Overarching research programmes

The ENTEG institute is affiliated to the Engineering Center of the university of Groningen

ENTEG staff participates in the following research themes

• Advanced Materials (faculty theme)
• Data Science and Systems Complexity (faculty theme)
• Energy (university broad theme)

• Health Technology Research & Innovation Cluster (HTRIC)

ENTEG staff also participates in the following academic agendas of the University of Groningen:

• innovation agenda Green industry
  to present research of the University of Groningen carried out in the Green Industry theme, as well as current collaborations and our ambitions for future joint projects with relevant stakeholders.
• innovation agenda Smart mobility
  to present research plans of the University of Groningen in the area of smart mobility to be performed in cooperation with relevant stakeholders.
• Roadmap for smart industries
  to develop new fundamental knowledge, to create a conceptual foundation for current smart industry initiatives, and to train and inspire students in a variety of Master programs.

Smart and Circular
ENTEG has strong active research lines on the subjects:

• Smart Industry, where concepts such as Artificial intelligence, Sensoring, Big Bata and Robotization are applied in order to produce more efficiently, and
• Circular Economy, an (ecological) shift of the way of producing and consuming materials. The latter entails waste prevention by preserving the value of products and materials, using renewable carbon (e.g. CO2, plastic recyclate and biomass) and changing business models to safeguard a smaller ecological footprint.

Based on these strengths, a group of ENTEG researchers launched a Smart Circular Alliance initiative (start in 2020). More information on this initiative can be found here. A landing page for the Alliance is here.