Ysbrand Wijnant and Eric de Vries win 2021 Van den Kroonenberg AwardThe founders of 4Silence, Ysbrand Wijnant and Eric de Vries, won the Van den Kroonenberg Award this year. This entrepreneurial prize is awarded annually by the University Fund Twente; this year, during the Grand Finale of the UT Entrepreneurial Challenge 2021. The award goes to entrepreneurs who have proven that their UT spin-off has a right to exist. 4Silence develops and supplies noise reduction products along roads and railway tracks.
The company originated from research at the University of Twente. The basic concept emerged in 2007-2008. Ysbrand Wijnant worked at the UT Department of Technical Mechanics under Professor Tijdeman. He discovered how sound could affect sound. Together with the UT, Wijnant recorded the ideas in a patent that was obtained in 2009. With the support of NovelT, the company 4Silence was created based on this patent. Ysbrand Wijnant as CTO and Eric de Vries as CEO manage the company together. In recent years, the technical and economic viability has been proven in terms of the current market position, customers, revenue growth and result development. The company has shown steady development and clear choices have been made, resulting in a strong market position.Read more
Where did the ‘silver’ go?If it is up to UT-PhD student Jiaying Li, we will no longer have a ‘silver’ layer in food packages like crisps bags. In her latest publication, she describes a relatively easy method to create recyclable coatings for food packages. Her research paves the way for food packages that – given the right conditions – can be recycled in water. She recently published her work in the scientific journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.Read more
Ysbrand Wijnant and Eric de Vries win 2021 Van den Kroonenberg Award
Where did the ‘silver’ go?
Electric Superbike Twente students reveal 200 hp electric superbike
Green Team Twente: "It's time to reap our harvest!"
Safe and precise surgical catheter guiding by robots
Over €11 million for UT’s Perspective programmes: lighter vehicles and reuse of raw materials
Fraunhofer Project Center publishes the first edition of InnovatieNu
Results Crazy Research call 2020
End-of-year message from the Faculty Board
Pavlina Nanou wins the 2020 Marina van Damme Grant
UT improves mobility of paretic patients through wearable robots
UT withdraws from participation in global competition Cybathlon2020
