This funding comes from second NWO call within the NGF programme NXTGEN Hightech. This will allow eight consortia to get started on their research projects. They focus on developing new extremely sensitive sensors, new kidney dialysis techniques and optical satellite communication, among others.
From the medical world to the agrifood sector, new high-tech equipment is essential for the Netherlands. Although the Netherlands is one of the frontrunners in this field, investing in new developments remains necessary to maintain and strengthen this position. This call hereby funds the development of the next generation high-tech equipment.
The awarded projects are:
- Bionanotechnology for a bio-artificial kidney (NanoKid) - dr. K.G.F. Gerritsen (UMC Utrecht)
- DigiCellFab | Digitalized Fabrication of Battery Cells - prof. dr. S. Thiede (University of Twente)
- ECHoFAIR Empowering Collaborative Human-AI teaming for Failure Analysis and Intelligent Risk assessment - prof. dr. ir. G.M. Bonnema EngD (University of Twente)
- ETCH: Embedded over-actuation Technology for Controlling vibrations and damping in High-tech and precision mechatronics - dr. A. Hunt (TU Delft)
- Fully-autonomous Aerial-ground Robotics in Mutual coordination for Land-health-line and Agrifood Breakthroughs (FARMLAB) - prof. dr. ir. B. Jayawardhana (University of Groningen)
- Integrated indulgent Control ARchitecture design (iCARe): A groundbreaking vision to push high-tech mechatronic systems beyond performance-limiting linear regimes - prof. dr. ir. T.A.E. Oomen (TU Eindhoven)
- Quantum-enhanced Structural Health monitoring for NXTGEN-SHM - dr. V. Yaghoubi Nasrabadi (TU Delft)
- STARS: Smart 3D Tomographic Adaptive optics for Turbulence Resilient optical communications System - dr. ir. R. Saathof (TU Delft)
For detailed information about the eight projects, please visit the NWO website:
