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Optimization of Information Acquisition for Decision-Intensive Processes
Simon Voorberg defended his PhD thesis at the department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences on May 9th.
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Maintenance optimization and spare parts management in data-integrated environments
Ipek Dursun defended her PhD thesis at the department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences on April 13th

Collin Drent awarded Van Zwet Award for best PhD-thesis
Drent won the award with his thesis “Structured Learning and Decision making for Maintenance”.

Karel van Donselaar wins Best Teacher Awards
On January 26 he was awarded with two (!) awards

More medicines for rare diseases
Wendy Olsder defended her thesis at the department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences on February 9th, 2023.

Teun Kromwijk wins Dow Best OML Master Thesis Award 2022
In his thesis, Teun develops and evaluates a method to detect anomalies in unlabeled multivariate time series.

Making coffee-growing fair and equitable
How better investment and pricing decisions can improve the living conditions of farmers in developing countries.

Robust and Light AM Components for Military Systems
New research project aims to develop and showcase new materials and technologies for additive manufacturing defence applications

Rolf van Lieshout runner-up in TSL dissertation prize.
In his dissertation, which he successfully defended earlier this year at Erasmus School of Economics, Rolf applied advanced analytical…

New preventive maintenance model can save companies millions
PhD researcher Collin Drent developed a learning model for the maintenance of expensive high-tech equipment, such as chip-making machines,…

Sjors Melman and Loïs Aerts winners SLF thesis award 2022
Service Logistics Forum acknowledges innovative and practically applicable methods

Making farming in the Netherlands more sustainable
Farming in the Netherlands needs to change. How can intensive agriculture transition to more sustainable farming?