Ellen van den Bos-Moodij recently started as the new 4TU.AMI program manager. She finished her MSc in applied mathematics at the University of Twente. After that she did a PhD in the Mechanical Engineering department of the University of Twente. Her research was about the tribological aspects of a metal deforming process. She finished her thesis, entitled ‘Friction phenomena in hydrostatic extrusion of magnesium’, in 2014.
As the new program manager of 4TU.AMI (0.2 fte), Ellen will contribute to more collaboration between the mathematics departments of the four technical universities and to increase the participation and visibility of mathematics and mathematicians in general.