Hannah Brouwer

‘With our research and development of materials that stimulate the body to repair damage, I hope we can bring about a change in health care.’

Frank Delbressine

'My motivation? Improving people's quality of life. In doing so, I think it’s important that we not only look at the technical side, but especially at the human aspects.'

Maarten Merkx

‘We’re ‘building' new proteins with novel functions. As 'protein engineers,' we use the building blocks provided by nature. Making something new to solve a real problem, in this case in healthcare, is great.’

Joep Selten

'I enjoy working on robots that can assist and support people; we didn’t design Cura to completely replace anyone.’

Malu Sieben

'This balance board makes you aware of your progress when doing the balance exercises prescribed by the physio at home. That’s really motivating.’

Bas Bögels

"By storing digital data in DNA, we’re going back, as it were, to how nature conceived data storage.’

Sander Verdiesen

'I really want to contribute to a better world, especially in those parts where people are less fortunate than us. It's great that I can use my technical knowledge to do that. RescueRATs combines the best of technology with the best of nature.'

Mathias Verheijden

'With Visionairy, we combine a number of AI technologies to enable new, unique experiences. Our mood-boarding tool lets you discover, define and personalize. It broadens your skills and combines the best of two worlds; AI and humans.’

Max Alberts

'Adding material to the 3D printing process works really well. The combinations are endless and it provides opportunities for local and personalized production.”

Danqing Liu

'The materials we’re developing at the Human Interactive Materials lab can greatly improve a person’s quality of life – opening up a world of possibilities.'

Katrien van Riet

'Soft robotics is a relatively young technical field. I think there’s still a lot of room for designers to think more about soft devices with a specific function. If our toolkit motivates them to do more with soft robotics, that'll be great.’

Kristina Andersen

Miguel Bruns

Silvin Willemsen

‘I hope our VR toolkit will increase architects' interest in acoustics, and that spaces with poor acoustics will become a thing of the past.’

Devansh Kandpal

‘By improving public health and safety, VIPNOM can have a real societal impact.’

Snehal Hannurkar

'Responsible design is what drives me. The structures we design and make should merge with nature, not fight it.'

Cristina Nan

'Exploring and discovering what’s possible when you build with clay: this really empowers students. They can make a true impact and bring about a change in the way we design our built environment.

Juliette Bekkering

‘We’re taking new steps in 3D concrete printing. The challenge is not to print as if we were still building traditionally with poured concrete, but to develop a new architectural vocabulary that best fits this material and this technique.’

Igor Koster

'We have to get rid of our disposable culture, even when it comes to cars. Hopefully what Eterna demonstrates will make the automotive industry think again.'

Kiki Veenhof

'We’ve built an Netherlands Vehicle Authority (RDW)-approved, solar-powered off-road vehicle, so you can now drive it on public roads. Stella Terra brings the reality of solar energy closer to today's market.