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‘The aim should be to make PhDs excellent, not generalists’

He was one of the driving forces behind the implementation of the for expats highly advantageous 30% tax ruling at the UT. But now PhD student and UT Council Member Victor de Graaff is on another mission: to stop the introduction of a policy measure that would compel PhD students to obtain 30 European Credits (ECs) through non-research course work. He talks about his concerns to Marloes van Amerom, and explains how UT-ers can give their opinion on the matter.
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Rindia Putri winner of TGS Award

Rindia Putri has won the TGS Research Honours PhD Award for Twente's graduate student Top Talent. She is MSc student in chemical engineering. Prof. Jeroen Cornelissen, one of Putri's supervisors, accepted the award on behalf of Putri, yesterday at the opening of the academic year. Putri is the first winner of this new TGS Award.
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Simultaneous PhD defences: how special is that?

Well, kind of special. At least, when you realise that they are three Chinese, coming from one department and that it happens within that department for the second time. Reason to have a Chinese celebration in the DMMP-department of Marc Uetz.
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PhD’s over de verschrikkingen in thuisland Egypte

Hoe zou het zijn als je niet bij je familie en vrienden kunt zijn, die in een land wonen waar geweld aan de orde van de dag is? UT-Phd’s Momen Abayazid en Amed Ibrahim hebben het er moeilijk mee. Ze willen een video maken met statements van onafhankelijke politieke deskundigen over de situatie in Egypte.
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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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