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Teaching machines to make better decisions when they can't see the full picture
Young researcher in the spotlight: Sebastiaan van den Eijnden
Learn more about Sebastiaan's academic journey and the research he is doing.
Control of novel power exhaust solutions in nuclear fusion
Bob Kool defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 5.
Time-dependent modeling of plasma exhaust in fusion reactors
Gijs Derks defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on March 2.
Making gravitational waves easier to hear
Mathyn van Dael defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on January 23rd.
Designing a piezoelectric wafer stage for electron beam inspection systems
Ron de Bruijn defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on November 27th.
National Growth Fund Invests in Dutch Battery Consortium for Heavy Duty Transport
Prize for new design principle for passive damping
Master student Wietse Maas receives Wim van der Hoek Award 2025
How autonomous cars learn to merge safely
Merlijne Geurts defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on October 9th.
Automating risk-aware calibration of internal combustion engines
Maarten Vlaswinkel defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on September 11th.
Improving the performance of low-cost hardware with data-driven calibration and control
Max van Meer defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on September 9th.
Improving complex machines using multirate data and learning control
Max van Haren defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on September 3rd.