Wiendelt Steenbergen appointed Professor and Chair of Biomedical Photonic Imaging26 september 2010 - Dr. Ir. Wiendelt Steenbergen has been appointed Professor and Chair of Biomedical Photonic Imaging (BMPI) since 1 June 2010.
He started his career with an MSc degree in aerospace engineering in 1988 at the Delft University of Technology. He obtained a PhD degree at the Eindhoven University of Technology in 1995, specializing in optical measurement and modeling of turbulent flow.

Best Student Poster Presentation Award27 april 2010 - Jithin Jose of the Biomedical Photonic Imaging (BMPI) group won the Best Student Poster Presentation Award in the Photoacoustic Imaging and Spectroscopy session at the Biomedical Optics (BIOMED) Topical Meeting held between April 11-14, 2010 in Miami, US. The awards were given to the best student poster presenters in each topical session who demonstrated outstanding research and scientific presentation skills in the Biomedical Optics field.

BMPI RECEIVES 1.9 M€ FOR PHOTOACOUSTICS RESEARCH3 februari 2010 - BMPI has secured two grants for in total 1.9 M€. One grant, of 400 k€ is obtained from the Foundation for Fundamental Research of Matter in the Netherlands (FOM, www.fom.nl), in their program ‘New Physical Instruments for Health Care’. The other, of 1.5 M€, is a VICI-grant obtained by Wiendelt Steenbergen. VICI is a program of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research NWO (www.nwo.nl) for personal funding.

Decentrale onderwijs prijs Srirang ManoharElk jaar wordt de Decentrale Onderwijs Prijs uitgereikt aan een door de studenten verkozen tot beste docent. Dit jaar is de prijs uitgereikt aan Dhr. De Wilde (TG) en Dhr. Manohar (BMT).

Jithin Jose awarded presentation prize at 2nd Dutch BioMedical Engineering ConferenceFirst year Ph.D. student at the Biophysical Engineering (BPE) Group, Jithin Jose, won 2nd prize for his presentation at the 2nd Dutch BioMedical Engineering Conference (Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands - January 22-23, 2009).

A consortium of laboratories has secured a grant from the first IOP for Photonic DevicesA consortium of laboratories including the Biophysical Engineering Group and the Polymer and Biomaterials Group of the University of Twente has secured a grant from the first IOP (Innovatiegerichte Onderzoeksprogramma's) for Photonic Devices