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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 […]

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

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

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

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

History was made as Mert Astam, Dr. Danqing Liu’s PhD student, won both the public vote and jury’s prize for best pitch at the 3rd ICMS PhD publication competition. Mert’s win of the public vote was announced first by the jury and was met with modest cheering from his group. Mert’s group suspected this win

“Why do I do what I do?” is an ancient and universal question humanity frequently asks itself. For the researchers at the TU/e, the answer is very clear: positive social impact. The strong motivation towards this goal was reflected in the latest meeting on the technologies for people with deafblindness, organized by prof. Astrid Kappers

Danqing and her group were going about their daily business around the department of chemical engineering and chemistry (CE&C) until Danqing noticed a familiar face at the staircase… it was her PhD student, Dongyu! Regularly, this would not be a very special occurrence, yet what Danqing saw was not Dongyu herself, but a great testament

The H.I.M. group congratulates PhD student Pengrong Lyu on freshly published paper on robotic pick-and-place operations in multifunctional liquid crystal elastomers! Make sure to catch all the details here. Pengrong’s work highlights the potential of liquid crystal materials in the soft robotics scene and has been shared by Advanced Sciences News themselves. In fact, Pengrong’s