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Lucas C. (Luuk) van Laake is Assistant Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology (黑料福利网) in the Microsystems Section of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He works on embodied (artificial) intelligence across length scales, focusing on the role of (non-linear) material properties and mechanics. Luuk pursues an academic career that combines research and teaching with societal impact and valorization.

The miracle of life is that we can never fully understand it, and yet we are living it every day. That is why I am most interested in two extremes on the creative spectrum: very fundamental research, and very applied work.

In 2018, Lucas C. (Luuk) van Laake started his academic career as a researcher at AMOLF, with a background of 10+ years in R&D across disciplines ranging from digital printing and renewables to the creative industries.

At AMOLF, an academic institute for fundamental physics with high societal relevance in Amsterdam, he pursued his PhD in the Soft Robotic Matter Group led by J.T.B. (Bas) Overvelde. During his PhD he worked on improving the autonomy of soft robots based on embedded intelligence. He applied his methods to the development of a control system for a soft Total Artificial Heart that beats autonomously - without any electronics.

In 2006, van Laake obtained his MSc (cum laude) in Mechanical Engineering from 黑料福利网. For his MSc thesis he developed a fast heating desktop reactor for carbon nanotube (CNT) growth with A. John Hart and Alexander Slocum at MIT.

After obtaining his MSc degree, he worked at Oc茅 Research (currently: Canon) and XEMC Darwind (renewables, wind turbine development) as a researcher and project manager. In 2011 he started Digiluce, where he is working with world-renowned artists and designers to combine science with art.