Built Environment

Welcome to the Department of the Built Environment

We are driven by our ambitions to make a difference. Sustainability, in its broadest definition, is the cornerstone of our research and education.
We take the lead in (re)shaping the built environment and making it futureproof, safe, healthy, inclusive and with respect for planetary boundaries.
We are in an outstanding position to do so because we house the entire spectrum of technology, engineering, design and human behavior disciplines in the built environment, with world class experimental facilities, on all scale levels. This allows us to address societal challenges from a unique integral perspective.

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Education

We educate a new generation of students able to solve today’s and tomorrow’s complex challenges of society. We consider in-depth disciplinary knowledge as key for professional leadership and true autonomy in future professions. Our education is small scale. Students are offered a maximum degree of freedom to select education in the sub-discipline of their preference. Collaborative skills are trained in joint challenge-based projects that address societal challenges. We educate life-long learners, students with the abilities and attitude to maintain an open mind.

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Our research

Our research community covers the entire range of disciplines related to the built environment. By bringing multiple perspectives to the table and meaningly connecting these, we are able to contribute to innovative solutions for complex societal issues. By playing an active role in our academic network and by committing to Open Science principles, we contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge. We have world class experimental facilities, such as a fully equipped building physics, materials and structures laboratories, a largescale 3D Concrete Printer and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel, as well as digital twinning and virtual reality facilities. This allows us to do laboratory experimental research from microscopic level to full-scale, from controlled laboratory conditions to field studies involving users, and everything in between. In collaboration with the TU/e institutes EAISI and EIRES we develop Key Enabling Technologies in the field of artificial intelligence and the energy transition.

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Impact

We believe that as an academic institute, we have a responsibility towards society. We do fundamental research with the ambition to not only advance the body of scientific knowledge, but also to drive technological innovation in society. By involving citizens and by collaborating with industrial, societal and public partners we bring knowledge from fundamental research directly to society. As such, we enable the building industry to mature and to innovate and we enable advanced informed solutions and future-proof decision making by municipalities and government. Co-creation with a human-centred approach (by involving citizens) is of crucial importance for success.

Events

  • 03 Oct
    June 14, 2023

    HighTech Chemistry Event

    October 3, 2023 9:30 AM / Blauwe Zaal

  • 06 Oct
    July 7, 2023

    Embracing Diversity and Social Justice in Social Robotics

    October 6, 2023 1:30 PM / Zwarte Doos (Movie theatre), Campus TU/e

  • 12 Oct
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    Information Session - Data Science & AI for Professionals

    October 12, 2023 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - TU/e

  • 13 Oct
    With Roger Jaspers (TU/e | APSE)

    EIRES Lunch Lecture

    12h00-13h00 | with Roger Jaspers (TU/e APSE)

  • 01 Nov
    ICAI Day

    ICAI DAY – AI and Healthcare

    The event theme is AI and Healthcare, where we will focus on the technical aspects of AI and how AI can contribute.

  • 02 Nov
    ai summit brainport 2023
    A joint initiative by EAISI and regional parties to support AI knowledge sharing and networking

    AI Summit Brainport 2023

    Ready to meet researchers, industry leaders and other AI enthusiasts in Brainport Eindhoven and enhance your AI knowledge and skills?

  • 10 Nov
    With Johann Hurink | UTwente

    EIRES Lunch Lecture

    12h00-13h00 with Johann Hurink (UTwente)

  • 16 Nov
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    EnergyDays

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  • 30 Nov
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    Generative Artificial Intelligence

    Holst Memorial Lecture 2023

    November 30, 2023 / Blauwe zaal

  • 01 Dec
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    EIRES Lunch Lecture

    12h00-13h00 | with Gert-Jan Nabuurs (WUR)

  • 07 Dec

    Preventive Health Conference 2023

    December 7, 2023 / To be determined

    • News from our department

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    September 29, 2023
    Looking back on MomenTUm 2023
    On September 28 and 29, we celebrated the academic ceremony of the year with all of our bachelor’s graduates and the best teachers of 2023.
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    September 25, 2023
    'Dealing with uncertainty, that’s what we want to teach our students'
    ‘The Faces of Challenge-Based Learning’ series: Isabelle Reymen, scientific director of TU/e innovation Space, which took CBL to the next level.
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    Building with robots
    September 21, 2023
    Research on decay of paintings and new environment-scanning mobile networks rewarded with huge European grants
    September 5, 2023
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    Linking smart and physical port cities
    August 31, 2023
    Gerrit Kroesen (left) and Rudie Kunnen. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
    ‘It's only when students work with the material that it sticks’
    August 29, 2023

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