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The winners of the Academic Awards of 2025

BSc Award

Pascal Otjens

"Algebraic Characterisation of Bivariate Bicycle Codes"

MSc Award

Nick Hol

"Development of NMR Methods for the Study of Marine Sediments"

Audience Award

Noa Smolenaars

"Designing Equitable Healthcare: how do we design for women’s health?"

Celebrate achievement

Eindhoven University of Technology educates students and advances knowledge in science & technology for the benefit of humanity. ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø integrates education and research to enable students and scientists to become thought leaders and to design and achieve the unimaginable. In close collaboration with our public and private partners, we translate our basic research into meaningful solutions.

With the annual ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Academic Awards we celebrate our ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø heroes who produced the best thesis, in the different categories: Bachelor (€ 1250) and Master (€ 2500). The winners of 2025 was announced on Friday, September 26, 2025.

Audience Award

On top of the Academic Awards ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø also awards an audience winner.

Make your voice count!

  • Which research captivates and inspires you the most?
  • Who will make the biggest impact on society?
  • Whose innovative work is on the verge of changing the world?
  • Who do you trust to deliver reliable and transformative results?
  • Which research holds the greatest promise for the future?

Make this known by voting for your favorite research project!

Nominees 2025

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Exhibition

There will be an outdoor exhibition of the ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Academic Awards nominees to honor them and to show the whole ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø community and the general audience the research projects of these bright minds. The exhibition will be located in front of Atlas from September 18 to October 2. Our campus is free accessible, so perfect to visit.

 

ºÚÁϸ£ÀûÍø Academic Awards 2025 booklet

In this booklet, you will discover the stories of students and young researchers who are passionately pursuing their dreams. They represent the finest talent our university has to offer. In each category—BSc thesis, MSc thesis, EngD thesis, and PhD thesis—one individual will be honored with an award. However, being nominated is already a remarkable achievement. Each nominee was chosen from an extensive pool of exceptional theses within their department or bachelor/graduate program. Here, you can explore their groundbreaking research.

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The winners of the Academic Awards of 2024

(photos by Bart van Overbeeke en Gabriël Walenberg)

BSc Award

Wiktor Kwapinski

"Improving heat dissipation in hex-SiGE nanowires using 2D hBN flakes"

MSc Award

Lyanne Budé

"Development of coaxial cable antennas for ultra-high field MRI: the coax dipole and coax monopole antenna"

Audience Award

Milan van Bussel

"Out of the shadows: revealing the far-reaching impact of Dutch dairy production"