University of Twente

THE HAGUE, 16-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — NWO is currently undergoing major changes. It is acquiring a clearer and more coherent structure at both the administrative and organisational levels. As a result of that it will be better equipped to optimally carry out … Read the full press release →

NURSES OFTEN UNDERESTIMATE PAIN Enschede, Netherlands, 28-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The current treatment of acute pain is unsatisfactory and can result in chronic pain. This has emerged from research being carried out by Jorien Pierik, a doctoral candidate at the … Read the full press release →

TODAY (25 November 2016), DURING THE CELEBRATIONS TO MARK THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE’S FOUNDATION DAY (KNOWN AS DIES NATALIS), THE PROFESSOR DE WINTER AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO DR JEANNETTE HOFMEIJER. Enschede, Netherlands, 28-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — This publication award … Read the full press release →

Enschede, Netherlands, 28-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The student team is already counting on a podium finish at next summer’s Monaco Solar Boat Challenge. Solar boat races are nothing new. The first races started more than ten years ago. But Solar Boat … Read the full press release →

A MAJOR EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECT LAUNCHES AT 1 SEPTEMBER 2016 TO PREPARE YOUNG INNOVATION RESEARCHERS FOR CAREERS CONTRIBUTING TO REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT. Enschede, Netherlands, 02-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The project consortium, involving the University of Twente alongside six other European universities, … Read the full press release →

ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS, 23-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Peter-Paul Verbeek has been appointed as a member of UNESCO’s COMEST, the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology. Irina Bokova, Director-General appointed the Professor of Philosophy of Technology at the University … Read the full press release →

Four UT scientists receive a ‘Vidi’ grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO): Wiebe de Vis, Sarthak Misra, Richard Stevens and Ivo Vellekoop. The 800,000 euro grant will enable them to start an innovative line of research and … Read the full press release →

Philips recently brought a unique juicer onto the market, thanks to the design talent of University of Twente graduate Ruben Borgonjen. Ruben’s undergraduate project in Industrial Design at Philips laid the foundation for the development of this brand new household … Read the full press release →

ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS, 04-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Julieta Matos Castaño, PhD student at the University of Twente, has developed a dilemma cube, to be used in large public-private projects. Her research shows that the tool promotes awareness and better cooperation between various parties. … Read the full press release →

ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS, 04-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — After three years of building and programming, the first tests using guide robot Spencer were successfully conducted at Schiphol airport this month. The test phase was completed last week. Spencer, developed in cooperation with the … Read the full press release →

AMSTERDAM, 01-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The international jury for the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art has unanimously selected Dutch visual artist Yvonne Dröge Wendel as this year’s laureate. Dröge Wendel will receive a cash prize of EUR 100,000, half of … Read the full press release →

UT RESEARCH GIVES BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEIDENFROST EFFECT ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS, 25-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Water droplets on a very hot plate don’t evaporate but levitate and move around: this is known as the Leidenfrost effect and it always guarantees beautiful … Read the full press release →

Enschede, Netherlands, 26-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In mid-January 2016, the University of Twente was admitted to the Global Engineering Education Exchange (GE3), a global consortium of seventy leading technical universities. This will enable the University of Twente to exchange students with these … Read the full press release →