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Last Saturday, 5 October, ten student teams from the four Universities of Technology exhibited their vehicles, demos and workshops on a sunny Marineterrein Amsterdam during the Weekend van de Wetenschap. They showed children and adults how much fun engineering is and explained more about the sustainable and smart solutions they are contributing to with their innovations.

Since 1 July 2024 Noortje Bax has been appointed as chair (a.i.) of the 4TU.Health centre. She succeeds Richard Goossens, who held this position since 2022.

The city of tomorrow | During the Weekend van de Wetenschap (5 en 6 October), students from the four Universities of Technology will display cool vehicles and demos and organise workshops in and around the AMS Institute building at the Marineterrein. Their ambition? To show children and their parents how much fun engineering is and what solutions they are working on to tackle global challenges on climate, health, agrofood, safety, infrastructure and mobility.

In a vibrant and forward-looking conversation, Stella Kapodistria (TU/e), the newly appointed scientific director of 4TU.AMI, and her predecessor Johann Hurink (UT) shared insights into the transition of leadership within the institute. The discussion revealed a shared commitment to maintaining the institute's strong foundation while pushing forward into new territories. The atmosphere was charged with energy as both leaders expressed a unified vision for the future of 4TU.AMI.

The city of Tomorrow | During the Weekend van de Wetenschap (5 en 6 oktober) the 4TU Student Teams - from TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, the University of Twente and Wageningen University & Research - will show children and their parents how much fun engineering is and what solutions they are working on to tackle global challenges on climate, health, agro-food, safety, infrastructure and mobility.

An interview with Theo Salet and Marjolein Dohmen-Janssen, president and secretary of the Raad voor Technische Wetenschappen.

4TU.ResearchData is delighted to share the new publication “Highlights 2023”. The “Highlights” is a collection of the main 4TU.ResearchData successes over the last year.  Lulia Popescu: "We are very proud of everything we have accomplished during 2023, and we would like to thank our 4TU.ResearchData team and our various collaborators and member institutes. We look forward to many more achievements and fruitful collaborations in the near future."

As from April 2024, 4TU.Stan Ackermans Institute (4TU.SAI), the 4TU School for Technological Design, will be expanded to include the Engineering Doctorate (EngD) programs of the University of Groningen (UG).

PhotonDelta and Optics Netherlands have launched a first-of-its-kind ‘MasterPlus’ Programme in Optics and Photonics – in partnership with Netherlands’ three leading technology universities: Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), and University of Twente (UT). 

An interview about the ambitions of the 4TU.VO Platform - the joint education platform of the 4 universities of technology

The Scientific Climate Council in the Netherlands, in Dutch ‘Wetenschappelijke Klimaatraad’ (WKR) was established formally in April 2023. Wieke Pot, member of the 4TU.Resilience Engineering community, serves as one of the ten council members.

Perhaps you were sitting outside in the sun this weekend and missed it completely. But luckily you can still watch it back: SBS6's 'Do But Sustainable' broadcast about the innovations of student teams from the Netherlands' four technical universities and how they collaborate with business in this.

On 8 March - after nine years - Arthur Mol will hand over his role as rector magnificus and vice-chairman at Wageningen University & Research (WUR) to Carolien Kroeze, Professor of Environmental Systems Analysis. Mol will return to science and be given a personal chair in environmental sciences. Besides being rector, Mol will also take his leave as chairman of 4TU.Research; the consortium in which he was active together with the rectors of the other three TUs to stimulate research collaborations.

As of 1 January, a new centre has been added to the 4TU.Federation: 4TU.History of Technology. The centre aims to boost the discipline of history of technology. 4TU spoke to scientific director Erik van der Vleuten and managing director Jan Korsten about their plans and motivation. ''Historical awareness of the roles that technology and engineers have played in addressing past societal challenges is important and will be helpful in thinking about solutions to the societal challenges we face today and in the future.''

From January 2024, the four technical universities are pooling their knowledge and expertise in the field of the history of technology in 4TU History of Technology. The new centre aims to provide students, engineers and the wider audience with a historical awareness of the role that technology and engineers played in societal transitions in the past two centuries, as well as to develop working methods that makes such knowledge actionable today.