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One of the innovative projects within the Plantenna program is the project in which researchers listen to the signals from plants with a special microphone.

Maarten Hornikx (TU/e) has been the Scientific Director at the 4TU.Bouw Center of Excellence for the Built Environment since February 2020. He has taken over the role from André Dorée (UT) who will continue his involvement in the centre as one of the four TU ambassadors.

Interview with Johann Hurink, new Scientific Director at the 4TU Applied Mathematics Institute

The alumni offices of the Dutch technical universities  (TU Delft, UTwente and Wageningen University) have been working closely together since 2014. Together we have more than 280,000 alumni out of whom 60,000 live outside of the Netherlands.

From June 2020, the 4TU.NIRICT research centre is launching a new ‘’Diversity-Equity-Inclusion’’ (DEI) fund to support projects that boost diversity, equity and inclusion within the 4TU ICT community. Eligible projects could include provisions to make ICT conferences more inclusive, by offering translators, for example. Other ideas might involve developing training programmes to enable ICT lecturers to cater more effectively to a diverse range of students or initiatives to raise the visibility of underrepresented groups.

Applying for a job in times of corona is a daunting task for any recent, or soon-to-be graduate. This second edition of the 4TU Career Special is full of tips on how it is best approached. It is an unusual edition, as the magazine was both produced and published during this period of crisis. However, above all, as the editorial boards of the four technical universities, we understand that especially now, as a job seeker, you could use a bit of help.

Delft Design for Values and the 4TU Centre for Ethics and Technology (4TU.Ethics) are organising a 4TU-wide response to the ethical challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in a new working group which deals with the impact of the crisis on the design of new emerging technologies.

Joint plan to close the gap between intake capacity and labour market demand

‘Technological innovations will play a major role in a resilient post-corona era’

4TU researchers are working hard on a coating that can change shape. This technology makes all kinds of things possible, from Mars rovers and solar panels that can autonomously shake off sand, to Braille on your mobile phone, surgical instruments that provide feedback to the doctor, or VR gloves that help you to throw a ball really well.

4TU.Stan Ackermans Institute’s PDEng trainees present solutions for industry and healthcare

The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced an abrupt transition to online education. Researcher Tim Stevens is studying the transition to online education at Wageningen University. What can we learn from the transition to online education?

Portret Danqing Liu: Ernst de Groot

As of today, the 4TU.Federation’s Annual Report 2019 is available online. Browsing through it, you will get a picture of the broad palette of activities the universities of technology are undertaking together in terms of research, education and valorisation.

The Dutch universities, national and regional government bodies, businesses and many other public and private partners join forces in the ResilientSociety platform. In this open innovation platform, supply and demand on COVID-19 challenges are brought together and teams develop concrete products and services. It is a thriving community of professionals who create concrete solutions for the COVID-19 crisis. This platform aims to do this effectively without duplicating efforts and with the aim of making the greatest possible impact.