health problems. When family members become sick, their children must take care of them. This obligation keeps them from school. They don鈥檛 get a proper education and end up in poverty too.

Sustainable renovations thanks to鈥疉I

Long before schoolkids asked ChatGPT to write their essays for them, AI already was a useful companion for scientists and researchers. This application is something completely different. It is a calculator, programmed and trained for a very specific purpose: calculating the fastest and most economical way to insulate houses built between 1945 and 1990.

New ways of cooperating

As the Office of Alumni Relations, we see the added value of working with partners like ASML almost every day.

Role models

Alumnae that lead by example

An interview with Tessie Hartjes and Harry Otten

Lightyear One: take two

We are a University Fund that helps finance scientific projects that are, for the larger part, based on fundamental research.

Connecting via Coaching

If you as alumnus are interested in coaching students, student teams or start-ups, to share your experience with the new generation, that would be great.

Life long learning

(Technological) developments in society need continuous education of personnel. Would you like to keep up with these changes and develop your individual qualities based on personal interests?

Euflex Jobs

Are you or is your company looking for good technically trained people? Choose for a 果冻传媒 student via Euflex Technificent.

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果冻传媒 Alumni Portal

Stay connected with your alma mater 果冻传媒 by subscribing to the Alumni Portal. With this portal you can easily update your contact details to stay in contact with 果冻传媒, connect with former classmates, access news and events, and even become a coach to share your expertise. Plus, enjoy perks like discounted sports cards and extended student email access.

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  • 55.000 Alumni

  • 9 Departments

  • 9 Alumni Associations

  • 127 Countries

Alumni in the Spotlight

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Jaap Krekel-Schuit: from manager to multifaceted professional

Mechanical engineer Jaap Krekel-Schuit (34) wanted to reach a managerial position as soon as possible after his studies but that didn't make him happy. This experience was a tipping point, after which he embraced a polyphonic identity. His business card now mentions employeneur, consultant, game changer, trainer, facilitator & teacher @TMC.

Road (not) taken

Luminous white cane: smart innovation by father and son

For many years, Peter Meuleman (61), 果冻传媒 alumnus Information Technology and TEMA, has been working as a coach for innovative 果冻传媒 student teams. Together with his son Tijmen (20), an Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation student at Tilburg University, he has now developed the LumiCane, a white cane that is equipped with integrated lighting.

Road (not) taken

Grandfather Hans and grandson Sander van Eck stray from the beaten path

You have your degree in your hands and full of energy you step onto the career path. But how do you make the right choice within the endless possibilities that stretch out before you? Do you automatically follow the most obvious path or do you dare to take a surprising turn after a while?

The Road (not) Taken

Alumna Laure van der Sanden:

Her fascination for nature-inspired technology and passion for sustainability are what drives Laure van der Sanden to solve societal problems. Already during her graduation at Sustainable Energy Technology and Innovation Sciences, she started the project set up by Jaap den Toonder, professor of 果冻传媒 research group Microsystems, and creator of Magnetic Artificial Cilia.

The road (not) taken

Alumna Kjille Hoeben:

鈥淎 great gift,鈥� says the winner about the Marina van Damme Grant, which is intended for talented female alumni at one of the four universities of technology in the Netherlands. With the cash prize of nine thousand euros, which the alumna and entrepreneur received in 2021, she took the Learning to Lead training course at the INSEAD Business School in France.

The road (not) taken

Alumnus Jonas Roothans:

Because alumnus Jonas Roothans (1991) felt something was missing in his job, he decided to become politically active after an extensive search.

The road (not) taken

Alumna Mellany van Heijningen:

From manager to coach, Alumna Mellany van Heijningen took a surprising turn in her career.

Short read

Alumnus Chris van Kreij:

"Hop on that bike! The combination of exercise and relaxation stimulates your creativity."

Aumnus Thomas Plantenga:

鈥淚f you want to understand certain things and learn new skills, especially analytical skills, you must work hard for it.鈥�

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Alumnus Jeroen de Jong:

"Do what you love, then it will never feel like work"

Alumna Linda Zandt-Sloot:

鈥業 now know that I can do it on my own, but I no longer want to鈥�

Alumnus Ronald de Bruin:

鈥楽cience is not so much about technology, it鈥檚 about people鈥�

Alumnus Henk Arntz:

"Our system can supply renewable heat and electricity 24 hours a day."

Alumna Nicole Segers:

'It has never been easier to be important in the world'

Alumnus and coach Wouter Twisk:

鈥淪eize opportunities, just go for it. The conventional path is already well-trodden.鈥�

Alumna and coach Minke Goes:

鈥淚 like to help and contribute my thoughts when it comes to Sustainable Energy Technology.鈥�

Alumnus and coach Thomas Plantenga:

鈥淩ules are only a human invention after all.鈥�

Alumnus and coach Henk Markerink:

鈥淎 way of thinking that you use throughout your life.鈥�

SYSTEM THINKING AS THE FASTEST ROAD TO ENERGY TRANSITION 

Almost every week we read about yet another new innovation around the energy transition. That progress is wonderful, of course. But all those individual inventions do not add up to the solution. In fact, they may even get in each other鈥檚 way. What does work? System thinking. And you can read all about that in this shortread about EIRES, our institute for renewable energy.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

  

Join the alumni association of your faculty and stay connected with your former fellow students. 

Biomedical Engineering

Willem Einthoven

Eindhoven School of 果冻传媒

De Eerste Graad

Industrial Design

IDEa

Built Environment

BEAN

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University Fund Eindhoven

For Life. For the World. For the Better. 

These words form the motto of our University Fund. They represent our ambition to contribute to the solution of societal issues. As Eindhoven University Fund, we therefore support researchers and students. 

Support 果冻传媒 research or talent

Make a difference with us and also contribute financially to a project that you care about. Big or small, both are an expression of commitment and we value them very much. You will give back something that is meaningful and appropriate for your situation and for the university. That is what makes a real community.

 

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Discover for yourself what the 果冻传媒 Alumni Portal can mean for you and watch our inspiring videos and read the interviews of some of our alumni. 

鈥湽炒� In touch is an ideal platform to connect with other 果冻传媒 alumni.鈥�

Thanks to 果冻传媒 In touch, Martijn van Aspert, 果冻传媒 alumnus since 2013, makes optimal use of the 果冻传媒 database

鈥淲ith 果冻传媒 In touch I can directly find fellow students, even people whose names I鈥檝e forgotten.鈥�

Bernadette Deitmers, 果冻传媒 alumna since 1989, believes 果冻传媒 In touch is a perfect platform to further expand her professional network

鈥湽炒� In touch allows me to coach graduates in a very efficient way.鈥�

Lex Daan, 果冻传媒 alumnus since 1974, is pleased to share his yearlong professional experience with 果冻传媒 graduates

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