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Mehmet Demirel: the Rhine man

Meet the Turkish man who cycled along the rhine, initiated Dutch toastmasters and already achieved his ‘nirvana’ publication before finishing his PhD. Mehmet Demirel will defend his thesis on low flows in the rhine this month. And yes, his short thesis presentation will be in Dutch.
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Fabienne van der Kleij: learning takes you places

Where other students can’t wait to see the day when they won’t have anything to do with tests anymore, Fabienne van der Kleij made it the topic of her PhD. Finishing 19 December, she has become an expert in how feedback in computer-based assessments can contribute to better learning results. It took her to Tel Aviv and Paris, and Brisbane awaits her.
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Annelies Geerts: champion of the double PhD’s

She is the first Phd to get a doctorate degree from the University of Twente and the catholic University of Leuven. she is also the first to get a Phd education certificate in the Innovation & entrepreneurship track of Twente Graduate school. annelies Geerts’ study on effective innovation strategies in established companies is innovative in itself.
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Shaun Lodder: 'I mimic neurologists'

What started out with an intention to replace doctors, resulted in a software program to help them instead. Shaun Lodder summarizes a tangle of data into a manageable frame to diagnose epilepsy faster and easier. Not afraid to take on an extra challenge, he wants to develop a business from it, too.
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Aidin Niamir: 'Politics impat nature'

Would it not be great to observe things like vegetation, temperature and elevation and know what species are near you? ITC PhD candidate Aidin Niamir collects this knowledge from experts to create a model on the distribution of species. But he is worried.
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Anthony Ohazulike: on his way with no regrets

His father taught him perseverance. That trait took Anthony Ohazulike from a small Nigerian town to a PhD position in Twente, winning many awards and honours on the way. Who is he? And what does he know about road pricing?
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Arjan Frederiks: 'Imagine this!'

Entrepreneurs see things. They recognize opportunities that others don’t, create solutions and have visions for the future. This describes the way many people look at the self-made businessmen. All those characteristics result from one thing: imagination. Arjan Frederiks studies how it works.
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Nicole Georgi: oxygen to repair knee cartilage

Knees, you take them for granted. Until the moment they malfunction and you run the risk of getting an artificial replacement: then you wish you had taken better care of them back in the day. Especially when you are young and learn that your imitation knee might only last 15 years. Nicole Georgi aims to prevent this worst case scenario. For the past four years, she worked on the improvement of cartilage tissue engineering.
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Hester Trompetter: helps to accept Pain

Person has pain, doctor gives medicine, pain is over. If only it were always this simple. Approximately 20% of the population suffers from minor or major chronic pains. For some of them there is only one recipe: learn to live with it. Hester Trompetter helps these people to reclaim quality of life.
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Aditya Iyer monitors clumping of proteins

Proteins do not only make you stronger. In fact, they can make you weaker when they clump together. Science has shown a strong relation between aggregated proteins and Parkinson’s disease. We just don’t know the details of this relation, and what starts this process. Aditya Iyer is on a mission to find out.
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Juan Roman Casado: ‘I listen to the fire’

Facing up to 165 decibels and extreme heat, Juan Roman Casado is on a quest to find the optimal parameters for air, fuel and sound. Aim: the creation of cleaner and more reliable gas turbine combustors.
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Liang Ye, Junwen Luo and Wenlong Chen: China’s got talent

They are talented, have relevant research interests and are eager to learn more. That is why Liang Ye, Junwen Luo and Wenlong Chen were admitted into the Talent & Training China – Netherlands programme in 2011, and were able to start their PhDs in Twente. One year down the road, how are they doing?
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