TU/e Guest Researcher, 01-09-2020 Yuxin You is a materials researcher with a master’s degree in optical engineering. She is interested in developing smart coatings made of liquid crystal polymers that can generate predesigned topographies at the coating surfaces reversibly. These dynamic surfaces are anticipated to benefit many functions in the fields of optics, haptics, robotics, […]
The work of the researchers at the HIM group fascinates people far and wide, yet only a few get the pleasure of seeing and even feeling our technologies up close! Thus, when the HIM group was invited to present its demonstrators at the MaterialenNL conference, HIM PhD candidate Mert Astam went prepared to amaze. The
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PhD,1st of August 2021 Duygu is a chemical engineer with a M.Sc. from Middle East Technical University, Turkey. She is interested in developing liquid crystal actuators which can apply force in a rapid manner. Fast responses can be accessed by designing instabilities into liquid crystal actuators Her project is a part of the STORM-BOTs initiative
PhD, 1st April 2021 Jacques Azevedo Peixoto obtained his master’s degree in nanotechnology and telecommunication from Ecole Normal Superieur, France. He is interested in the bottom-to-top assembly in liquid crystal to broaden the library of possibilities and increase the impact of such material. He is currently occupying tuning boundary conditions and/or using external stimuli such
Mert O. Astam is a materials scientist and engineering with an MEng from Imperial College London. He is interested in turning liquid crystal materials into electrically driven devices, seeking to extract the benefits to society of this technology. He has recently shown the intelligence of soft robots in his latest paper “Self-regulating electrical rhythms with
At the HIM group, we are working on hard on designing the future! Our development of material technologies aimed at interactivity with humans and devices is a prime example of the promising innovations that merit a place at the Dutch Design Week. This design event is the largest in Europe and draws in curious visitors
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The HIM group is proud to announce that Jiahui Dong, a Post-Doctoral researcher within the HIM group, has been selected as the winner of the European Powder Metallurgy Association’s (EPMA) 2023 Powder Metallurgy Thesis Competition in the PhD category for her research on “Mg bone: ink extrusion-based additive manufacturing of Mg implants ”. In her
Technology is a crucial factor in the develop of a society both economically and socially. Robbert Dijkgraaf, minister of education, culture and science of the Netherlands shed light on this topic through his LinkedIn post, recognizing the potential of research groups like HIM in creating positive impact. He specifically mentioned the work of our group
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At the HIM group, we celebrate our work as artfully as we do our research! Marking the end of another year of hard work with the coming of late summer, the HIM group embarked on an artistic journey to The Hague. With full minibuses and high spirits, the HIM group visited the Escher museum in
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Another inspiring afternoon was had at the TU/e with Dr. Danqing Liu’s presentation of her group’s recent work at the IPM colloquium. The pride of the group members in seeing their work presented to a broader audience was palpable. In fact, PhD students from Danqing’s group were seen beaming uncontrollable smiles as their work went
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