Category: Updates & News
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Interview Tech Gelderland
March 21th, 2024 Original Source (in Dutch) by TechGelderland: here Translation to English: Tessa Bouwmeester works as a researcher at Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Enschede and is taking the master’s degree in Molecular Life Sciences part-time at HAN. She will graduate later this year. Bouwmeester is working as a researcher on the MenoPause…
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Criminal Investigation XD: nanotechnology in forensic investigation toward a safer society
January 30th, 2024 Original Source (in Dutch) by Max Nab: The smart cotton swab. A tool that can date fingerprints on the spot. These are examples of technological innovations that lecturers Martin Bennink (Applied Nanotechnology) and Jaap Knotter (Technologies for Criminal Investigation) have developed for use at crime scenes. In the Criminal Investigation DX project,…
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Pioneers in Healthcare Voucher
January 23th, 2024 Earlier this week our research team #AppliedNanotechnology at #Saxion has been awarded a #PioneerInHealthcare voucher (#PIHC). entitled “Continuous glucose monitoring (#CGM) in the intensive care unit”. This project will be coordinated by Kim Kamphorst from the Deventer Ziekenhuis, and other involved partners are Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (ZGT) and Medisch Spectrum Twente (MST). Both…
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Aniek applied to Saxion: ‘I like to think in terms of opportunities’
November 27th, 2023 Original Source (in Dutch) by Anne Hurenkamp: Picture: Thomas Busschers She was content in her previous job, but in 2021, Aniek Welman came across a position at Saxion that aligned perfectly with her background. She’s now a staff member in education and research at the Applied Nanotechnology research group. “I was given…
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Quantum Delta NL Opens National Network of Quantum Talent & Learning Centres
November 25th, 2023 More information here Video description: Quantum Delta NL (QDNL) is celebrating the launch of four Talent & Learning Centres (TLCs) in the Netherlands to help prepare for tomorrow’s quantum technologies, by teaching the future minds which will realize the commercial, scientific and economic potential of quantum technology. These TLCs will connect educational…
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EduLARP: a ‘role-playing game’ for empathetic engineering students?
November 23th, 2023 Original Source (in Dutch) by Jos Eertink: What do nanotechnology and playing a role-playing game have in common? Verena Schulze Greiving, lecturer-researcher in Ethics & Technology and Applied Nanotechnology, makes this clear to us through playful means. Using Live Action Role Playing (LARP), Verena aims to raise awareness among engineering students about…
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Is e-waste the new gold? Podcast (series Denkers & Doeners)
November 20th, 2023 Original Source (in Dutch) by Anne Hurenkamp: Every year, 100 million printed circuit boards (PCBs) are manufactured worldwide. They are found in our smartphones, laptops, e-bikes, and nowadays even in refrigerators. These PCBs contain metals such as gold, silver, and copper. To prevent these valuable and sometimes hazardous raw materials from becoming…