THE DEPARTMENT OF electrical engineering OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE EXCELS IN BRINGING FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED RESEARCH IN electrical engineering TOGETHER.
Electrical Engineering at the University of Twente is at the forefront of innovation, driving advancements in technology that impact our daily lives and shape the future of industries worldwide. Given the grand challenges in ICT, healthcare, robotics, energy transition, transport, security, and so on, we see a central leading role in the field of electrical engineering. Electrical engineering is application-oriented and it has a lot of synergy with other domains, making EE a key enabler to address these challenges. Through our graduates and industrial collaborations, we address technical problems from an EE perspective.
The field of electrical engineering is the place where ‘bits meet nature’. In this context ‘nature’ is the real world we live in with physical activity and information. The virtual world of ‘bits’ is related to pure information carried by electrons in an electronic circuit. From this vision, EE takes a central role in almost every modern digital system. Central in such a system is a computing core, which is built in integrated circuit technology, in which electronic circuits process analogue and digital Embedded System information, resulting in a so-called ‘embedded system’’. To be able to connect such a computing system to ‘nature’, sensors, actuators, and often a feedback control system and communication are required, while for connection of the electron world to the world of ‘bits’ dedicated software applications are needed, operating in synergy with the hardware.
RESEARCH
Research in the department is divided over 11 research groups, that all contribute to one or more focal areas of the department.
- AMBER - Applied Microfluids for Bioengineering Research
The AMBER project develops functional devices for bmedical and pharmaceutical applications, and cell biology, by exploiting micro- and nanotechnologies and microfluidics. - BSS - Biomedical Signals and Systems
Biomedical Signals and Systems (BSS) is a multidisciplinary group based in Electrical Engineering, focussing on finding solutions for medical challenges via signal and system analysis. - BIOS - Lab-on-a-chip
The BIOS Lab-on-a-Chip chair (“Miniaturized systems for biomedical and environmental applications”) aims at the research and development of Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) systems. - ICD - Integrated Circuit Design
The ICD group focuses on analog and Radio Frequency (RF) integrated circuit design. They develop disruptive electronic circuit ideas, which are evaluated in test chips, fabricated in industry - NE - NanoElectronics
The NanoElectronics Group (NE) performs research and provides education in the field of nanoelectronics, comprising the study of electronic and magnetic properties of systems with critical dimensions in the nanoregime. I - RAM - Robotics and Mechatronics
The Robotics and Mechatronics (RaM) group is active on both fundamental and application-driven topics in the field of robotics. - IDS - Integrated Devices Systems
The group of Integrated Devices and Systems (IDS) studies the heart of electronics: electronic and electromechanical components. Think of transistors, diodes, solar cells, and sensors. - PE - Power Electronics and EMC
The PE research group focuses on battery electronics, conducted and radiated electromagnetic interference and power electronic packaging as well as on physical layer of communication systems - RS - Radio Systems
The research in radio system group covers a wide range of topics from designing physical layer (PHY) for wireless communication systems to signal processing algorithms, radio propagation, channel modelling and antenna design. - CAES - Computer Architecure for Embedded Systems
The CAES group explores challenges at the CS-EE intersection, working on innovations in technologies, architectures, tools and methodologies. - DACS - Design and Analysis of Communication Systems
The DACS mission is to contribute to the development of the trusted and resilient Internet that is needed by our society. They do that by performing top research and by educating students.
EDUCATION
The Electrical Engineering discipline actively participates in various Bachelor and Master programmes at the University of Twente.
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