Programme
Faculty Research Day - 5 February 2025
8.30 - 9.00 | Registrations open |
9.00 - 9.10 | Overview programme & introduction / Welcome by the vice dean Gerrit Beemster |
9.10 - 9.50 | Inaugural lecture 1 by Tom Mestdag (Department of Mathematics) + questions |
9.50 - 10.05 | Poster clip session 1 |
10.05 - 10.45 | Inaugural lecture 2 by Sara Vicca (Department of Bioscience Engineering) + questions |
10.45 - 11.15 | Coffee Break 1 |
11.15 - 11.55 | Inaugural lecture 3 by Ben Jeurissen (Department of Physics) & questions |
11.55 – 12.10 | Poster clip session 2 |
12.10 - 13.10 | Panel discussion "AI. Use in research. How useful is AI in research?" |
13.10 – 14.10 | Lunch & poster session |
14.10 – 14.30 | Interdisciplinary talk by IMDO |
14.30 – 15.10 | Inaugural lecture 4 by Jakob Raymaekers (Department of Mathematics) & questions |
15.10 – 15.40 | Coffee Break 2 & poster voting |
15.40 – 16.20 | Inaugural lecture 5 by Robby Vroemans (Department of Chemistry) & questions |
16.20 – 16.25 | Best poster award, announcement by the dean |
16.25 | Closing word by the vice dean Gerrit Beemster |
16.40 | Closing reception |
17.30 | End |
Inaugural lectures
- Tom Mestdag: Geometry and Mechanics: Best Friends Forever!
- Sara Vicca: Enhanced rock weathering as a climate solution?
- Ben Jeurissen: Probing tissue microstructure with magnetic resonance imaging
- Jakob Raymaekers: Challenges of cellwise outliers
- Robby Vroemans: From biobased catechol towards renewable plasticizers
Read the abstracts here.
Interdisciplinary talk by IMDO
- Gudrun De Boeck: Science meets society and policy: create an impact with truly integrated education and research
Read the abstract here.