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.

Brian Baker

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    Joined us on November 15, 2021

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    Surface Science, University of Groningen

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  • Thesis

    Molecular self-assembly of organic molecules on coinage metal surfaces
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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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Daniel Vakulov

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    Joined us on August 17, 2020

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    Applied Physics, TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Semiconductor nanowires for thermoelectric energy conversion
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Jos van Rooij

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    Joined us on October 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Quantitative Imaging Physics, TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Holographic wavefield imaging for surface reconstruction and 3d tomography
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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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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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Martijn Vos

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    Joined us on February 1, 2020

  • PHD

    Applied Physics at TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Development and Understanding of Advanced Atomic Layer Deposition Processes: AlF3, Co, and Ru
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Bastiaan Ippel

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    Joined us on December 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Biomedical engineering, TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Functional supramolecular additives
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Thomas Blanken

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    Joined us on July 17, 2019

  • PHD

    Mechanical Engineering TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Model-based estimation and control of the particle distribution and discharge supervision in nuclear fusion reactors
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Oleg Matveichuk

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    Joined us on January 19, 2015

  • PHD

    Physics

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  • Thesis

    Constitutive modeling of concentrated solutions of main-chain liquid crystalline polymers
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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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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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Aida Rashidinejad

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    Joined us on January 1, 2022

  • PHD

    Control Systems Technology TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Model-based supervisory control synthesis of cyber-physical systems
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Gaurav Nanda

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    Joined us on January 1, 2017

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    Engineering Physics / Applied Physics

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  • Thesis

    Electronic transport in helium beam modified graphene and ballistic Josephson junctions
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Jeroen Janssen

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    Joined us on February 1, 2016

  • PHD

    Electrical Engineering, Electromechanics

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  • Thesis

    Extended analytical charge modeling for permanentmagnet based devices: practical application to the interactions in a vibration isolation system
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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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Jos Hendrikx

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    Joined us on July 9, 2015

  • PHD

    Rheumatology

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  • Thesis

    Personalized management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: using PROMs for monitoring of disease activity
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Farhan Kholid

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    Joined us on July 1, 2022

  • PHD

    Physics, University of Cambridge

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Diana Olejnik

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    Joined us on June 15, 2022

  • PHD

    Bio-inspired control and design of flapping wing MAVs at TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Reinier Kuppens

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    Joined us on December 1, 2020

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    Mechanical Engineering, TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Energy Invariant Mechanisms
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Corien Prins

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    Joined us on January 19, 2015

  • PHD

    Applied Mathematics

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  • Thesis

    Inverse methods for illumination optics
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Marcel Borst

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    Joined us on January 1, 2016

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Julien van Kuilenburg

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    Joined us on July 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Mechanical Engineering, Tribology

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  • Thesis

    A mechanistic approach to tactile friction
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Kees Kuijpers

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    Joined us on August 14, 2017

  • PHD

    Applied Physics, Materials Science

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  • Thesis

    Dynamics of fluid mixtures and nano-particles during capillary suction
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Isaac Guerra

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    Joined us on January 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Mechanical Engineering, Control and Dynamics

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Ashley Heuijerjans

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    Joined us on February 4, 2019

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Towards understanding of cartilage damage development around focal defects and implants
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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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Eline Kolken

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    Joined us on October 1, 2021

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    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 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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Mohamed Darwish

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    Joined us on September 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Electrica Engineering, Control Systems

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  • Thesis

    Bayesian identification of linear dynamic systems
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Eleanor Remij-Mak

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    Joined us on February 1, 2022

  • PHD

    Atomic scale investigations of fracture in metal alloys

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  • Thesis

    Atomic scale investigations of fracture in metal alloys
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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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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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Zhe Hou

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    Joined us on January 7, 2019

  • PHD

    Optical design at TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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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

    Almost PhD!
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Andrés Aguirre Guzman

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    Joined us on April 1, 2022

  • PHD

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

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  • Thesis

    Numerical study of rapidly rotating turbulent convection
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Wendy van Wanroij

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    Joined us on September 1, 2014

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Marilia Zorzato

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    Joined us on June 17, 2019

  • PHD

    Materials Scientist

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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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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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Anna Nikiel

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    Joined us on August 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Physics

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Salman Shafqat

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    Joined us on October 16, 2019

  • PHD

    Mechanical Engineering, TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Stretching the limits of stretchable electronics: towards high-density, highly stretchable electronics
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Jim Schormans

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    Joined us on September 1, 2020

  • PHD

    PhD in Mechanical Engineering TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Deformation and failure of woven and 3D composites
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Jessica van der Leij

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    Joined us on September 1, 2021

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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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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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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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Anastasiia Panfilova

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    Joined us on September 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Nonlinear Ultrasound for Cancer Diagnostics
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Roy Bijster

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    Joined us on September 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Metrology of nano-opto-mechanical instruments

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  • Thesis

    Towards a heat transfer based distance sensor for measuring sub-micrometer separations
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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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  • Thesis

    Iron and steel slag valorization through carbonation and supplementary processes
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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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Stijn Berden

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    Joined us on September 1, 2014

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Manuel van Rijn

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    Joined us on August 1, 2021

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    Physics TU/e

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Björne Mollet

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    Joined us on May 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Biomedical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Supramolecular biomaterials based on ureido-pyrimidinones: development of a synthetic basement membrane for a bioartificial kidney
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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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Yigit Akargün

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    Joined us on June 1, 2019

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    Mechanical Engineering, TU/e

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    Almost PhD!
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Rutger Beekelaar

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    Joined us on September 1, 2014

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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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Michael Ronde

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    Joined us on August 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Systems and Control

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  • Thesis

    Feedforward control for lightweight motion systems
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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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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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Diana Grishina

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    Joined us on September 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Physics

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  • Thesis

    3D Silicon Nanophotonics
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Chidozie Onwudinanti

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    Joined us on October 18, 2021

  • PHD

    Computational material science at DIFFER (Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research)

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  • Thesis

    On hydrogen penetration into ruthenium
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Jaap Kokorian

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    Joined us on February 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Contact Mechanics

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  • Thesis

    Measuring adhesion and friction in mems
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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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Rita van den Bielerd

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    Joined us on January 1, 2016

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Victor Villalba Corbacho

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    Joined us on October 1, 2022

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    Space Engineering, TU Delft

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Georg Wilding

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    Joined us on September 1, 2022

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    PhD in Astronomy/Mathematics at the University of Groningen

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Andrea Marcela Reina Tamayo

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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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Yousef Shaheen

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    Joined us on May 1, 2022

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    PhD Candidate in Multiscale Modelling & Engineering at University of Twente

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Bas van Loo

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    Joined us on May 1, 2022

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    PhD Candidate Microfluidic technologies for scalable spheroid/organoid production at University of Twente

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Antonios Zagaris

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    Joined us on November 1, 2017

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    Mathematics

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  • Thesis

    Analysis of reduction methods for multiscale problems
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Lonneke Ploum

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    Joined us on February 11, 2019

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Shreya Das

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    Joined us on January 16, 2023

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    Researcher PhD Student at Radboudumc Nijmegen

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Ann-Sophie Farle

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    Joined us on May 1, 2017

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    Materials Science

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Jijju Thomas

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    Joined us on March 1, 2021

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    Dynamics and Control, TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Maarten Wouters

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    Joined us on March 1, 2021

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    Computational Fluid Dynamics, TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Mesoscopic modelling of drying phenomena of soft particle suspensions
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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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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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Jesús Barradas-Berglind

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    Joined us on March 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Control Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Fatigue-Damage Estimation and Control for Wind Turbines
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Arjen Baarsma

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    Joined us on April 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Differential geometry and deformation theory

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  • Thesis

    Deformations and L∞-algebras of Fréchet type
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Steven Kivits

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    Joined us on February 1, 2022

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Stephan Hannot

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    Joined us on November 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Engineering Mechanics, Delft University of Technology

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  • Thesis

    Modeling Strategies for Electro–Mechanical Microsystems with Uncertainty Quantification
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Marouen Hamdi

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    Joined us on February 15, 2021

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    Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University

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Jeire Steinbuch

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    Joined us on October 1, 2017

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    Biomedical Engineering / Clinical Neurophysiology

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  • Thesis

    In vivo ultrasound assessment of carotid artery walls and plaques: Integrating morphological and mechanical characteristics
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Rudy Cloots

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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

    Multi-scale mechanics of traumatic brain injury
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Melkamu Mekicha

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    Joined us on July 1, 2020

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    PhD in Tribology & Surface Technology, TU Twente

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  • Thesis

    Wear Particles Formation In Cold Rolling
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Ahmed Elkholy

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    Joined us on March 22, 2018

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    Mechanical Engineering, Multiphase and Reactive Flows

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  • Thesis

    Development of non-thermal DBD microplasma reactor for combustion applications
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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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Devyani Sharma

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    Joined us on January 1, 2022

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    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics

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    Almost PhD!
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Qi Wang

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    Joined us on January 1, 2019

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    Active Material Structure and Smart Actuators

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  • Thesis

    Modeling, design and optimization of flapping wings for efficient hovering flighth.
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Jacob-Jan Sloots

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    Joined us on August 1, 2021

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    Biomedical Engineering, University Medical Center Utrecht

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Valentina Caprara Vivoli

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    Joined us on February 1, 2018

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    Engineering Physics /Applied Physics

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  • Thesis

    Revealing entanglement and nonlocality in few photon states
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Britt van Rooij

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    Joined us on September 7, 2020

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    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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Rody van Tuijl

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    Joined us on March 1, 2019

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    Mechanical engineering at TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Wavelet based reduced order modelling for computational homogenisation
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Amin Ahmadi Joneidi

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    Joined us on January 19, 2015

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    Mechanical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Three-dimensional boundary integral modeling of viscous drops and capsules
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Ruben Hamans

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    Joined us on April 1, 2022

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    PhD Candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)

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