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Cash machine in MetaForum
TU/e grows contrary to trend
17 February - Rabobank has placed a cash machine in MetaForum last Tuesday. The new machine is close to the elevators, and visible from the reception desk. The new machine comes with security ink. If an unauthorized person pulls out the drawer the money will be doused in green ink, making it unusable. For two months, it was impossible to withdraw cash on campus: the only cash machine, located in the Hoofdgebouw, was shut down.
11 February - This academic year saw slightly fewer students embark on an academic bachelor program in The Netherlands. Some universities saw the number of new students drop significantly, while others saw that number increase. With 9.5 percent, the undeniable front runner in the latter group is TU/e. Six universities welcomed more first-year students this academic year than they did in September 2014, showing from detailed enrollment reports for Dutch universities. Nationwide, the number dropped by 2.4 percent.
Stella beats A at ‘tech Osca pple and Bitcoin rs’
6 February - So lar Team Eindho ven has won a Crunchie s Award for Be st Technology Achievement in Silicon Valley. With their sola family car, the r Eindhoven stud ent team beat competitors in cluding Apple an d Bitcoin, as well as ESA and SpaceX. The Cr unchies are also known as the Oscars for Technology.
5 February - The world’s very first modular car, the first-ever car made of biocomposite, and the first three-seater ‘consumer car’ where the driver is seated in the middle of the vehicle. These are the most striking features of Nova, the new electric car TU/ecomotive will be peddling over the next few months. Last year, TU/ecomotive built a bona fide city car, but this year the new team wanted to present a car that can be used in a number of situations. On top of that, Nova is supposed to be a car for life that ‘matures’ with its owner, as they can modify their vehicle in all kinds of ways to suit their use and needs.
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TU/ecomotive presents design ‘Nova’
Mid April, Nova will debut at the 2015 AutoRAI. However, it won’t be driving until May 11, when TU/ecomotive will start its week-and-a-half company roadshow. Final destination will be Rotterdam, as that’s the starting point of the Shell Eco Marathon on May 21.
Letter to Menoeceus (and Valentina)
It has been a week of inspiring meetings, passions, overwhelming habits and monotonous jobs, stories of humdrum lives drastically changed by new beginnings. Francesca was a manager with a brilliant career at Philips. One year ago, she left her job to follow her passion instead: artisanal bread and pastry baking. Last Saturday, Francesca opened the doors of her house to me and to forty other Ciabatta eaters from all over the world. We tasted tons of delicacies she will be selling in her new bakery, opening soon in the city centre. More than the pumpkin bread and the breadsticks with squid ink (which I’ve dreamt about every night since, by the way), I was impressed by her bravery and commitment. Changing your life when failure knocks on the door, that’s quite something, but doing so in winning times, that’s a challenge for the chosen few only. Bart is a PhD student during the week (Saturday and Sunday included), and a guitarist on Monday nights. While I align the pencils of my lab coat pocket in rainbow colors, Bart creates artificial heart valves and organizes rock festivals with emerging bands at Popei. For free. Last week I met him and the young generation I like. 19-year-old singer-songwriters ignoring the umpteenth mock version of Break on through and instead work with new choruses and musical notes. Bart’s lesson for me is summarized in these words from the book The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran: let your soul
exalt your reason to the height of passion, that it may sing. Finally, there’s Laura. She is an art historian, one of the best under 30 around. Laura accepted a PhD in iconography, Aracoeli, Augustus, Sibyls and other intricated stuff I never know how to explain. But this is not the point. She does it for free. No scholarship, no commuting or housing allowance, nothing. Nothing else but glory. And, trust me, neither I nor any of the well-paid PhD students I found here have that magic excitement she gets by looking at paintings, unraveling the hidden symbols behind them: by doing, in other words, her job. By looking at the way these people pursue their passions, I can’t stop asking myself: what makes us most happy ? Comfort zones that a stable and maybe boring job delineates, or rare gratifications that riskier but exciting jobs could give? What if the dream job exists, but we are just too scared, too settled down, too lazy, too well paid to take the risk of standing up and going to search for it? I haven’t found an answer yet, but reading again this piece from Letter to Menoeceus, by Epicurus, helped me quite a lot. ‘For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul [...]. We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed towards attaining it.’
Vale PhD Biom ntina Bonito, edical Engi neering
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And how are things in Irvine? More and more TU/e students go abroad for their studies to follow courses, internships or a doctorate path. What is it like to find your way in a new country? Students tell their stories.
For five months, I’ll be enjoying the sun in Irvine, California, where I’m currently working as a researcher at the Informatics Department at UC Irvine. As I’m not a ‘real’ student I wasn’t eligible for student housing, so I now live with a professor and his wife. It’s a great way to experience American culture, including Thanksgiving, Superbowl Sunday, book clubs, and delicious American cakes. However, on campus American culture isn’t as prominent. The majority of students is from Asia, and some lectures are even in Chinese. So I meet people from all over the globe, and I have come into contact with many more cultures than I thought I would. One story I won’t forget is that of an Indian student studying Computer Science at UCI. It’s the program with the best chances of getting a well-paid job. After graduating, he’ll have to work in the US for about nine years to pay off his student debt, and provide for his entire family in India. Only after that, he’ll be able to do what he loves: return to India and do something economical. He’s not too big on computers. The people and all my experiences have made this semester abroad truly special for me. The stark contrast between all those cultures made me think. In the US, there are hundreds of restaurants to choose from, each with a menu the size of a phone book. You can order whatever you feel like having. For many people, this freedom of choice isn’t a given, so I’m grateful to be able to study what I want, and have the opportunity to spend time abroad.
R studieannne Conijn Techno t of Hu , logy I mannteract ion Would you also like to write an article about your time abroad? Please send an email to cursor@tue.nl.
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Life after TU/e
Name: Bipashyee Ghosh Place of Birth: Kolkata, India Date of Birth: October 11, 1990 At TU/e: I came to TU/e in September 2012 and stayed for two years for my masters in Innovation Sciences at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation sciences. I graduated in August 2014. Current position: PhD researcher at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex in the UK. What are you doing now? I am currently pursuing my PhD at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex in the UK. This doctoral study is in the broad field of Science and Technology Policy and I am interested in studying Sustainability Transitions in the context of developing countries. I’ve also been appointed as a Graduat e Teaching Assistant in this institute for a period of three years. I became passion ate about doing academic research in this field, during the course of my masters. I intend to stay in this field and see myself as an independent researcher and academic in the future. How did you find this job? I applied for several PhD positions in the UK as well as in the Netherla nds. It was challenging to start looking for vacancies and positions and I started by merely looking at online adverts by the universities. My professors at TU/e also helped me with finding suitable positions by forwarding relevant opportunities and encoura ging me to apply for those positions. It was also hard to write an initial research proposa l for the applications, but my professors also supported me in that process by giving feedback on initial drafts of the proposal. Given my good experiences of living in the Netherlands, I would have loved to stay in the Netherlands. However, I didn’t find enough oppor tunities at Dutch universities while I was looking for one. Moreover, I’ve always wanted to live in the UK and I found a couple of good opportunities here.
What happens to international students after they graduate from TU/e? Do they go job hunting in the Netherlands, pack their bags and explore the world, or return to their home countries? International TU/e graduates talk about their lives after TU/e.
How do you reflect on your time at TU/e? Tu/e was my first choice to pursue my master’s because the program of Innovation Sciences itself intrigued me. I really liked the fact that the course was multidisciplinary and provided a broad perspective, and the course structure and topics covered were quite unique in nature. Over and above this, I was really excited to be able to live in the Netherlands. I really enjoyed to live and travel in this country, study at a Dutch university, get to know Dutch people, culture, food, and festivities. One thing that I loved most and will always miss is the warm, friendly, charming and welcoming nature of the Dutch. What advice would you give current students? I always believed that whatever it takes, you should always follow your heart when it comes to choosing career options. No matter how hard it might seem to get that job you like, it always pays off to stay focused and to believe in yourself , and know you are capable of doing something that you really want to do.
22 | Research
19 February 2015
Automatically following the vehicle in front Should we take Google’s claim that it is going to put self-driving cars onto the market within five years seriously? Will we also have the first driverless cars moving around here before long? Henk Nijmeijer does not expect that things will develop that swiftly with autonomous vehicles. The professor of Dynamics & Control thinks that cars should first learn to communicate with each other. That is why the Automotive Lab of TU/e is adjusting Renault Twizy’s in such a way that they can anticipate the driving behavior of vehicles in front of them. Next year the ultimate test will be conducted in a new Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge on the A270 between Eindhoven and Helmond.
If we are to believe the latest reports, Google considers its self-driving car to be an ideal taxi - without a driver, then. If anything, this is a publicity stunt, Henk Nijmeijer assumes. “Time and again they succeed in making the headlines with their plans, which they do very cleverly indeed. Google hopes that it can attract a major carmaker to do business with. And they will probably pull it off.”
should begin with what we call cooperative driving. In this technique, vehicles have a wireless connection so that your car is told when the vehicle in front suddenly brakes or accelerates.” By means of a kind of sophisticated cruise control the car reacts much faster to the speed changes of the car in front than a driver could do himself. This system is called Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC).
In 2011 this method was tested extensively on the A270 between Eindhoven and Helmond. TU/e was closely involved in the organization of this Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge (GCDC) and also took part with a truck that was made available by truck manufacturer DAF. “Next year there is going to be a new GCDC, in which we will be taking things a step further. The idea is that the steering will also be automated then.”
the slipstream of the car ahead. At least, that is the ultimate goal. Nijmeijer admits that steering is more difficult than braking and accelerating. “If you turn your wheel abruptly when the car ahead does so, you may find yourself in the ditch, so to speak, which means you have to build in the appropriate delay. And merging is even more difficult, because there is no car ahead of you.”
This does not imply that they are home and dry, though, according to the automotive expert. “You should remember that the car can only do forty km/h and that no other cars are allowed within a 25-meter radius. You could call it a mobile library: it contains a database with various traffic situations and the appropriate responses to those situations. By means of a camera and radar it scans the situation and searches for it in its library. This takes time, even for the fastest systems. Hence the safety margin. That is far from practical, of course.”
“CACC means you don’t need legs anymore, you might say: you do not need to step on the gas or on the brake yourself anymore.” The idea is that CACC can prevent so-called phantom traffic jams -which occur purely through poor anticipation.
To this end the participating cars will be fitted with cameras, which will be focused on the number plates of the cars ahead of them. In this way the car will ‘see’ when there is a curve in the road coming up and will automatically follow in
For the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge 2016 TU/e has purchased two Renault Twizy’s: small dual-seat electric city cars. Which is entirely different from the DAF truck used in 2011, Nijmeijer agrees. “Of course, it is not a real car, but it is electric and we consider that to be very important. The main thing is that it is so straightforward. No power steering or ABS. This means that you can simply build in an actuator to operate the steering wheel. And you are not hindered by existing control systems if you want to get going with the brakes. Here in the Automotive Lab we have also converted a few Volkswagen Lupos to electric variants. To do so, we had to figure out on our own how the control electronics were put together. We managed to find out, but naturally that was not the purpose of the project.”
Test round in Silicon Valley quite different from the citytraffic jungle The Google Car will perform fine when running its test rounds in the desert of Silicon Valley, but that is totally different from releasing an autonomous vehicle in the jungle of city traffic. Nijmeijer expects that you can count on situations occurring there that cannot be found in the car’s library. “In that case the car does not respond at all, which might well be the worst conceivable response.”
For the automatic interpretation of the camera footage Nijmeijer and his colleagues are working together with the Video Coding and Architectures group of Peter de With and Gijs Dubbelman. In addition, within TU/e they are cooperating with Reinder Bril (Computer Science) for the software architecture and Jacques Terken (User-Centered Engineering) gives advice about man-machine-interaction. And there is a group of honors students reflecting on the further possibilities for a fleet of cooperative Twizy’s.
The route towards autonomous vehicles on the public road will be gradual, Nijmeijer expects. “You
The next step towards ‘autonomous’ vehicles, the professor anticipates, will be specific applications on
An actuator (the black cylinder), a strap connecting it to the drag link (left) of the electric Renault Twizy.
closed tracks. “Think of goods carriage in the port of Rotterdam, or passenger transport from the car park at Schiphol to the terminal.” He also expects results to come out of an experiment whereby trucks can move in a column at night in the leftmost lane of the motorway from Rotterdam to the Ruhr area. Equipped with CACC those diesel guzzlers could already save a considerable amount of fuel. And who knows, maybe the first car is going to be the only one that needs a driver - which would reduce the costs even more significantly.
“I can picture myself driving a whole row of Twizy’s” For his own Twizy’s Nijmeijer also has a dream destination. “I can see myself collecting visitors from the station with a column of Twizy’s, with me driving the one in front. The guests can then seat themselves in one of the empty cars, which automatically follow me to the TU/e campus or another location. Even for this you would actually need a bus lane, though. Genuine autonomous driving in ordinary traffic is no more than a speck on the horizon for now.”
Students who want to take part in the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge 2016 can still register for the TU/e team. Please contact Alejandro Morales: a.i.morales. medina@tue.nl.
Text | Tom Jeltes Photos | Bart van Overbeeke
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4 burning questions
Isabelle Monnaie | Chemical Engineering
Structure of solar materials
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On the front cover, we see in red a network structure, symbolizing the polymer gel I have studied in my thesis. It is represented by part of the treetop of my family’s old oak tree, and the picture continues on the back cover. In the background, the shape recurs as a mosaic of pictures which I have taken during my time as a PhD student.
2 | parties Organic (plastic) solar cells contain polymers that can convert light into electricity. My research focused on the behavior of these materials in solution, and on the structure formation on nanoscale more specifically. The organization of polymer chains and the formation of the structures have an impact on the eventual efficiency of these solar cells.
3 | essential Small-angle neutron scattering has enabled me to investigate the size and shape of the polymer mole cules and the structures they form in solution. These experiments were carried out at the Institut Laue-Langevin, an international research center based in Grenoble, France, where one of the most intense neutron sources in the world is used 24/7.
4 | society benefit Increasing global consumption, and the need for renewable energy sources were the basis for my PhD. Organic (plastic) solar cells are currently being researched as viable alternatives for the solar cells you seen on roofs these days, as the former can be printed cheaply on flexible substrates.
(edited by Tom Jeltes) Photos | Bart van Overbeeke
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Sushil Shirsath | Chemical Engineering
Better steel from rotating chutes 1 | cover The cover shows a snapshot from a computer simulation of granular particles flowing down a rotating chute. The chute is rotating, which is why the particles seem to be moving sideways in a co-rotating frame of reference.
2 | parties In the steel-making industry, coke and iron-ore particles are distributed from a hopper into the blast furnace by a rotating chute. For producing high quality steel it is important to minimize the amount of segregation that occurs during the transport of particles of different densities. For my dissertation I have developed a simulation model that can predict the dynamics of such rotating granular flows, and validated it by comparing it to high-quality experiments under well-controlled conditions.
3 | essential Particle tracking velocimetry and particle image velocimetry techniques have been used to measure particle velocities and particle bed height. The rotating table facility at the physics department has been indispensable to investigate the flow in a co-rotating frame of reference.
4 | society benefit The simulation model can be used as a design tool for feeding mechanisms in blast furnaces. This will enable optimization of the steel making process and ultimately improve the quality of steel and reduce the costs.
Deepak Jain | Chemical Engineering
Cutting bubbles 1 | cover On the cover, a simulation snapshot of our numerical model is shown, where bigger bubbles are cut into smaller ones as they pass through the wire-mesh while rising in the bubble column.
2 | parties In a lot of chemical and bio-chemical industries, bubble column reactors are used to perform mass transfer operations between the bubbles and liquid present in the column. It has been proven mathematically that the net interfacial area between bigger bubbles and liquid is always smaller than that of a large number of smaller bubbles with the same gas volume. The smaller the interfacial area, the lower the mass transfer, and that hampers reactor performance. So we have proposed to introduce wires in the column to cut big bubbles in smaller ones to enhance the reactor output.
3 | essential For my study I used a numerical technique that I dubbed the ‘discrete bubble model’. It’s a technique, that computationally calculates the fluid flow in the column while tracking the bubbles in the liquid at the same time. The support of my supervisors, dr. Niels Deen and prof. Hans Kuipers, has also been indispensable for the research.
4 | society benefit The simulation model developed for this research project can help to understand flow-fields and hence optimize a wide variety of industrial processes, like the Fischer-Tropsch reaction for synthetic fuel formation, waste water treatment, steel making, off-shore gas extraction, etc.
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19 February 2015
How to give a positive tur
From deadlock to Text | Nicole Testerink Illustration | Marc Weikamp You are graduating, but you are not really making any headway. You have not talked to your supervisor for ages, your project is not running smoothly, your motivation is plummeting swiftly. Still, you can heave a sigh of relief, for you are not unique in this respect. Nearly all students have such moments during their graduation phase. Although things usually take a turn for the better automatically, if you feel you have to talk about it or need extra support, STU student advisors Lonneke Aalpol and Hedwich van Engelen are ready for you. In addition, there is a Graduation Group, a small group in which graduating students meet on a weekly basis in order to set concrete goals. In comparison with the rest of your studies, graduation -for the Bachelor’s as well as the Master’s degree- is often a matter of ‘switching over’. During your courses the study material was presented to you and there were fixed examination dates and structured tutorials where you were taken to task if you had not completed assignments. During your graduation project, things are suddenly very different. You need to demarcate your research yourself, but also have more freedom - how tempting is it to stay in bed a little longer because there is no lecture to be attended at 8.45 a.m.? And you are expected to arrange appointments with your supervisor yourself, and to make sure you actually have stuff to discuss. In short, you have become the project leader of your own project. Most graduation problems can be traced back to this newly acquired project leadership, as Lonneke Aalpol and Hedwich van Engelen indicate. As student advisors of the Education and Student Service Center (STU) they are specialized in ‘graduation deadlock’. Van Engelen: “It is quite a daunting task, being a project leader without a great deal of knowledge and experience. Still, it is wise to be aware that your graduation project is your own responsibility. Naturally a good supervisor will support the product and the process as part of the academic schooling. However, this also implies that you will eventually be trained to be an independent engineer, researcher or designer. Which means you yourself should provide clarity about what needs to be done. Plan carefully and work with a focused approach. Which experiments need to be carried out over the next few weeks, which articles do you want to read? What must be discussed with your supervisor and what should the feedback be about? Don’t expect your supervisor always to come up with solutions to these questions in other words: be proactive.” Anybody can get stalled during their graduation phase. It happens every day, no matter who you are, and often it is a combination of factors that can simply happen to you. And this may occur at any moment.
There are students who, even before they have really begun, expect problems to occur in their project, or who in the final stage may have difficulty writing (in a scientifically adequate manner). Often this is accompanied by performance anxiety or perfectionism. Whatever is written, must be perfect right away and as a result the computer screen remains empty very long indeed. When everything is better than an empty screen, Aalpol recommends. “If anything, don’t wrestle with yourself too long, but make sure you talk to lots of other people about your ideas, questions or problems you may experience. Your discussion partners may be your professor -even if you are afraid of asking a silly question, so what?- as well as a fellow student or a friend. Just indicating you are stuck may help to bring about a positive acceleration. We often see that students keep going round in circles for too long: ‘If I clock eighty hours this week, or finally make that appointment with my supervisor, things will work out alright. The clock is ticking, though, and you are kidding yourself, which only slows down what little progress there may be. And the longer you get bogged down in negative thoughts, the harder it is to find a way out again.”
“Seeing that others are coping with the same problems is often quite a relief” So be sure to alert someone about your graduation problems at an early stage. It can never harm to drop in at your supervisor, student advis0r or STU. Usually, making an appointment with STU is a bit of a threshold for students, the student advis0rs have noticed. Aalpol: “Students tend to think that they really need to be at their wits’ end before turning to STU for help, and that this will entail a whole procedure to be followed. Mostly the contrary is true.
All the experience we have gathered shows that a single discussion with several confrontational questions and tips is often enough to give students that little bit of support that enables them to carry on. For prolonged coaching we have the Graduation Group. This is a small group in which graduating students meet on a weekly basis in order to set concrete goals and where there is a buddy system. Students phone each other in the interim period by way of incentive and so as to exchange tips. Not with the idea of checking up on each other, but in order to help, to show solidarity. Seeing that others are coping with the same problems is often quite a relief already.” Both during the individual talks and in the Graduation Group the attunement of expectations is an important item for consideration, says Aalpol. “In many cases you may be thinking of Mount Everest without any idea how to get to the top. Our main job is to clarify that you don’t need to be at the top straight away, you can also get there step by step. We first convert the slope into small hills, by taking away the pressure of the end result and setting realistic goals that are challenging at once. After all, the hill should be high enough; without a proper effort it is not interesting enough to begin the journey. You need to teach yourself how to divide a big task into small, concrete steps. When you have completed such a small step, you have scored a modest success: you’re a bit closer to your final goal again. And you don’t need to climb that mountain on your own. A project leader also makes sure that the right people are called in to make progress, so you can do that as well. And in the end you will be waving down at everybody from the top of Mount Everest.”
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a landed degree STU’s anti-dip-tips • Draw up a solid planning and set very concrete goals. So not: ‘I’m going to read some articles this week’, but: ‘on Monday, Wednesday and Friday I’m going to read these two articles’. • Talk about it with friends, fellow students, lecturers or a student advisor. Don’t make your graduation project too individual; small discussions may lead to new insights. • Try to establish a good balance between work and play. Schedule obligatory intervals during which you move away from your laptop and -literally- distance yourself from your work. Which means no Facebook or Internet, but an active exploit, like going outdoors for a walk or for some shopping. You can always turn to STU in case of graduation problems. Through a visit to the Service desk in MetaForum, by e-mail (stu@tue.nl) or by telephone (040-247 4747) you can make an appointment with one of the student advisors.
Dorris (25), Master student of Applied Physics
“I developed most on a personal level” “Even at the beginning of my graduation project I knew: this is not really my area and I don’t want to continue in research after this either. I found it awkward to derive some enjoyment from the relatively scarce results - for that’s how things go in research. Only when I was writing my report did it become clear to me that I had not been performing at my genuine level. They assured me that it was good enough to graduate, but being the perfectionist I am, my bar was at a much higher level. In the end, when one of my supervisors insisted, I took a short time-out. My professor suggested asking whether STU could help me out, and that’s how via individual interviews I ended up in the Graduation Group. Thanks to them and the kind people around me I am now finding the energy again to finish my report, and during my graduation phase I may well have developed most on a personal level.”
Dorris’s anti-dip-tip “Don’t think you are the only one who has trouble graduating; only when you talk about your problems openly do you hear how many people are facing the same problems, and then you can help each other!”
Johan (28), alumnus of Automotive Technology, 2013. Active as a Software Engineer
“I constantly raised the bar too high” “For me it was the transition from the controlled environment of preuniversity education to the university, living in lodgings and all the freedom which led to problems. I found it difficult to judge the extent of activities and often planned too many subjects; actually I constantly raised the bar too high. I was quite active in work for committees and associations. Great fun, but study-evasive behavior nonetheless. I’m a perfectionist, so I thought I could solve my problems by myself. Until things really came to a total standstill and an acquaintance advised me to turn to STU. There it was through talks and the Graduation Group that I learned to plan and set goals. A photo frame on my desk showing my academic progress literally helped me to keep focused on my priorities. I got my Bachelor back on track again and after that I completed my Master’s degree without any further trouble.”
Johan’s anti-dip-tip “Don’t wait too long to seek assistance; the sooner you get help, the easier it is to tackle study issues.”
Bram (25), alumnus of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, 2014. Now touring Asia.
“In the end I found someone who had a ready ear” “I was completely at loggerheads with my supervisor. Even at the stage where I was looking for a company where I could graduate -preferably in line with the subject of my literature study- our communication was not proceeding smoothly. I couldn’t just pop in, like I saw this occurring between fellow students and their supervisors; everything went very formally. Then my father died and I hardly got any support. No asking how I was doing, prolongation of my study program was out of the question entirely. ‘Whether I actually had enough prior knowledge with my Higher Professional Education and pre-Master background’, I was asked. A test at STU showed that I was slightly depressed, which was not strange with me smack in the middle of a grieving process. I ended up at the Graduation Group, where I found a ready ear with students in a similar situation so that we could exchange experiences. This, combined with making strict agreements, has resulted in me actually obtaining my diploma.”
At the request of the interviewees they are only referred to by their first names.
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FuTUre - TU/e: towards an int ernational community
Willem van Hoorn, advisor internat approach on this topic. How are ionalisation, presents the TU/e to our university? How many newinternational new employees welcomed Dutch culture come across to fore colleagues are foreign? How does the will discuss the current situatio ign people? After the presentation we n and approach, as well as brai for new ideas. You can subscribe nstorm member (free) via future@tue.nl. for this event by becoming a FuTUre We hope to see you there! Target group: employees Event language: English