Engineering

The University of Groningen has been awarded approximately EUR 200,000 ChemistryNL funding to develop a more sustainable production route for bio-based chemicals.

How can effluent gases from plastic recycling be better managed to produce more valuable chemicals?

Ranjita Bose of the University of Groningen develops tailor made polymers for polymer products like glue or coatings. She is working, for instance, on self-healing coatings for easy repair, and ungluable glues for a circular economy.

As part of the national growth fund Big Chemistry, Nathalie Katsonis, the project lead in Groningen, uses robots in the University of Groningen chemistry labs to study surfactants. These molecules sit at the boundaries between water, oil, air, or solid surfaces.

Pieter van der Zaag is an expert in the field of bio-nanotechnology and molecular imaging. On May 29, he will deliver his inaugural lecture titled: How shall you eke order out of chaos?

In this VR game, you control an owl with head movements: just tilt your head forward and the owl makes a nosedive. Meanwhile, you’re actually doing neck exercises. Elisabeth Wilhelm and her PhD-student Luís Felipe García Arias developed this game together with Marina de Koning-Tijssen, a neurologist at the University Medical Center Groningen. The game was developed for patients who experience abnormal movements and postures of the neck due to a neurological disorder called cervical dystonia.

From tailor-made shaving tools to personalized healthcare: the potential of autonomous robots, especially when they work in teams, is huge. How do we control the decisions these complex systems make so that they can operate safely and efficiently? Professor of Networks and Robotics, Ming Cao (Faculty of Science and Engineering), and his team are working hard to find out.

Loi will receive the grant for developing safe, highly sensitive and fast  infrared detectors for use in advanced sensor technology.

Maria Antonietta Loi, creates new materials that turn light into electricity or electricity into light. She works with led/tin perovskites for solar cells, and quantum dots for various technological applications.