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Andrea Sánchez: The Machine Whisperer

Andrea Sánchez listens to machines: they use vibrations to tell her about their conditions and performances. The goal is to share her knowledge with other engineers, to help them understand fundamental elements of mechanical maintenance. ‘We need more machine-doctors to predict, diagnose and cure.’
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Xavier Ikejemba: ‘I started with nothing’

Within five years, Xavier Ikejemba wants to give electricity access to 100.000 African households through his own company. Within three to four years, he wants to finish his dissertation on enhancing sustainable development of Africa. Eventually, he even wants to be the president of his home country Nigeria. ‘There’s no time to waste.’
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Learn to distinguish yourself on the Be Visible PhD Day

Doctoral candidates network P-NUT wants to help doctoral candidates present themselves and their research in a distinguishing manner. The theme of the yearly PhD Day, held in the Vrijhof on 16 October, is therefore 'Be Visible'.
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Profileren kun je leren op PhD-dag Be Visible

Promovendinetwerk P-NUT wil PhD's helpen zichzelf en hun onderzoek te profileren. 'Be Visible' is daarom het thema van de jaarlijkse PhD-dag, op 16 oktober in de Vrijhof.
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Jonathan Barreaux: I can see clearly now

Jonathan Barreaux likes to shed a light on things. As a PhD candidate he seeks to improve the use of XUV-radiations. And as the president of P-NUT, he advocates real professionalization and clarity. ‘When my presidency is over, I want to have an efficiently working board, more Dutch PhDs in the association, more information on housing possibilities and even closer ties with Twente Graduate School.’
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Willy Siegel: bounces and stretches technology

For long, the idea of automation was to replace people. But what if things go wrong? It’s still humans who need to anticipate, react and be flexible like a feather for things to end well. Willy Siegel states that humanity and technology cannot be separated. Rather, they need to interact. Willy has a name for it. It’s called resilience engineering.
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PhD student co-creating a virtual police suspect

Merijn Bruijnes, PhD student from Human Media Interaction Research Group, is working on a rather interesting project titled ‘Pointer’. Its goal is to co-develop an interactive program, which helps to train new police officers and improve their interviewing skills. The project, funded by COMMIT, aims to model the mind and the mood of a police suspect by using IT and psychological theories of interpersonal communication.
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Vincent The: gets the ball rolling

Patients with chronic diseases see general practitioners, neurologists, physiotherapists, and the list continues. It would make sense for these experts to align their treatments to benefit the patient most. But Vincent The knows that reality can be different. His PhD focuses on information quality and decision-making in healthcare. In fact, motivating himself and others to be better is a common theme in his life.
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Vic van Dijk: ‘It’s all in the membrane’

Hardcore technology versus politics and fundamental research versus implementations in industry. Vic van Dijk has it all. Welcome to the mysterious world of silica coatings, beer and improving the position of students as inhabitants of Enschede.
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Csaba Daday: research like bridge and chess

Glow in the dark proteins sound artificial and futuristic. But they aren’t. Csaba Daday came all the way to Twente from Romania via Iceland to work on theoretical models that explain this natural phenomenon. So what are they? Why is it important? And also, how does it compare to chess?
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Niels Baas: 'we need to talk'

The Internet is where all the bad things happen. Grooming, sexting, cyber bullying, you name it. Our children are naive creatures who need to be protected from all of this. Or is it? Niels Baas strongly disagrees. ´Parents need to learn how to talk with their children again.´
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'News media make the Internet scary'

The news media make the Internet a scary place for children, says PhD candidate Niels Baas, referring to negative concepts like grooming, sexting and cyber bullying.
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