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“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

Glasses were lifted in celebration on Friday as Dr. Danqing Liu banded her group together to celebrate her PhD student Mert Orhan Astam’s win of the 3rd ICMS PhD publication competition. This celebration was made extra special with the attendance of Mert’s family! All could feel a strong bond forming between group and family as

Demonstrating the power of HIM at the MaterialenNL conference 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

Taking science beyond child’s play Imagine you were 10 years old again. How do you think it would have felt like to do experiments together with the researchers at the TU/e? Well, this question is best asked to the kids! Dr Danqing Liu and her PhD students Mert Astam, Pengrong Lyu, Duygu Polat and senior