Eindhoven University of Technology

The Horizon Europe project ONCHIPS aims to provide a unique silicon-based integrated architecture by developing key building blocks for quantum technologies.
Such a technology combines the best of two worlds: it would interface individual spin qubits and photons, and drastically enhance the scalability of quantum systems. The ONCHIPS’ novel silicon platform integrating quantum electronics and photonics will make a high impact in the quantum community and semiconductor industry positioning Europe at the forefront of these domains.
By using a new CMOS compatible and optically active material system - direct bandgap GeSi which won the Physics World 2020Breakthrough - the ONCHIPS partners will realize for the first-time quantum heterostructures, spin qubits, electronic and photonic quantum devices and spin-photon interfaces with the ultimate goal to integrate the electronics and photonics in a single silicon-based system.
ONChips partners
Coordinated by Prof. Floris Zwanenburg, the ONCHIPS project brings together world leading experts from Twente, Eindhoven, Münich, Paris, Delft, Konstanz and Budapest:
The ONCHIPS project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101080022.

Network for safe and sustainable by design electromagnetic shielding for vehicles
PARASOL is a Doctoral Network at the intersection of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), materials engineering, system-safety engineering, and sustainability management. The project will include the Safe and Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) approach for vehicles. The Doctoral Researchers (DRs) trained in the project will research electromagnetic (EM) shielding solutions, which are performance defining technologies in terms of EM safety, weight, volume, mechanical strength, and the cost of a vehicle.
The SSbD approach is pivotal for addressing electromagnetic interference (EMI) challenges in the evolving mobility market, marked by the rise of electric vehicles and increased autonomous functionality. The absence of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and a comprehensive assessment methodology hinders effective EMI shielding solutions. The project aims to fill these gaps, providing valuable KPIs and insights through effective communication and dissemination. Bridging these challenges will empower companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, to navigate EMI risk management successfully, contributing to the overall goal of developing efficient KPIs for shielding solutions using the SSbD approach in the mobility sector.

Risk-based lifEstyle Change: daily-lifE moNiToring and REcommendations
About
There is a great need for a more personalized approach in healthcare and smart monitoring solutions to revolutionize healthcare and relocate care from the clinical to the home setting. In RECENTRE, we work with patients and citizens to empower people to play a leading role in their lifestyle and health within their own environment. By holistic monitoring of vulnerable populations in their home and tailored recommendations, we relocate care from primary/secondary care and prevent disease development or worsening, resulting in timely intervention, higher quality of life and lower healthcare costs.
By leveraging on existing state-of-the-art sensing techniques, we advance emerging deep-tech sensing approaches, resulting in improvements in scale, cost, and performance. We develop dynamic risk profiles based on multivariate data for the added risk of lifestyle on health outcomes over time. For monitoring high-risk populations in daily life, we create integrated smart sensor systems. The systems are designed for high patient engagement by considering the needs of patients in combination with the vividness of imagining oneself in a virtual environment with different types of sensing techniques in the future-self approach. By deep-phenotyping, we develop dynamic holistic patient profiles over the life course to come towards meaningful personalized adaptive recommendations with high potential for adoption and lifestyle change. We investigate transferability by including multiple application areas; focusing on cancer and obese populations at risk of late effects. This combined risk-based approach using holistic monitoring and engagement enables sustainable empowerment of people in daily-life using eHealth.
Our combined 4TU expertise will strengthen and pool cutting-edge techniques in the fields of deep-tech sensing technologies, dynamic prediction modelling, holistic profiling, adaptive individual interventions, patient engagement, implementation science, and (cost-)effectiveness. This synergy in complementary expertise is paramount for successful development of smart affordable and accessible eHealth monitoring solutions in daily life. We form a large network, including all relevant stakeholders for our patient and citizen-centered approach.

NWO has awarded €2.85 million to a University of Twente-led NWA (National Science Agenda) project that contributes to more inclusive and equitable energy policies. The SYNERGY project investigates how behaviours such as cooperation, resistance, and collective action emerge in local settings like neighbourhoods, energy hubs, and energy communities. This transdisciplinary project aims to produce practical tools and knowledge that governments and practitioners can use to design more effective, fair, and adaptive energy policies.
A key principle of SYNERGY is energy justice: ensuring that everyone, regardless of their resources or background, has the opportunity to participate in, and benefit from, the energy transition. This includes addressing inequalities in access to renewable energy systems and in the decision-making processes that shape them.
The project, SYNERGY, focuses on social dynamics and addresses the question of how to make the energy transition fairer and more inclusive. Le Anh Long, from the Faculty of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences (section PA), coordinates the project and works together with colleagues Thomas Hoppe  (BMS-CSTM), Sikke Jansma (BMS-CS), Peter Stegmaier (BMS-KiTES), Ewert Aukes (BMS-CSTM), Imad Ibrahim (BMS-CSTM) and Marco Gerards (EEMCS-CAES). The grant falls under the NWA Call 'Social dynamics in the energy transition. From theory to practice, which aims to deepen understanding of how social behaviour and interactions influence the energy transition.
A strong collaboration across universities and practice
SYNERGY is a collaborative effort involving partners across the Netherlands. Alongside the University of Twente, the consortium includes TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, Tilburg University, Utrecht University, Avans University of Applied Science, TNO, and several partners from practice, including energy cooperatives. By bringing together academic expertise and real-world perspectives, the project bridges research and practice to support policymakers, energy hubs, local communities and individuals.

Eternity is a European funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie project, with partners from Belgium, Portugal, Spain and The Netherlands. Each of the 14 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) will be trained to work in multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams, with a new mindset tuned towards the inclusion of the three main elements of a risk-based approach into innovative design methods. For this inclusion to occur, each ESR will develop through their research the missing dedicated tools and techniques, and apply them to a representative set of medical devices under development. This hands-on training is supplemented with several scientific professional courses and an immersive training where the ESRs can fine-tune their skills for the Jobs of tomorrow, while addressing the societal challenges of the ETERNITY program. More detailed information on the purpose and structure of the project can be found under “About” at the top of the page.
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