About us

4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering (4TU.RE) is the knowledge centre in Resilience Engineering of the four universities of technology in the Netherlands (Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente and Wageningen University and Research).

4TU.Centre for Resilience Engineering

The knowledge centre wants to develop, apply and disseminate knowledge, methods and tools for making societies more resilient. Within this area 4TU.RE focuses on engineering solutions (technical solutions and system designs) in interaction with social-ecological systems. Prof. Dr. Tina Comes is the Scientific Director of the 4TU.RE Centre and Stephanie Hessing is the Managing Director of the Centre.

Download flyer! - 4TU.Centre for Resilience Engineering - Accomplishments 2022(2 MB)
In this flyer you will find 6 engaging examples of the accomplishments of our Resilience Engineering community, powered by the 4TU.DeSIRE research programme.
Extended Presentation (Nov 2024)(8 MB)
This extended PowerPoint presentation introduces the 4TU.Resilience Engineering centre to a broad audience.
Short Presentation (Nov 2024)(7 MB)
This short PowerPoint presentation offers concise information about the 4TU.Resilience Engineering centre.
QR code referring to 4TU.RE LinkedIn page(18 kB)
You can use this QR code in your presentations and for posters to refer your audience to the 4TU.RE LinkedIn page.
4TU.RE visual materials(4 MB)
These are the pictures that 4TU.RE regularly uses and are part of 4TU.RE's visual appearance.
Source for visual materials
Unsplash is internet’s source of freely usable images. This might be a good source to look for visual materials when making a presentation.

4TU.Resilience Engineering logos for use in presentations are available on request.

4TU.DeSIRE Research Programme

DeSIRE (Designing Systems for Informed Resilience Engineering), an extensive interdisciplinary research and capacity building programme, ran from 2018 to 2023. The DeSIRE-programme funded 17 Tenure Trackers, 20 Postdocs and over 50 Resilience Fellows across 14 faculties at the 4TU's. As such 4TU.DeSIRE Programme served as the founding core of the 4TU.RE Centre. Prof. Dr. Tatiana Filatova was the Programme Leader of DeSIRE.