{"id":11458,"date":"2025-10-06T11:24:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/?p=11458"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:25:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:25:00","slug":"focusgroep-high-tech-sensoring-in-noord-nederland-innovatie-en-samenwerking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/en\/news\/focusgroep-high-tech-sensoring-in-noord-nederland-innovatie-en-samenwerking\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus group High Tech Sensoring in the Northern Netherlands: innovation and cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Netherlands is increasingly developing as a hotspot for high-tech sensor technology. Companies and knowledge institutions in the region are active in developing and applying sensors in the electromagnetic domain - from IR, SWIR and UV to radio and X-ray technology - as well as multi-sensor systems, such as the well-known LOFAR antenna. This is done, among others, through the ICD Focus Group High Tech Sensoring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, knowledge institutions are strengthening this innovative ecosystem. For example, several professors and departments are active and there are even two professorships that focus specifically on sensor technology and data science:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhlstenden.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NHL Stenden:<\/a> lectureship Vision &amp; Data Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanze.nl\/nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hanze University<\/a>: lectorate of sensor technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, this forms a fast-growing&nbsp;<strong>cluster of sensor technology in the northern Netherlands<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"Icd Focus Group High Tech Sensoring\" class=\"wp-image-11469\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inspiring presentations during focus group meeting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>That this focus group is alive and well was evident on Monday, September 22 in Drachten: the hall was completely full. The participants were given two inspiring presentations that highlighted different levels on the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) ladder:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maria-antonietta-loi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prof. Maria Loi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rug.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BACK<\/a>, Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials) presented her research on the application of&nbsp;<em>quantum dot coatings<\/em>&nbsp;on SWIR detectors. With a convincing proof-of-principle, she showed how these new materials significantly improve the performance of detectors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/theunprins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Theun Prins<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/yourpartner.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YourPartner<\/a>) brought a real-life example from the marketplace. He told about the development of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/beer-eye.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BEEREYE<\/a>, an innovative sensor that uses radar technology to measure the contents of beer tanks - even through foil. Breweries and logistics partners used to do this visually or \u2018at a guess. This is now no longer necessary, as this technology ensures reliable measurements and prevents unnecessary trips by beer trucks. Thanks to cooperation within the network (3D printing, electronics and radar knowledge), this sensor was successfully developed and is now being introduced to the market.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next meeting: Nov. 3 at Sentron<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The next Focus Group High Tech Sensoring will take place on Nov. 3 at <a href=\"https:\/\/millar.com\/industrial-applications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sentron<\/a> in Leek. This group is open to developers and users of sensors and cameras. The focus group is being pulled by<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exosens.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Exosens<\/a> (Roden) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.its-hightech.nl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ITS High Tech<\/a> (Groningen).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring2.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Icd Focus Group High Tech Sensoring2\" class=\"wp-image-11468\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring2-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/www.icdrachten.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ICD-Focusgroep-High-Tech-Sensoring2.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Netherlands is increasingly developing as a hotspot for high-tech sensor technology. Companies and knowledge institutions in the region are active in developing and applying sensors in the electromagnetic domain - from IR, SWIR and UV to radio and X-ray technology - as well as multi-sensor systems, such as the well-known LOFAR antenna. 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