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April 2025 | # 19

RESEARCH

Energy Transition in the Built Environment | How can buildings, streets, districts, cities, and regions transform their energy infrastructure toward sustainable alternatives based on renewables? That question is central to the focus area Energy Transition in the Built Environment. Read more


PARTNERS | STAKEHOLDERS

Carbyon | It was a rather serendipitous finding that laid the foundations for Carbyon, which markets machines that directly capture CO2 from ambient air in a fast and cost-effective way. CEO and founder Hans De Neve explains about Carbyon’s ambitions, and its successful journey so far. Read more

Bosch Thin Metal Technologies | Robert Antonise, Program manager New Product Innovations, explains how the company – known for its pushbelts for continuously variable transmissions in combustion engines – is now also manufacturing thin metal components for sustainable energy technologies. Read more

ENERGY DEBATE


EnergyDays Industrial heat | How can we develop and successfully implement sustainable sources of industrial heat? During the March 2025 edition of EnergyDays all aspects of this crucial heat transition were discussed. Read more


EDUCATION


Systematic approach to stimulating students | EIRES is involved in TU/e’s educational activities, as soon as they aim to impact the energy transition, that is. EIRES team members Han van Kasteren and Varsha Pridhivi explain the approach EIRES takes to stimulate students to make an impact. Read more


Mastering hydrogen technology | In February 2025, an international group of talented students participating in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master HySET came to the Netherlands. The students visited Shell and Eindhoven University of Technology, exchanged experiences and attended workshops by scientists, industry experts and international analysts. Read more

AWARDS/ PRIZES/ GRANTS

Richard van de Sanden in Hall of Fame | EIRES director Richard van de Sanden has been awarded the Plasma Materials Science Hall of Fame Prize for 2024. Read more

Klokhuis science prize nomination | Lenneke Kuijer’s BRYS was nominated for the Klokhuis science prize. Read more

ERC Consolidator Grant | Shuxia Tao was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant worth 2 million euros l to research the chirality of materials with perovskites, which are used for solar cells. Read more  

MOOI project | Rick Kramer received funding to advance the development of robust energy management and intelligent control methods for continuous remote management of climate systems, focusing on energy efficiency and comfort. Read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

25 April | EIRES Lecture with Dr. Vincent van Hinsberg (McGill University)

9 May | Dutch Fusion Day

12 May | Electrochemical Conversion National Symposium

6 June | EIRES Lecture with Prof. Christian Hasse (TU Darmstadt)

10 June | NextGen HighTech workshop ALD for batteries

27 June| EIRES Lecture with Dr. Martin Bloemendal (TNO)

31 October | Energizing Day


DISSERTATIONS

Iron powder boilers | A promising candidate for energy storage is iron powder. Niek van Rooij explored in his PhD research how to scale up the combustion of iron powder to make it applicable for industrial processes. He defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering on February 28th. Read more

Optimizing NMR system designs | In his PhD research, Rutger Tromp explores how nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology can be adapted for accurate flow measurements in the challenging environments of the process industry. Read more

Stability of combustion appliances | Hamed F. Ganji’s research tackles the critical issue of thermoacoustic instability in combustion systems, a major challenge for both efficiency and safety. Read more