4TU.HTM News

As of 14 February 2020, dr. Marcel Sluiter has been appointed visiting professor in the Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University. He will conduct academic education and research in the field of Microstructures of Materials.

The series of articles on the 4TU.HTM research programme 'New Horizons in Designer Materials' (2016-2019) in the digital magazine Innovative Materials is complete now. Read all six articles here! Also available on this website, both in Dutch and in English. [Header picture: Danqing Liu by Ernst de Groot]

On Wednesday 6 May 2020, Pim Groen, professor and chairman of Aerospace Structures and Materials (TU Delft), passed away.

In the early morning of 22 April 2020, our dear former colleague professor Barend Thijsse passed away after a short illness as a result of lung cancer. Barend was 69 years old.

Prof.dr.ir. Joris Sprakel is appointed professor of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter at Wageningen University and Research.

All 4TU researchers in the broad field of materials science who are seeking ways to collaborate can apply for 4TU.HTM funding for Joint Materials Science Activities. In 2019-2021 4TU.HTM has a budget of k€ 25 per year for joint initiatives.

On February 1, 2018 prof.dr.ir. Ilja Voets was appointed full-time professor in the field of Self-Organizing Soft Matter at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry of Eindhoven University of Technology. She is giving her inaugural lecture on October 25, 2019, in the Blauwe Zaal of the Auditorium (TU/e), at 4 PM.

Volume (3) of the digital magazine Innovative Materials (3, 2019) features an article by dr. Maciek Kopeć (University of Twente, currently University of Bath), in cooperation with prof. Julius Vancso (UT) and prof. Krzysztof Matyjaszewski (Carnegie Mellon University). The Dutch version has been written in cooperation with Mark Beerstra and dr. Joost Duvigneau from the research group Materials Science and Technology of Polymers (UT). 'Control of Molecular Structure and Function for Designer Polymers' (Pdf) by Maciek Kopeć (UT). [Innovative Materials, 2019, 3, pp. 24-28]

On Wednesday 17 April 2019, Arjan Mol, professor Corrosion Technology and Electrochemistry at the department Materials Science and Engineering, 3mE, Delft University of Technology, gave his inaugural speech.

On Monday 1 April 2019, the 4TU.Research Centre High-Tech Materials (4TU.HTM) and the Materials Innovation Institute (M2i) Joint Workshop on Nucleation was held in Utrecht (De Witte Vosch). Here one can find some pictures. Introduction by prof.dr.ir. Jilt Sietsma, scientific director of 4TU.HTM

Starting 1 March 2019, Joris Sprakel has been appointed professor Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter at Wageningen UR.

At the Universiteit van Nederland you can watch - in Dutch - five online classes on smart materials by materials scientists at Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology.

The 4TU.Centre for Research Data announces its report on research data management within the 4TU.Research Centres.

The 4TU.HTM annual symposium took place in Utrecht (Jaarbeurs, Beatrix building) on Friday 12 October 2018. Here you can find pictures and Pdf files of posters and presentations. Full programme: Dutch Materials 2018 (Pdf file)

The new 4TU.HTM web application hightechmaterials.4tu.nl makes it easy to find materials scientists and research groups within 4TU: the University of Twente, Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology and Wageningen UR.