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NHL Stenden students present successful adaptation and modification projects
Last Friday a successful presentation took place in the SKILL building of Innovatiecluster Drachten. Fourteen students from the Ad Industrial Automation and Robotics course at NHL Stenden presented their adaptation and change projects at companies in the Innovation Cluster. During the presentations, the students introduced themselves and told about the technical adaptation they...
Girls’ Day 2023 – Technology rocks!
Girlsday 2023 was a great success. This event, which took place at the end of March, is being organized by more and more companies to enthuse girls between the ages of 10 and 15 about technology and science. This time, the participating companies Philips, Resato, Photonis, SRON, ASTRON and BD have committed themselves to giving the girls an interesting day...
Professor of the University of Groningen Jacquelien Scherpen is Engineer of the Year.
'Students think that the best jobs are in the Randstad. We don't think so' Professor of the University of Groningen Jacquelien Scherpen Click on the image for the article by Dagblad van het Noorden:
Visit to radio telescope and insight into high-pressure applications
Applied Physics students from the Van der Waals Study Association of Eindhoven University of Technology visited ASTRON in March. Electrical designer Lesley explained about radio astronomy and shared his knowledge about photonics. The LOFAR telescope with all its technology, from antenna, low-noise amplifiers, filters, A/D conversion to supercomputing, offered a complete overview of all...
RuG students on safari à la James Bond with a scientific twist
The Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD) of the University of Groningen has welcomed students of the Applied Physics program on a true safari! No lions and tigers here, but a whole bunch of companies that deal with mathematics, computer science and AI. A group of 150 students set out to meet the tech companies...
Successful Smart Factory Event
On March 16, the Smart Factory Event took place in the SKILL building in Drachten. The aim of this event was to inform SMEs about the concept of Smart Factory, so that they can determine their strategy to deal with the rapid developments in production technologies, the digitization of production processes, a growing shortage of skilled workers and the constant...
RUG Professor awarded Engineer of the year 2023
Innovatiecluster Drachten is pleased to announce that Professor Jacquelien Scherpen of the University of Groningen (RUG) has been elected Engineer of the Year 2023. This prestigious prize is awarded to an engineer who has made an exceptional contribution to technological development in the Netherlands. It is a great honor for Scherpen and a recognition...
Study trip to Hochschule Emden Leer
On Thursday, February 23, the ICD undertook a study trip to the city of Emden, where the Volkswagen ID3 and ID4 are produced. This time we were guests at the Hochschule Emden Leer and the aim was to gain new knowledge in the field of digitization of logistics. With a constant stream of trucks on the...
Delegation of Smallingerland municipality visits ICD
On Thursday, February 16, representatives of the Municipal Executive of the municipality of Smallingerland visited Innovatiecluster Drachten. During the working visit, the Executive Board was informed about the ambitions and initiatives of the ICD to bind and fascinate talent from all levels of education for the Northern Netherlands region. This is good...