Alina will apply AI-technology to ultrasound imaging to unravel fundamental challenges in quantitative bioimaging applications. Her supervisor is David Maresca.

Xiufeng will work on smart sensing systems and biomedical sensors. His supervisors are Nico de Jong and Martin Verweij.

Eén van de uitdagingen in de optische beeldvorming is het scherp in beeld brengen van het binnenste van weefsel. Met traditionele methoden kun je tot ongeveer een millimeter diepte kijken. Onderzoekers van de TU Delft hebben nu een nieuwe methode ontwikkeld waarmee ze tot maar liefst vier keer zo diep kunnen gaan: tot zo’n vier millimeter. Vooral de gezondheidszorg kan in de toekomst van de nieuwe techniek profiteren.

Delmic is launching an automated ultra-fast system, FAST-EM, which uses 64 electron beams. Reliable and extremely fast, FAST-EM is aimed at imaging biological samples without the need to constantly babysit the machine.

Malavika Manju Sudheer will be working on the project SYNOPTICS. This project aims to use all the properties of light; Amplitude, Phase, Polarisation and Wavelength to achieve ultimate performance in imaging and sensing device applications. Her supervisor is Silvania Pereira.

Next year, a helium balloon the size of a soccer stadium will bring a NASA telescope to the edge of space. This project is called GUSTO, and it will help scientists understand galactic evolution by probing interstellar gas. Its most important payload are three detectors developed by Jian Rong Gao and his teams at TU Delft and SRON, without which the telescope would be blind as to its mission purpose.

Seeing tiny particles even better through a microscope – student Teun Huijben managed it for his Master’s thesis. As well as a top mark, the breakthrough has also earned him the title Best Graduate of the Faculty of Applied Sciences.

We know that the brain sends a muscle a message before it moves. But we are not entirely sure what happens next. Rick Waasdorp has come up with a swift, non-invasive technique for looking at exactly this. It is perfect for further research into muscular dystrophy.

In 2018, Johannes Vermeer’s world-famous Girl with a Pearl Earring underwent a total ‘body scan’: using state-of-the-art techniques, the painting was studied in painstaking detail from top to bottom. It provided a wealth of new insights about the painting and the painter. Four TU Delft faculties worked on the project.

Ron Haaksman, lecturer physics practical work & experiments has been interviewed by the local newspaper the "Delftse Post" about his work during covid times.