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‘Ik vind het belangrijk dat wat de ander onthoudt, correct is’

‘Aan de borreltafel’ is een rubriek over wetenschap. Wetenschapsjournalist Enith Vlooswijk praat met én tekent over UT-onderzoekers, die vertellen over hun vakgebied en de misvattingen die hierover bestaan. In deze elfde aflevering: Maarten van Aalst, hoogleraar ‘Spatial resilience for Disasters Risk Reduction’ aan de faculteit ITC.
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‘I find it important that what the other person remembers, is correct'

‘Over a pint’ is a series about science. UT researchers talk to science journalist Enith Vlooswijk about their field and the misconceptions that exist about it. Enith turns their input into writing and drawings. This eleventh episode: Maarten van Aalst, professor for ‘Spatial resilience for Disasters Risk Reduction’ at the ITC Faculty.
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Pioneers in Health Care

‘If this works, it will make a huge change in patient’s lives’

In the last seven years, the Pioneers in Health Care (PIHC) fund has financially supported seventy research projects, all of them aiming to improve patient care in Twente and Salland. How many of them made it to the clinic and what impact are they making in the region? ‘Was every project successful? No, but that is pioneering,’ says project manager Jojanneke Schuiling - Jukes.
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Optical computer to solve complex problems

Solving optimization problems in, for example, parcel deliveries, where packages have to be delivered using the shortest and quickest route, can be a difficult task, even for a computer. Jan Klärs, UT assistant professor in Nanophotonics, is planning to develop a completely new, highly efficient computer that works with light to study and better understand complex optimization problems. The European Research council awarded his research a so-called ‘Consolidator Grant’ of two million euros for five years.
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Dashboard to predict regional outbreaks

‘Predicting COVID-19 is close to impossible’

UT professor Nelly Litvak is leading a project developing a COVID-19 dashboard to predict regional outbreaks in the Netherlands. The dashboard should help municipalities make suitable decisions on corona measures. ‘One of the main issues with COVID-19 was that we didn’t have enough knowledge and didn’t know what to do.’
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Slim photonic crystals imprison light waves in 3D

Catching light

Willem Vos, Professor of Applied Physics at the UT, together with colleagues from Twente and Japan, have managed to design a thin, so-called, photonic crystal to trap and even manipulate light. The scientists found that their new slim design functions as well as traditional thick 3-D crystals. The thin size increases their application potential tremendously, for example, in the telecom industry and in solar panels.
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‘Small, infectious droplets can persist in air for over an hour’

FFP2 face masks, ventilation and air filters. According to Detlef Lohse, UT professor and an expert in fluid dynamics, these are presently the most important extra ingredients to prevent the coronavirus from spreading indoors. ‘Since the majority of infections is airborne, namely via aerosols.’
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UT-onderzoek naar virusvrije festiviteiten

Ruud Verdaasdonk, UT-hoogleraar Health Technology Implementation, zoekt samen met de evenementensector naar mogelijkheden om groepen mensen samen te laten komen. De belangrijkste vraag: hoe kunnen we straks weer veilig evenementen organiseren?
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Nederlanders onderschatten kans op virus van eigen bodem

Wat als er in Nederland een corona-achtig virus ontstaat door zoönose; een ziekte die van dier op mens kan overgaan? Volgens Mariëlle Stel, universitair hoofddocent bij de UT-vakgroep psychologie van risico, conflict en veiligheid, zien weinig Nederlanders het als een reëel gevaar. ‘Terwijl onze intensieve veehouderij voor grote risico's zorgt.’
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UT students build Covid simulation of Horst

How does the coronavirus spread in Horst? This question is answered by four UT students using a computerized simulation of the building. 'Simple things like a face mask, social distancing and a lower building capacity make a big difference.'
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UT-studenten maken coronasimulatie voor Horst

Hoe verspreidt het coronavirus zich in de Horst? Deze vraag probeerden vier UT-studenten aan de hand van een computergestuurde simulatie van het gebouw te beantwoorden. ‘Simpele dingen als een mondmasker, afstand houden en een lagere gebouwcapaciteit maken een groot verschil.’
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Wearable technology helps non-verbal patients

Giving the body a voice

How do you communicate if you cannot speak and your movement is limited? To help clients with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD), DesignLab researcher Kristin Neidlinger created Orbee, wearable technology that ‘gives their bodies a voice’.
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Aan de borreltafel

‘De techneut en de arts hebben een ander perspectief’

‘Aan de borreltafel’ is een rubriek over wetenschap. Wetenschapsjournalist Enith Vlooswijk praat met én tekent over UT-onderzoekers, die vertellen over hun vakgebied en de misvattingen die hierover bestaan. In deze tiende aflevering: Françoise Siepel, universitair docent bij de EWI-vakgroep Robotics and Mechatronics.
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Over a pint with... Françoise Siepel

'The technician and the doctor have a different perspective'

‘Over a pint’ is a series about science. UT researchers talk to science journalist Enith Vlooswijk about their field and the misconceptions that exist about it. Enith turns their input into writing and drawings. This tenth episode: Françoise Siepel, assistant professor at the EEMCS Robotics and Mechatronics group.
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Over a pint
Over a pint with... Françoise Siepel

'The technician and the doctor have a different perspective'

‘Over a pint’ is a series about science. UT researchers talk to science journalist Enith Vlooswijk about their field and the misconceptions that exist about it. Enith turns their input into writing and drawings. This tenth episode: Françoise Siepel, assistant professor at the EEMCS Robotics and Mechatronics group.
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Aan de borreltafel

‘De techneut en de arts hebben een ander perspectief’

‘Aan de borreltafel’ is een rubriek over wetenschap. Wetenschapsjournalist Enith Vlooswijk praat met én tekent over UT-onderzoekers, die vertellen over hun vakgebied en de misvattingen die hierover bestaan. In deze tiende aflevering: Françoise Siepel, universitair docent bij de EWI-vakgroep Robotics and Mechatronics.
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