Royal decorations for three professors
On Wednesday 29 April 2009, three professors of the Faculty of Science and Engineering received a Royal Decoration. The Royal Decorations are anually awarded on the day before Queens’ Day, a national holiday in the Netherlands.
Prof. M. Veenhuis was made Knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands. Anually only twelve persons receive this decoration. Prof. J.M. Koolhaas and honorary professor J.P. Kamerling were made Officers in the Order of Orange-Nassau. Prof. Veenhuis and Koolhaas were decorated on request of the University of Groningen; prof. Kamerling received his decoration through another organisation.
Last modified: | 22 August 2024 1.23 p.m. |
More news
-
07 February 2025
Four FSE start-ups take part in Academic Startup Competition
Four start-up companies founded by FSE scientists have been nominated to participate in the fifth edition of the Academic Start-up Competition.
-
03 February 2025
Flexible solar panels and a tattooed sensor
The black dots and lines on this plastic plate conduct electricity, and are as flexible as the plastic it is on. And that is special, Ranjita Bose, associate professor of Polymer Engineering, explains: ‘It’s a conductive polymer that combines the...
-
30 January 2025
Highlighted papers December 2024 - January 2025
Read our highlighted papers from December/January: new insights into electronics from 2D materials, and into the protein clumps that cause Huntington's disease.