With a combined network of over 8.000 ‘4TU’ graduates in the United States, alumni are not only valuable contacts for each other but also unique access points to exciting organizations!
Join us in April for ‘behind the scenes’ alumni events at the HQ of autonomous vehicle company Motional (Boston, 19 April), Adyen’s North America Tech Hub (Chicago, 20 April) and ASML’s Silicon Valley R&D facility (San Jose 25 April), as well as a casual meetup over drinks in San Francisco (venue TBD, 24 April).
These special gatherings are part of a new USA Tour organized by the UT, TU Delft, TU/e and Wageningen University alumni offices with evening programmes that include talks by local alumni from the host companies about their career paths and current jobs as well as updates from your alma mater. The closing ‘borrel’ offers the chance to mix with both fellow TU alumni and representatives from the universities.
The events are free for alumni from the Dutch Technical Universities but for logistical reasons prior registration is required via this form (Sign-ups are handled by TU Delft Alumni Relations)
nearly 500 local 'TU' alumni are based in the Boston area and our event on Wednesday April 19th PROMISES a great cross selection of participants from different companies, sectors and roles – see below for more details.
Date: Wednesday 19 April 2023
Time: 6:00PM to 9:00PM (EDT)
Location: Motional | 100 Northern Ave | Suite 200 |Boston, MA 02210
Please note that participants will receive a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in advance that must be signed in order to access the building, and photos may not be taken within the Motional office.
Information about the company host and our alumni speakers:
Motional is making driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. An American autonomous vehicle company founded in March 2020 as a joint venture between automaker Hyundai Motor Group and auto supplier Aptiv. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Motional also maintains operations in Pittsburgh, Singapore, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. The company is currently ‘training’ their IONIQ 5 robotaxis on the streets of Las Vegas with a plan to offer fully driverless service later this year.
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Bruno Brito is a Senior Research Scientist at Motional AD LLC, leading the Motion Planning Research team. He has received his Ph.D. Degree from the TU Delft and the M.Sc. (2013) from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Between 2014 and 2016, he was a trainee at the European Space Agency (ESA) in the Guidance, Navigation, and Control section. After, he was a Research Associate, between 2016 and 2018, at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation. Currently, his research focuses on developing motion planning algorithms bridging learning-based and optimization-based methods for self-driving vehicles. | Boaz Floor is a Principal Engineer Team Lead at Motional. After graduating from TU Delft with the Department of Cognitive Robotics in 2018, Boaz joined Motional in Singapore to work on optimal control strategies for trajectory generation. Now, Boaz is leading a team of researchers and engineers from the Boston office, developing motion planning and control algorithms for autonomous driving. |
Programme:
6:00PM – 6:30PM, Arrival with light refreshments
6:30PM – 6:45PM, Opening words and updates from your TU's
6:45PM – 7:15PM, Talk by TUD alumnus Bruno Brito, Senior Research Scientist - Motional
7:15PM – 7:40PM, Talk by TUD alumnus Boaz Floor, Principal Engineer Team Lead - Motional
7:40PM – 9:00PM, Networking Borrel with fingerfood
>> Please click here to sign up <<
Alumni in Boston who are unable to join this gathering but wish to be notified of future activities in the area can submit/update their contact details using the event's registration form. A special DEAN USA Linkedin group also exists to faciliate sharing information and networking between nearly 8.000 graduates living in the country - to request to become a member click here.
Interested in attending one of our other 2023 USA Tour events in April?
Chicago 20 April (@Adyen) | San Francisco 24 April (drinks) | San Jose 25 April (@ASML Silicon Valley)
* ABOUT DEAN: The Dutch Engineers Alumni Network (DEAN) is the cooperation of the four universities of technology of the Netherlands in the field of alumni relations, and launched its activities in 2014. Together, they represent nearly 250,000 alumni all over the world. Today DEAN encompasses over 30 alumni communities in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Nordics, Spain, Switzerland and the USA with activities aimed at connecting local alumni both with each other as well as with students and the universities. Read more: https://www.4tu.nl/en/about_4tu/alumni/
