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.

Manuel van Rijn

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    Joined us on August 1, 2021

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    Physics TU/e

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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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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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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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Daniel Vakulov

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    Joined us on August 17, 2020

  • PHD

    Applied Physics, TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Semiconductor nanowires for thermoelectric energy conversion
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Ahmed Elkholy

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    Joined us on March 22, 2018

  • PHD

    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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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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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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Yigit Akargün

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    Joined us on June 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Mechanical Engineering, TU/e

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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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Bas van Loo

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    Joined us on May 1, 2022

  • PHD

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

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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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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Jorick van 't Oever

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    Joined us on August 1, 2016

  • PHD

    Applied Physics, Optical Sciences

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  • Thesis

    On the interaction of waves carrying light, sound and small particles: wave-based methods for miniature laboratories and fast optical sensing
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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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Juan Vanegas Acosta

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    Joined us on February 1, 2016

  • PHD

    Electrical Engineering, Bioelectromagnetics

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  • Thesis

    Electric fields and biological cells: numerical insight into possible interaction mechanisms
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Henry Tol

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    Joined us on April 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Aerospace Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Finite-dimensional approximation and control of shear flows
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Johan Smeets

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    Joined us on September 1, 2016

  • PHD

    Electrical Engineering, Electromechanics and Power Electronics

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  • Thesis

    Contactless transfer of energy: 3D modeling and design of a position-independent inductive coupling integrated in a planar motor
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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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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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Ann-Sophie Farle

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    Joined us on May 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Materials Science

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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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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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Amin Ahmadi Joneidi

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    Joined us on January 19, 2015

  • PHD

    Mechanical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Three-dimensional boundary integral modeling of viscous drops and capsules
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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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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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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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Antonios Zagaris

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    Joined us on November 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Mathematics

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  • Thesis

    Analysis of reduction methods for multiscale problems
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Jelle Rommers

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    Joined us on May 1, 2021

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    Precision Engineering at TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Marilia Zorzato

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    Joined us on June 17, 2019

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    Materials Scientist

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Lisa Royer

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    Joined us on January 1, 2023

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    PhD in material science and electrochemistry at Strasbourg University

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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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Julien van Kuilenburg

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    Joined us on July 1, 2017

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    Mechanical Engineering, Tribology

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  • Thesis

    A mechanistic approach to tactile friction
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Hilal van der Holst

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    Joined us on September 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering at University of Porto

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Maarten Kremers

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    Joined us on April 24, 2017

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    Electrical Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Analytical design of a transverse flux machine
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Mario Coppola

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    Joined us on February 15, 2021

  • PHD

    Space Systems Engineering, TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Automatic Design of Verifiable Robot Swarms
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Mohit Kumar

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    Joined us on May 1, 2016

  • PHD

    Applied Mathematics

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  • Thesis

    Three-dimensional model for estuarine turbidity maxima in tidally dominated estuaries
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Neehar Ranjan Moharana

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    Joined us on November 17, 2014

  • PHD

    Engineering Physics / Applied Physics

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  • Thesis

    Three-dimensional Lagrangian transport near the surface of a moving sphere
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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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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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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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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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Andrea Marcela Reina Tamayo

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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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Rohit S Nair

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    Joined us on April 1, 2021

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    Physics, TU Twente

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  • Thesis

    Spin-orbit-coupling induced lateral spin transport from first principles
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Valentina Caprara Vivoli

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    Joined us on February 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Engineering Physics /Applied Physics

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  • Thesis

    Revealing entanglement and nonlocality in few photon states
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Jibbe Soetens

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    Joined us on April 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Biomedical engineering

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  • Thesis

    Mechanical and biochemical response of human skin to diverse loading conditions
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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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Benjamin Feleki

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    Joined us on January 1, 2022

  • PHD

    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Molecular Science & Technology Department / Molecular Materials and Nanosystems at Tu/e

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  • Thesis

    Perovskite Solar Cells on Steel Substrates
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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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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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Robbert Willems

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    Joined us on October 1, 2020

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    Mechanical Engineering TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Designed Experiments for Efficient Engines
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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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Sadman Shakib

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    Joined us on February 1, 2022

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    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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Farid Alavi

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    Joined us on November 1, 2018

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    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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Joke Keijsers

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    Joined us on January 2, 2021

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    Cardiovascular Biomechanics at TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Numerical analysis of the hemodynamic response to orthostatic stress
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Priyam Samantray

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    Joined us on May 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Multiscale modelling of the thermo-hygro-mechanical behavior of sheets of paper

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  • Thesis

    Multiscale modeling of the hygro-mechanical response of paper sheets
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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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Anna Nikiel

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    Joined us on August 1, 2017

  • PHD

    Physics

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Jolt Oostra

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    Joined us on July 6, 2015

  • PHD

    Physics, Molecular Electrons – Physics of Organic Semiconductors

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  • Thesis

    Towards self-healing organic electronics
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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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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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Alexandr Dolgov

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    Joined us on March 1, 2018

  • PHD

    Plasma and High-Temperature Physics

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  • Thesis

    Plasma-assisted cleaning of extreme UV optics
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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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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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Ben Schneider

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    Joined us on May 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Physics, TU-Delft

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  • Thesis

    Suspended carbon nanotubes coupled to superconducting circuits
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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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Joep Nijssen

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    Joined us on June 1, 2021

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    Engineering Tribology, TU Delft

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  • Thesis

    Compliant Full Film Lubricated Bearings
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Bastiaan Ippel

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    Joined us on December 1, 2019

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    Biomedical engineering, TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Functional supramolecular additives
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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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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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  • Thesis

    Plasmonic Fields at Work
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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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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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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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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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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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Tom Bruijnen

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    Joined us on February 14, 2022

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    PhD candidate | MRI-guided radiotherapy | UMC Utrecht

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  • Thesis

    Technical developments for quantitative and motion resolved MR-guided radiotherapy
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Roshan Kotian

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    Joined us on October 1, 2016

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    Wireless Sensor Network, Data Stream Algorithm

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  • Thesis

    Reliable transmission power control for Internet of Things
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Lonneke Ploum

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    Joined us on February 11, 2019

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Bo Shi

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    Joined us on February 1, 2015

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    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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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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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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Taras Stanko

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    Joined us on September 1, 2020

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    Applied Mathematics, TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Enhancing the performance and security of Helper Data Systems
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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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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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Tjitte-Jelte Peters

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    Joined us on October 1, 2016

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    Micro and Nano Engineering

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  • Thesis

    Silicon dioxide photonic mems: Chip-to-chip alignment with positionable waveguides
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Sabyasachi Neogi

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    Joined us on January 1, 2020

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Jaap Kokorian

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    Joined us on February 1, 2017

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    Contact Mechanics

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  • Thesis

    Measuring adhesion and friction in mems
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Emiel van Disseldorp

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    Joined us on January 1, 2019

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    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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Stefan Remmers

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    Joined us on August 17, 2020

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    Biomedical Engineering, TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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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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Ksenia Korzun

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    Joined us on June 1, 2022

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

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    Almost PhD!
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Martijn Schaafsma

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    Joined us on February 1, 2015

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    Physics, Nanophotonics

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  • Thesis

    THz resonances in semiconductor structures
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Zhou Geng

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    Joined us on June 13, 2022

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    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics

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    Strong light-matter interactions and nonlinear dynamics in coherently driven optical resonators
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Dariush Bijani

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    Joined us on November 1, 2016

  • PHD

    Mechanical Engineering / Tribology

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    The Effect of Surface Texturing on Friction in Lubricated Parallel Sliding Contacts, Considering Starvation and Boundary Slip
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Najmeh Sadegh

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  • Brightie

    Joined us on August 1, 2022

  • PHD

    Applied physics, University of Amsterdam

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Jijju Thomas

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  • Brightie

    Joined us on March 1, 2021

  • PHD

    Dynamics and Control, TU/e

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  • Thesis

    Almost PhD!
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Felix Milan

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  • Brightie

    Joined us on October 1, 2019

  • PHD

    Computational Physics, TU Eindhoven

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  • Thesis

    Multiscale Lattice Boltzmann simulations of droplet dynamics in time-dependent and turbulent flows
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