UCT presents: ATLAS EXPO - Embracing Changes

In the Hobby niece of Tabletop Gaming Terrain Building, Styrofoam and XPS foam are one of the most used material since they are easy to shape, texture and paint. But it is hard to precisely cut geometric forms like domes or forms with a higher complexity. this years personal Pursuit I build a Hot Wire CNC Cutter to make such cuts more easily. In the process I want learn the basics of working with electronic components and programming for Arduino boards.

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I started up PuberPraatPaal, a coaching start-up for youngsters between 12 and 22 years old. I would like to explain my vision and the process to the ones interested.

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I have made several songs throughout this year, from writing to recording to mixing. Going through this full cycle has taught me a lot about the song creation process. I have learned many new things about microphone setups, pop filters, audio interfaces, equalizers and compressors, reverb, and even about rhyme, lyrics and poetry. I will be showcasing my songs and answer any questions you might have about my projects or future plans. Click here to listen to the music.

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We decided to, without much experience, write a song and make a music video with it to explore the musical arts.

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I would like to showcase my process of my personal pursuit, where I tried to draw portraits with the use of almost only natural materials, to show the connection between humans and nature.

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Designing a personalized tool that helps you make the most out of each experience, helps you understand yourself and realize (in both senses of the word) your biggest aspirations.

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For my Personal Pursuit, I have participated in the University of Twente’s Autumn Challenge Programme. This programme was centred around a real-life challenge, supplemented with skills workshops, thematic weekends, and other educational activities.

I worked on a challenge titled ‘Circular Enschede’, where my team and I worked together with two civil servants from the municipality of Enschede to advise on the policy creation to help Enschede transform to a circular economy.

I am very glad that I chose to participate in the programme as my personal pursuit, it is a great experience to work with people from across Europe (my team consists of students from three different universities from three different countries) on a real-life challenge. The circular economy aspect was new to me, but a good addition to my tentative academic profile.

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More and more over time, it seems that the world gets a little bit more accepting of human diversity, whether it be within institutional systems or simply in human interaction. But why is it that some people are more tolerant of diversity? Does it have to do with their upbringing? And which aspects? These are questions which are extremely complex. It is something that interests me, especially how we can introduce concepts of empathy and inclusiveness to children at a young age, and how this may influence them. Similarly, I'm interested in how children's books can be a tool in teaching children about fundamental concepts such as empathy and inclusiveness of those who appear different to them. What methods are currently being used in books attempting this task?

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In my previous PP I took a DNA genealogy test to learn more about my ancestry. In this PP I created an art piece that reflects the different cultures from the countries that were found to be related to my ancestry.

Chinese Lanterns are a big part of the Chinese Spring Lantern Festival. They can be in the shape of animals, plants or fantastic creatures and spice up the festival with their colourful lights. But what is the meaning behind these large lanterns? And how can you make one yourself?

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For my personal pursuit project this year, I decided to look into natural hazards and disasters. This inspiration for this topic stems from the many civil engineering, geoscience, and sustainability courses that I have taken throughout my time at university. I really enjoyed most of the courses I have taken, but I feel they have all lacked the depth in the subject of natural hazards and disasters that I desired. Thus, I decided to create my own research project. One of my goals for this research project was to create a thorough understanding of natural disasters. Another goal I had was to compile research into an informative, but digestible report. 

I completed many months of research and then I compiled my knowledge into a clean and informative report. I hope you are able to learn more about natural disasters and enjoy the hard work I have done! Read the report here

My capstone project is about the implementation of 'Anaerobic Digestion', which is a technology that can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the agricultural sector.

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How do galaxies evolve? This is one of the most interesting questions to me, in this talk we'll talk about the evolution of galaxies through the eyes of computation astrophysics. The conditions of astrophysical environments are impossible to recreate in the laboratory. By constructing complex computer models of the physical processes, we can better interpret observational results and improve our understanding of the inner workings of astrophysical environments.

A Low-tech design challenge within the constrains of Mumbai's slums a worldwide pandemic, and how an ATLAS Semester Project can lead to real adventure's. In this session, one of the members of this semester group is going to talk about his experiences in the slums, for which he designed an adaptable food system. You can also check out the website made for this project.

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For one of the our courses, Electronics, we had to make an arduino build. We decided to try to make a miniature cardboard smart home. The home has features like a automatic garage door, alarm system and ventilators.

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The past year, words such as export bans, vaccine nationalism and vaccine war were increasingly used on the news. While some people, countries and organizations were calling for vaccine equity, arguing that this would end the pandemic the soonest, other parties showed more interest in vaccinating their own population first. During my International Relations Theories course, I have written an essay where I analysed the stance of the World Health Organization and the European Union on vaccine equity through different lenses of International Relations theories. During this session, I will tell explain the approach I took, what this tells us and why this is important for international politics.

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S.A. Atlantis (Atlantis) is the Study Association of ATLAS. Atlantis plays a very large role in creating a community for ATLAS students. Students make up the association’s committees, bodies, and executive board. From the Kick-In in their first year to beyond graduation, UCT students are involved in organising and enjoying Atlantis activities, providing student input for UCT via Atlantis’ Educational Committee, learning about companies we are in contact with via Atlantis’ External Relations Committee, and so much more. The community is very tight-knit and for many students, the association room even serves as a second living room.

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The University College Twente Alumni Association (UCTAA) represents the alumni of UCT. The association was established only recently last year in September! The past year we have spent on establishing the association and organising activities for UCT alumni. We hope that next year a lot more will be possible, for example reunions and competing in the Batavierenrace! Besides organising a set of educational and social events every year, contact channels are created and maintained with the UCT organisation, with current UCT students, and within the group of alumni.

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I am really passionate about yoga, which is why I focused on this topic during my personal pursuit. I learned how to teach yoga and conducted a literature study on why yoga refreshes people.

I would like to invite you to join my workshop to experience the relaxing effects of yoga today. We will have a little yoga session, and after that there is also some time for questions and/or reflections! You can join regardless of your prior experience. I am looking forward to seeing you soon.

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Looking at art is an art in itself

Visitors to museums spend an average of nine seconds looking at a painting, far too little to do it justice. But if we want to look for longer, how should we do that? How do you develop your looking skills?

Prof.dr.ir. Mieke Boon is Dean of UCT, and professor in the philosophy of science in practice. Together with journalist Peter Henk Steenhuis, she published Filosofie van het Kijken – Kunst in ander perspectief (Lemniscaat, 2009). In this book, they discuss fifty art works from a variety of periods: from Rembrandt to Mondriaan, from Duccio to Lucian Freud. Not only do they look at composition and style, they also pose searching questions – with reference to philosophers such as Aristotle, Kant, Levinas and Plessner – on their own role as viewers. This book offers a range of perspectives from which one can ‘look at one’s own looking’: perception and scholarship, religion and metaphysics, ethics and anthropology, the Enlightenment and Romanticism, gender perspectives and modern abstraction. It is an exercise in learning to look in a different way. Not just at art, but at yourself and the world around you.

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In UCT-ATLAS we educate future problem solvers that can think and act in an interdisciplinary way. But what is interdisciplinarity and how do we teach for that? In this workshop we will put the course Sensors & Sensibility in the spotlights. This course focuses on the use of sensors. The functioning of sensors is based on physics principles, while sensor data can be used to measure mental states. So here, physics and psychology meet. This course also is a typical ATLAS course, students co-create the assessment rubrics and use them to give feedback to their peers.

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Studying at UCT in times of COVID-19 has been proven difficult for us. At moments, our work-life balance became unhealthy. Therefore, during this workshop, we would like to tell you how we created a healthy work-life balance for ourselves, and provide you with tips to create a good balance for yourself. Because studying or working is not everything and listening to yourself should be your number one priority.

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This workshop aims at a better understanding of science and the engineering sciences. Starting from what is science? And what is 'knowledge?’ What are the necessary skills needed to have a higher-order understanding of scientific knowledge across disciplines? We will explore these interrelated concepts and their interplays in reality through the lenses of Philosophy of Science and Learning sciences. Related to these questions, we will discuss topics from philosophy of science and learning sciences in the context of science education.

Related to these topics, we will briefly explore the teaching and learning methods implemented in science education.

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