We are Bright

Brightening the path for future heroes in technology. We are a talent incubator nurturing a unique group of PhDs by giving them space to flourish; along with building a Bright society that cares about the world.

Farid Alavi

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    Joined us on November 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Systems and Control at Delft University

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  • Thesis

    Model Predictive Control of Fuel-Cell-Car-Based Smart Energy Systems in the Presence of Uncertainty
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Rohit S Nair

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    Joined us on April 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Physics, TU Twente

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  • Thesis

    Spin-orbit-coupling induced lateral spin transport from first principles
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Renate Boekhoven

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    Joined us on May 18, 2015

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    Biomedical / Medical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Mechanical characterisation of healthy and diseased carotid arteries using ultrasound
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Sudhir Srivastava

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    Joined us on December 1, 2014

  • PHD

    Applied Physics

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  • Thesis

    Lattice Boltzmann method for contact line dynamics
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Nadia Salman

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    Joined us on January 4, 2021

  • PHD

    PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds

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Federico Forni

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    Joined us on September 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Signal processing

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  • Thesis

    Indoor optical network technologies for multiple services provisioning
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Aromal Vasavan

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    Joined us on November 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Simulation of flow and heat transfer

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  • Thesis

    Numerical modeling of igniting non-premixed combustion systems using FGM
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Xan Duggirala

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    Joined us on January 1, 2025

  • PHD

    PhD in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience

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Nik Dave

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    Joined us on January 9, 2023

  • PHD

    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical , Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

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    Almost PhD!
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Koen Verkerk

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    Joined us on September 1, 2016

  • PHD

    Control Systems

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  • Thesis

    Improved accuracy of flexible systems by state estimation: applied to high-precision motion systems
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Lena Filatova

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    Joined us on November 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering at TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Assessing Brain Structure and Function with Diffusion-Weighted MRI: Application to Stroke
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Bo Shi

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    Joined us on February 1, 2015

  • PHD

    Physics, Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

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  • Thesis

    Coherent X-ray scattering of charge order dynamics and phase separation in titanates
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Max Vogel

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    Joined us on September 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Human Biology

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  • Thesis

    Tissue oxygenation in human obesity: role in adipose Tissue dysfunction and metabolic health
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Emre Burak Ozkan

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Ariane Mulder-van Spreeuwel

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    Joined us on May 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Myocardium in a dish: The influence of cellular and extracellular perturbations on cardiomyocyte contractility
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Maria Joao Enes da Silva

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    Joined us on June 1, 2022

  • PHD

    PhD Candidate at the University of Twente, Management and chemical engineering

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  • Thesis

    Utilization of P-NIPAM Polymeric Brushes in the Development of Thermo-Responsive Catalytic Systems
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Taras Stanko

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    Joined us on September 1, 2020

  • PHD

    Applied Mathematics, TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Enhancing the performance and security of Helper Data Systems
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Mohammad Hasani

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    Joined us on October 9, 2023

  • PHD

    PhD Plasma Physics

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  • Thesis

    Towards Plasma Charging Visualization
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Maarten Kremers

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    Joined us on April 24, 2017

  • PHD

    Electrical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Analytical design of a transverse flux machine
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Jijju Thomas

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    Joined us on March 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Dynamics and Control, TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Vikas Negi

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    Joined us on January 14, 2019

  • PHD

    Computational modeling TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Exploring the process-structure-property relationship of organic solar cells by high performance computer simulations
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Daniel Carvalho

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    Joined us on January 8, 2024

  • PHD

    PHD Candidate at Maastricht University

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Ruben Hamans

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    Joined us on April 1, 2022

  • PHD

    PhD Candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)

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  • Thesis

    Plasmonic Fields at Work
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Nazan Koca

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    Joined us on May 1, 2024

  • PHD

    PhD candidate in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Università degli studi Roma TRE

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Tjitte-Jelte Peters

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    Joined us on October 1, 2016

  • PHD

    Micro and Nano Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Silicon dioxide photonic mems: Chip-to-chip alignment with positionable waveguides
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Marcos Deros

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Hadi Yagubizade

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    Joined us on October 1, 2014

  • PHD

    Micro Electromechanical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    PZT-on-silicon RF-MEMS Lamb wave resonators and filters
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Zhou Geng

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    Joined us on June 13, 2022

  • PHD

    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics

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  • Thesis

    Strong light-matter interactions and nonlinear dynamics in coherently driven optical resonators
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John Asaad

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Stefan Sanders

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    Joined us on June 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Danai Eleni Soulioti

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    Joined us on October 3, 2022

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    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biomedical/Medical Engineering at North Carolina State University

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Lonneke Ploum

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    Joined us on February 11, 2019

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Jelle Rommers

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    Joined us on May 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Precision Engineering at TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Hans van Franeker

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    Joined us on January 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Chemistry, Solar Cells

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  • Thesis

    Droplets, fibers & crystals: controlling the nanostructure of polymer and perovskite solar cells
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Amin Maghbouli

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    Joined us on July 16, 2018

  • PHD

    Mechanical modeling, simulation and analysis

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  • Thesis

    Development of an advanced multi-dimensional CFD framework for modeling low temperature combustion in direct injection compression ignition engines
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Georg Wilding

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    Joined us on September 1, 2022

  • PHD

    PhD in Astronomy/Mathematics at the University of Groningen

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  • Thesis

    Multi-scale Connectivity and Hierarchical Topology of the Cosmic Web
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Yousef Shaheen

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    Joined us on May 1, 2022

  • PHD

    PhD Candidate in Multiscale Modelling & Engineering at University of Twente

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  • Thesis

    Numerical and Experimental Studies of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Processes
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Maalolan Ramanujam

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    Joined us on December 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Materials Science at University of Berlin

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  • Thesis

    Photo-oxidation and weathering of LDPE studied by surface and bulk analysis
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Rody van Tuijl

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    Joined us on March 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Mechanical engineering at TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Wavelet based reduced order modelling for computational homogenisation
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Menno Lauret

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    Joined us on July 1, 2016

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    Mechanical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Control of mixing and oscillations in plasmas and fluids
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Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

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    Joined us on November 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Soft Matter | Chemical Engineering | Material Sciences

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Martijn Schaafsma

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    Joined us on February 1, 2015

  • PHD

    Physics, Nanophotonics

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  • Thesis

    THz resonances in semiconductor structures
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Werner van de Sande

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    Joined us on May 1, 2020

  • PHD

    PhD in Mechanical Engineering,TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Luc Bakker

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    Joined us on April 1, 2022

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology

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  • Thesis

    Extracting coronary blood flow from the intensity of contrast enhanced CCTA images
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Jurre Hanema

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    Joined us on December 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Control Systems at TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Anticipative model predictive control for linear parameter-varying systems
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Niels Duisters

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Jessica Ralvoni

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    Joined us on March 6, 2025

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    PHD Student at Eindhoven University of Technology

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  • Thesis

    Amost PhD!
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Britt van Rooij

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    Joined us on September 7, 2020

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Platelet adhesion and aggregation in high shear blood flow, An In Silico and In Vitro Study
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Thomas Notermans

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    Joined us on November 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering at Lund University (Sweden)

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  • Thesis

    Computational modeling of mechanobiology in intact and healing rat Achilles tendon
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Ksenia Korzun

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    Joined us on June 1, 2022

  • PHD

    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Candidate, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Parisa Rahnamay Moshtagh

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    Joined us on July 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Biomaterials, Cartilage Regeneration and Characterization

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  • Thesis

    Mechanobiology of articular cartilage: Consequences of physical activity and advanced glycation
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Ozan Akdemir

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    Joined us on March 1, 2024

  • PHD

    Doctor of Philosophy-PhD , Applied Physics-Complex Photonic Systems (COPS) at University of Twente

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  • Thesis

    Light transport in anisotropically scattering and absorbing media
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Jordi Kleinloog

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    Joined us on October 1, 2022

  • PHD

    PhD at the department of Nutrition and Movements Sciences

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  • Thesis

    Cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular function in adults: Effects of exercise training, soy nuts and inorganic nitrate
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Larissa Jansen

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    Joined us on July 1, 2024

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    Former PhD Student Cardiovascular Biomechanics at Eindhoven University of Technology

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  • Thesis

    Large field of view functional ultrasound imaging of the abdominal aorta
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Rudy Cloots

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    Joined us on September 1, 2020

  • PHD

    PhD in Mechanical Engineering TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Multi-scale mechanics of traumatic brain injury
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Sadman Shakib

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    Joined us on February 1, 2022

  • PHD

    PhD graduate specializing in experimental optics, microscopy and plasmonic nanoparticles.

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  • Thesis

    Microscale thermophoresis and optical properties of fluids characterized by quantitative phase microscopy
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Midas Meijs

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    Joined us on November 4, 2019

  • PHD

    PhD in medical image analysis and deep learning, Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen

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  • Thesis

    Automated Image Analysis and Machine Learning to Detect Cerebral Vascular Pathology in 4D-CTA
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Eline Kolken

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    Joined us on October 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Poisson meets Escher: Exploring the Poisson effect in bone implant design
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Thomas Voortman

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    Joined us on March 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Polymer Chemistry

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  • Thesis

    Conjugated polyions: Polymers with ionic, water-soluble backbones
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Saskia Derkx

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    Joined us on September 5, 2022

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Steven Berghout

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    Joined us on January 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Probabilistic models at Leiden University

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  • Thesis

    Gibbs processes and applications
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Abhishek Modi

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    Joined us on October 1, 2019

  • PHD

    PhD in Automotive Dynamics

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Abhijit Kalbhor

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    Joined us on February 1, 2023

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    PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology

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  • Thesis

    Model development and numerical investigation of soot formation in combustion
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Mariya Neklyudova

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    Joined us on March 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Physics, Nanoscience

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  • Thesis

    In situ TEM electrical measurements of semiconductor and metal nanowires
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Saravana Balaji Basuvalingam

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    Joined us on March 1, 2022

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    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics @ TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Atomic Layer Deposition of Low- Dimensional Transition Metal Di- and Tri- Chalcogenides and their Heterostructures
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Stijn Berden

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    Joined us on September 1, 2014

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Wendy van Wanroij

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    Joined us on September 1, 2014

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Najmeh Sadegh

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    Joined us on August 1, 2022

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    Applied physics, University of Amsterdam

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Melkamu Mekicha

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    Joined us on July 1, 2020

  • PHD

    PhD in Tribology & Surface Technology, TU Twente

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  • Thesis

    Wear Particles Formation In Cold Rolling
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Corien Prins

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    Joined us on January 19, 2015

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    Applied Mathematics

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  • Thesis

    Inverse methods for illumination optics
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Stergios Verros

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    Joined us on May 1, 2023

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    PhD in Biomechatronics Engineering at the University of Twente

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  • Thesis

    Control Interfaces for Active Trunk Support
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Paul Denissen

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    Joined us on August 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Material Technology TU Delft

  • Thesis

    In-situ Visual Quantification of Corrosion and Corrosion Protection
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Tudor Vacaretu

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    Joined us on January 1, 2022

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    PhD Candidate at Eindhoven University of Technology

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Neehar Ranjan Moharana

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    Joined us on November 17, 2014

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    Engineering Physics / Applied Physics

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  • Thesis

    Three-dimensional Lagrangian transport near the surface of a moving sphere
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Anastasiia Panfilova

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    Joined us on September 1, 2021

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    Biomedical Engineering TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Nonlinear Ultrasound for Cancer Diagnostics
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Emiel van Disseldorp

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    Joined us on January 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Cardiovascular Biomechanics at TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Mechanical analysis of aortic aneurysms using 3D ultrasound: towards patient-specific risk assessment
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Farhan Kholid

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    Joined us on July 1, 2022

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    Physics, University of Cambridge

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  • Thesis

    Picosecond Spin Seebeck Effect in Magnetic Insulators
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Mauricio Cruz Saldivar

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    Joined us on February 1, 2024

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    Researcher at TU Delft | Department of Biomechanical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    The Bits of Nature: Bioinspired bitmap composites
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Lars van den Heuvel

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Andrea Marcela Reina Tamayo

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    Joined us on June 1, 2017

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    Participated in Connecting Worlds , Science kitchen

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    Studied Positive Organisational Psychology @ Erasmus University Rotterdam

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Frida Lamonaca

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Thomas Hafkamp

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    Joined us on July 15, 2020

  • PHD

    PhD in Mechanical Enginering, TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Towards closed-loop control in photopolymer-based additive manufacturing
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Sabyasachi Neogi

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    Joined us on January 1, 2020

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Etienne de Kort

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Jos Hendrikx

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    Joined us on July 9, 2015

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    Rheumatology

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  • Thesis

    Personalized management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: using PROMs for monitoring of disease activity
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Michael Ronde

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    Joined us on August 1, 2017

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    Systems and Control

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  • Thesis

    Feedforward control for lightweight motion systems
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Mohit Kumar

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    Joined us on May 1, 2016

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    Applied Mathematics

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  • Thesis

    Three-dimensional model for estuarine turbidity maxima in tidally dominated estuaries
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Debashish Saha

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    Joined us on November 16, 2015

  • PHD

    Applied Physics, Fluid Dynamics

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  • Thesis

    Experimental analysis of aggregate breakup in flows observed by three dimensional particle tracking velocimetry
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Stefan Schalk

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    Joined us on April 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Electrical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Towards 3D prostate cancer localization by contrastultrasound dispersion imaging
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Bartu Simsek

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    Joined us on February 1, 2023

  • PHD

    Doctor of Philosophy, Material Science and Nanotechnology

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Hilal van der Holst

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    Joined us on September 1, 2021

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    Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering at University of Porto

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Aida Rashidinejad

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    Joined us on January 1, 2022

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    Control Systems Technology TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Model-based supervisory control synthesis of cyber-physical systems
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Milad Mokhtari

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    Joined us on July 1, 2016

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    Mechanical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    The effect of a tribo-modified surface layer on friction in elastomer contacts
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Evangelos Georgakopoulos

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    Joined us on August 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Mineral Carbonation & Industrial Waste (Steel slag) Valorization, Cranfield University

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    Iron and steel slag valorization through carbonation and supplementary processes
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Jim Schormans

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    Joined us on September 1, 2020

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    PhD in Mechanical Engineering TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Deformation and failure of woven and 3D composites
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Boudewijn van den Berg

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    Joined us on February 1, 2024

  • PHD

    Researcher at the Universiteit Twente, Biomedical Signal Analysis, Machine Learning

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  • Thesis

    Combined Psychophysical and Neurophysiological Tools for Mechanism-Based Observation of Impaired Nociceptive Processing
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Twan Wilting

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    Joined us on March 1, 2024

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    PhD-Candidate Physics at Eindhoven University

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  • Thesis

    From Drops to Patterns
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Marieke van den Kerkhof

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    Joined us on February 1, 2024

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    PhD Candidate at Maastricht University Medical Center, Department of Radiology

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