4TU.Energy Community Day 2025

We would like to invite you to join us for 4TU.Energy Community Day 2025!

4TU.Energy’s foremost emphasis lies in strengthening the bonds within the community while simultaneously concentrating on research and education. One of the annual activities that serves this purpose is the 4TU. Energy Community Day, which serves as a platform for researchers to forge connections, expand their professional network, and seek inspiration from their peers.

Researchers (PhD students and above) within 4TUs are the target group of this event.

Please find the registration form at the end. Registration is mandatory. Please register before 13 March 2025. FULL = FULL.

"Energy & Materials Transition - one and the same problem?" will be the theme of the Community Day 2025.

During the day you will learn about the Energy & Materials Transition, be inspired by speakers, have the opportunity to present your research poster and pitch your research. There will be ample opportunity to meet fellow researchers from the top universities of technology.

Additionally, 4TU.Energy Calls for Funding for PhD students & Postdocs will be open on that day!

Date: 3 April 2025

Place: Eenhoorn Meeting Center Amersfoort (link to Google map)

Program

10:00 Walk-in and Poster hang-up (tape will be provided)

10:45 Welcome speech incl. open calls for funding for PhD students & postdocs – David Smeulders | Scientific Director 4TU.Energy

11:00 Presentation I:

Moniek Tromp | Director Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials and Full Prof. Materials Chemistry · RUG

11:30 Presentation II:

Gerard van der Laan | Research Manager Circularity & Sustainability Impact | Unit Energy & Materials Transition · TNO

12:00 Group photo and Lunch

13:00 Pitch presentation of projects funded by 4TU.Energy

Congcong Sun | Community Building | Horticulture in Energy Transition
Keerthi Rajamani | Rapid Research | Magnetic-Ionocaloric Heat Pump System
Tingting Zhu | Community Building | Energy Information Interaction Club
Thomas Weinhart | Rapid Research | Thermo-Chemically Active Granular Materials

14:00 Presentation III:

Benjamin Sprecher | Assistant Prof. Sustainable Design, Environmental Impacts & Circular Economy · TUDelft

14:30 Pitch YOUR research (Presentation template will be provided) | Chair: Eli Shirazi

15:30 Poster market and Break

16:00 Matching sessions

Technical challenges and solutions for Energy Materials | Chair: Akbar Asadi Tashvigh
Manufacturing challenges – circularity, design-to-recycle, LCA | Chair: Harry Bitter
Geopolitical dependencies & transition scenarios | Chair: Mark Boneschanscher

The day will end around 17.00 with networking, drinks and snacks.

If you are a first-time visitor to the 4TU.Energy Community Day, please take a look at the after movie or news that we have made of last year's event.

Read more about the 4TU.Energy Community Day 2024, link to the news article, with pictures, presentations, posters and more downloads.