Department of Electrical Engineering

Center for Astronomical Instrumentation

The goal of the CAI is to push excellent science through developing enabling technologies for state-of-the-art  astronomical instrumentation, based in space and on Earth.

In the CAI, astronomers and engineers work together to lay the foundations for the next generation of astronomical instrumentation

The Center for Astronomical Instrumentation (CAI) works on research and development of future space instrumentation, using cutting edge technology for miniaturization, computing and low-power usage. It has a unique and complementary position in the Netherlands. In collaboration with renowned institutes such as ASTRON, SRON and NOVA, CAI aims to contribute to the consolidation of the international position of Dutch astronomy in areas such as radio, optical and gravitational wave astronomy and in the field of technological innovation for space applications. In this way TU/e can strengthen its leadership in technological innovation.

News

December 14, 2022
Back to the Beginning: Radio waves from the deep space past
After four years in Australia, Mike Kriele returned to the Netherlands to defend his thesis and shared his research on the Square Kilometer Array.
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December 17, 2021
2 researchers of Electromagnetics group awarded with Veder Prize
On Thursday December 16th 2 researchers within the Electromagnetics group received the Veder Prize. The 2019 prize went to Sander Bronckers, and the 2020 prize...
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More news
The waves of our wireless future
July 14, 2020
Ten researchers aim for the top prizes in FameLab TU/e
April 1, 2020
Radboud University and TU/e to collaborate on new generation of astronomy instruments
September 12, 2019

Upcoming events

  • 28 Sep
    29 Sep
    The academic celebration of the year

    MomenTUm

    September 28, 2023 7:00 PM / TU/e campus

  • 29 Sep
    Necessity for better membranes in water electrolysis and CO2 electrolysis

    EIRES Lunch Lecture

    12h00-13h00 | with David A. Vermaas (TU Delft)

  • 03 Oct
    June 14, 2023

    HighTech Chemistry Event

    October 3, 2023 9:30 AM / Blauwe Zaal

  • 04 Oct
    Make Differences Count

    PhD defense Janna Heynen-Behnke

    October 4, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 04 Oct
    Formation and Optimization of Halide Perovskite Interfaces from First Principles

    PhD defense Sofia Apergi

    October 4, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 04 Oct
    Non-Oxidative Coupling of Methane over Heterogeneous Catalysts: Understanding Surface and Gas-Phase Processes

    PhD defense Hao Zhang

    October 4, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 05 Oct
    Behavior of nanoparticles on surfaces exposed to EUV environments

    PhD defense Dmitry Shefer

    October 5, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 05 Oct
    A heartbeat for soft robots

    PhD defense Lucas Carolus van Laake

    October 5, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 06 Oct
    Unravelling the dynamic interplay between prostate cancer and its microenvironment

    PhD defense Anniek Zaalberg

    October 6, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 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

  • 06 Oct
    Wafer Stage Motion Control

    PhD defense Nic Jasper Dirkx

    October 6, 2023 / TU/e Campus

  • 06 Oct

    Valedictory lecture prof.dr. Peter Hilbers

    Prof.dr. Peter Hilbers was appointed as a part-time professor of Large-Scale Computing at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science…

    • Meet some of our Researchers

    Full Professor

    Bart Smolders

    Associate Professor

    Ulf Johannsen

    Dean

    Mark Bentum

    Associate Professor

    Georgi Radulov

    University Lecturer

    Roel Jordans

    Full Professor

    Peter Baltus

    LISTENING TO SIGNALS COMING FROM SPACE

    “The thirty million from Minister Van Engelshoven guarantees that we can participate in building an international project that we ourselves initiated,” says Mark Bentum, TU/e professor of Radio Science. Last week in her science letter to the Lower House, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) stated her intention to invest in the construction of the world's largest radio telescope. What makes this telescope so special, what purpose is it being built to serve and what role will the Netherlands be playing? Read more

    by Cursor

    Related Research Groups

    Three TU/e Electrical Engineering groups are involved in the CAI: 

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    Electromagnetics

    Enable 'electromagnetic engineering' by developing new modeling strategies for analysis and synthesis of a range of applications, e.g.…

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    Electronic Systems

    Our goal is to create constructive design trajectories for electronic systems that lead to high-quality, cost-effective systems with…

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    Integrated Circuits

    The research area of the group is advanced purely-analog and mixed-signal IC design (RF/IF/LF), applied to frontends, especially for…

    Recent Publications

    Our most recent peer reviewed publications

    Contact

    • Visiting address

      Flux, Floor 9 (9.069)
      Groene Loper 19
      5612 AP Eindhoven
      Netherlands

    • Postal address

      Department of Electrical Engineering
      P.O. Box 513
      5600 MB Eindhoven
      Netherlands

    • Secretary