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REALIsING GRAND SOLUTIONS WITH THE EXTREMELY SMALL

At MESA+, we believe in realising grand solutions with the extremely small. We contribute to solving current and future societal challenges. We do this by using our fascination with the extremely small. We bring societal challenges inside and use our fascination to work on innovative and sustainable solutions. We focus on societal challenges in four application areas: Health, AgriFood & Water, Security, and Energy & Sustainability.

With our research, we contribute to a fair, sustainable and digital society.

Ground-breaking research

Embracing a cross-disciplinary approach and benefiting from the MESA+ NanoLab, over 500 researchers deliver high quality, frequently ground-breaking research. MESA+ actively seeks collaboration with external partners providing an excellent setting for consortium formation. Next to our excellent scientists and facilities, we offer a strong regional ecosystem that creates the breeding ground to let ideas blossom and grow to relevant, successful solutions and businesses.

News

Interplay of electronics and photonics for next generation quantum devices

UT leads ONCHIPS programme

Funding for vascular interventions performed by robots

NWO has awarded a Demonstrator grant to Prof. Dr. Sarthak Misra of the University of Twente (TechMed Centre and MESA+) for the project: VIPER (Vascular Interventions Performed by Robots). This funding will allow Prof. Dr. Misra to further develop the results of research into a commercial product. In total, one million euros is involved for six Demonstrator proposals in the Netherlands.

Joint Twente-Münster PhD degrees

Getting your doctor’s degree with the names on it of both the University of Twente and the University of Münster (WWU), after you did research in both university labs: this will be possible now that the Rectors and responsible Deans of both universities signed an agreement. In the meanwhile, already three PhD students are working within such a ‘Joint Doctorate Program’.

Twente aims to become the chip design center of Europe

The gas crisis is once again forcing us to face the facts. We are all too dependent on countries outside of Europe for essential processes that keep society running. Europe is also striving to become more independent where the manufacture of chips is concerned. The Dutch province of Twente is aiming to play a pioneering role in this. The University of Twente, the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology Research and dozens of companies in the region have teamed up in the ChipTech Twente cluster, which will see to it that this ambitious plan is actually achieved. “All the ingredients are available here in the region,” says Bram Nauta, professor of Integrated Circuit Design at the University of Twente.

Vidi funding for Jimmy Faria Albanese and Roelof Rietbroek

Two UT scientists have been awarded Vidi funding by the Dutch Research Council for Scientific Research (NWO). Dr Jimmy Faria Albanese, associate professor in the Catalytic Processes and Materials (CPM) department of the TNW faculty, is researching new catalytic materials and processes that can 'upcycle' plastics into value-added chemicals. Dr-Ing Roelof Rietbroek, assistant professor in the Water Resources (WRS) department of the ITC faculty, uses satellite observations to see how atmospheric transport of moisture and river discharge are changing the water cycle and sea level. With this contribution of 800,000 euros, they can develop their own innovative line of research and set up a research group in the coming five years.

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Life as a PhD-student at MESA+

What is it like to be a PhD student at the MESA+ institute? Rosa Luca Bouwmeester's research focused on Topological insulators, a relatively new class of materials. ‘In close collaboration with other groups, we were able to think, and work, out of the box in order to take the research a decisive step further.’

Signing Ceremony MESA+ en IIS

MESA+ and the Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Tokyo expressed a convergence of will. On Monday 5 October 2020, both parties signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). “This agreement further strengthens the collaboration of both institutions”, says Prof Dr Albert van den Berg, scientific director of MESA+.

Our NanoLab in 360°

MESA+ has a 1250 m2 state-of-the-art NanoLab which consists of a Cleanroom and Analysis facilities. Research on the nanometre scale needs a laboratory with extreme specifications. Any influencing effects from the environment, such as vibration and electromagnetic disturbances, are virtually non-existent. The environmental conditions inside the building are extremely stable. Discover our NanoLab in 360°!

Photo contest

The winner of the MESA+ photo contest of the first quarter of 2021 is Mohammed Hassan of the Multi Scale Mechanics (MSM) group, with this picture, titled, Uni-Axial Comppressed Particles.

MESA+ Meeting 2019 aftermovie

The MESA+ Meeting 2019 took place on september 30 in Kinepolis, Enschede. It was a day full of posters, lectures and meetings to form new ideas and connections. Watch the aftermovie to relive the MESA+ Meeting.