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Von Engel and Franklin Prize for Ute Ebert
For her pioneering theoretical and computational work on electric discharges in gases, Ute Ebert (CWI and TU/e) has been awarded the prestigious Von Engel and Franklin Prize. She delivers her prize lecture …
Hershkowitz Early Career Award for Jannis Teunissen
For his pioneering work in simulating electric discharges, Jannis Teunissen (CWI) has been named the 2024 winner of the Noah Hershkowitz Early Career Award and Review by the PSST journal.
Making our electric power grids sustainable
In 2024, CWI and TU/e start the 'Green Sparks' project to investigate eco-friendly alternatives for the greenhouse gas SF6 in high voltage switches, together with Hitachi Energy Ltd.
IUPAP Early Career Scientist Prize on Plasma Physics awarded to Jannis Teunissen
Jannis Teunissen (CWI) has been awarded the 2023 Early Career Scientist Prize on Plasma Physics by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
Consortium to improve cyber-physical systems starts
Recently, the NWO KIC project ‘REGENERATE’ started. Within this public-private partnership (PPP), knowledge institutions and industrial partners are working on reliable high-tech motion systems, like lithography machines to make computer chips.
Streamlining the energy transition with mathematics and informatics
The energy transition requires new solutions for the power grid. And that’s where math and computer science come in. CWI researchers are using mathematics to make sense of power outages, to automatically …
Ute Ebert elected as AGU Fellow
The American Geophysical Union announced that Ute Ebert (CWI and TU/e) was elected as an AGU Fellow for crucial theoretical, numerical and experimental insights on lightning and related sciences.
Hurray! A new national supercomputer: Snellius
On Thursday 16 September 2021, Queen Máxima performed the official opening of the new national supercomputer Snellius. CWI researchers have been computing on the national supercomputer since 1984: from testing security keys …
