Dissertations

2025

Ishu Aggarwal: Computational analysis of sensing and actuation in natural and nature-inspired ciliary systems

1^st promotor: Prof Patrick Onck, 2^nd promotor: Prof Ajay Kottapalli

Jeremy Bolt: Preservation of cut flowers using supercritical carbon dioxide

1^st promotor: prof. Gert Jan Euverink, 2^nd promotor: prof. Francesco Picchioni

Jin Chen: "Distributed Formation Control with Multiple Systems' Constraints: from Geometry to Distribution"

1^st promotor: Prof. Bayu Jayawardhana, 2^nd promotor: Prof. Ming Cao

Xiupeng Chen: "Game Theoretic Coordination and Control of Decentralized Energy Systems"

1^st promotor: Prof. Nima Monshizadeh and 2^nd promotor: Prof. Jacequlien Scherpen

Xiaoyan Dai: "Nonlinear Data-driven Control-Output Feedback and Online Methods"

1^st promotor: Prof. Claudio De Persis and 2^nd promotor: Prof. Nima Monshizadeh

Frank M. den Hoed: Smart materials and novel accessory techniques for microfabrication with two-photon lithography

1^st promotor: Prof. Patrizio Raffa, 2^nd promotor: Prof. Francesco Picchioni

Jie Guo: "Diesl-Alder Chemistry: An old workhorse for new self-healing nanocomposites and adhesives"

1^st promotor: Prof Ranjita Bose, 2^nd promotor: Prof. Francesco Picchioni

Jennifer Hong: "Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Application of Novel Metal Borides Nanomaterials"

1^st promotor: Prof. Paolo P. Pescarmona and 2^nd promotor: Prof. Loredana Protesescu

Teimour Hosseinalizadeh: "Privacy-aware control of cyber-physical systems: Analysis and synthesis"

1^st promotor: Prof. Nima Monshizadeh Naini, 2^nd promotor: Fatih Turkmen, 3^rd promotor: Prof. Claudio De Persis

Brenda Carreño Jiménez: KNN-based piezoelectric materials: Characterization and engineering approaches

1^st promotor: Prof. Monica Acuautla Meneses, 2^nd promotor: Prof. Jacquelien Scherpen, co-promotor: Dr. Rigoberto López Juárez

Timothy M. Kousemaker: Numerical Modelling of Multiphase Flow and Transport Phenomena in Screw Extruders

1^st promotor: prof. Francesco Picchioni, 2^nd promotor: prof. Antonis Vakis, co-promotor: dr. Pablo Druetta

Anastasia Prima Kristijarti: Bioproduction and Application of Glycogen from Red Microalgae (A case study on Galdieria sulphuraria)

1^st promotor: Prof. M.J.E.C. van der Maarel, 2^nd promotor: Prof. H.J. Heeres, 3^rd promotor: Prof. F. Picchioni

Lorenzo La Rosa: "Unravelling Atomistic Mechanisms of Martensitic Transformations in Shape-Memory Alloys"

1^st promotor: Prof Francesco Maresca and 2^nd promotor: Prof Antonis Vakis

Jiachen Li: Design of heterogeneous catalysts for the conversion of glycerol and lactic acid to value-added N-containing compounds

1^st promotor: Prof. P. P. Pescarmona, 2^nd promotor: Prof. Erik Heeres

Lidong Li: "Data-Driven Controller Learning in Noisy Environments"

1^st promotor: Prof. Nima Monshizadeh and 2^nd promotor: Prof. Claudio De Persis

Yanfei Li: Biobased chemicals from a reed based biorefinery

1^st promotor: Prof. Gert-Jan Euverink, 2^nd promotor: Prof. Erik Heeres

Adrivit Mukherjee: "Flexible Bioelectronic Sensors: Bridging the Biomechanical Gap via Vapor Deposition of Conductive Polymers"

1^st promotor: Prof Ranjita Bose, 2^nd promotor: Prof Marleen Kamperman, 3^rd promotor: Prof Ajay Kottapalli

Asala Mahajna: "Demystifying water microbiomes in engineered ecosystems: from drinking water distribution systems to saline activated sludge"

1^st promotor: Prof. B. Jayawardhana, 2^nd promotor: Prof. G.J.W. Euverink, 3^rd promotor: Prof. K.J. Keesman

Linda Ong: Unobtrusive Detection of Poor Sitting and Eating Behaviour in a Healthy Population

1^st promotor: Prof. M. Cao, 2^nd promotor: Prof. G.J. Verkerke, co-promotor: dr Elisabeth Wilhelm

Chencong Ruan: Development of Catalytic Strategies and Process Technologies for the Valorization of Lignocellulose-derived Carbohydrates to Furanic Aldehydes in Choline Chloride-based Green Solvent Systems

1^st promotor: Prof. Jun Yue, 2^nd promotor: Prof. Erik Heeres

Faiz Sultan: Synthesis and Characterisation of Mixed Metal Oxides as Electrocatalysis for the Oxigen Evolution Reaction

1^st promotor: Prof. P. P. Pescarmona, 2^nd promotor: Prof. J. L. Cholula Diaz, co-supervisor: Dr. D. M. Morales Hernandez

Paul van den Tempel: "Ink jetting of Thermo-Reversible Diels-Alder Networks"

1^st promotor: Prof. Francesco Picchioni and 2^nd promotor: Prof. Ranjita Bose

Lin Wang: Novel polymeric adsorbents for diclofenac sodium removal from aqueous solutions

1^st promotor: Prof. Francesco Picchioni, 2^nd promotor: Prof Gert-Jan Euverink

Ting Wang: Chitin: Sustainable valorization into nitrogen-rich chemical products

1^st promotor: Prof. Peter Deuss, 2^nd promotor: Prof Erik Heeres

Elchin Jafariyeh Yazdi: Conversion of tertiary cellulose to bio-based chemicals via efficient (bio-)catalytic technology

1^st promotor: Prof Jun Yue, 2^nd promotor: Prof. Gert-Jan Euverink, co-promotor: Prof Erik Heeres

Zeyu Zhang: Design of Multifunctional gels for Sensing and Smart Optical Applications

1^st promotor: Prof. P. Raffa, 2^nd promotor: Prof. F. Picchioni

Zhaohang Zhang: Programmable Design of Mechanical Metamaterials

1^st promotor: Prof. Antonis Vakis, 2^nd promotor: Prof. Francesco Picchioni

Jiahui Zhu: Ni-based Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation and Beyond

1^st promotor: Prof. P. P. Pescarmona, co-supervisor: Dr. D. M. Morales Hernandez

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