Research Groups

We are known internationally for our excellence and expertise in basic science & technology disciplines. We focus on developing methodologies, understanding complexity in all its shapes and sizes and enhancing system thinking in research as important prerequisites for interdisciplinary research. By combining our strong disciplines, we explore new emerging scientific areas and enable promising innovations in the light of societal challenges. Open science is our standard.

  • Collaborative Robotics Group

    Our vision is to create the next generation of cognitive robots that can effectively collaborate with each other and with humans. Our aim is…

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Control Systems Technology

    The mission of the CST section is to develop new methods and tools in the area of Systems Theory, Control Engineering and Mechatronics. The…

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Dynamics and Control

    Our mission is to perform top-level research and train next-generation students on the topic of understanding and predicting the dynamics of…

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Energy Technology

    The mission our group is to advance heat & flow technologies for energy and high-tech applications. This mission encompasses the scientific…

  • Group of Power & Flow

    Group Bastiaans

    Group Bastiaans focuses on mechanical engineering, modelling combustion and sustainable energy sources.

  • Group of Power & Flow

    Group De Goey

    "Combustion is responsible for 80% of our current energy supply and will remain to be extremely important in future due to its extremely…

  • Group of Power & Flow

    Group Deen

    "Multiphase and reactive flows are all around us. To make processes and equipment more sustainable we need to get the fundamentals right."

  • Group of microsystems

    Group Den Toonder

    Our mission is to make things move at small scales: fluids, particles, molecules, solid structures. We do this by carrying out research in…

  • Group of mechanics of materials

    Group Geers

    The mission of the group is to understand, predict and optimise the mechanical response of high-tech materials and products as a function of…

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    Group Heemels

    As everything gets connected to everything and sensors, actuators and controllers are ubiquitous in industries and our daily lives, it is…

  • Group of Mechanics of Materials

    Group Hoefnagels

    The research of our group focuses on experimental-numerical micro-mechanical and microscopic analysis of deformation and failure behavior of…

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    Group Hofman

    We aim at developing integrated design methods that provide system-wide solutions for complex dynamic engineering systems

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    Research Institutes & Schools

    TU/e participates in several research institutes and research schools.