Department of Mechanical Engineering

Microsystems

Our mission is to develop innovative technological concepts and fabrication methods for microsystems for a wide range of applications. Our concepts are often inspired by biology, and our microsystems are often applied to understand biological processes that are important for health and disease.

Developing life-enhancing applications through research at the micro-scale

We develop innovative technological concepts and fabrication methods by carrying out research in our Microfab/lab, often in collaboration with industrial, biomedical, or clinical partners.  Practical applications of the group’s research range from organ-on-a-chip systems for cancer and brain research, point-of-care diagnostics, wearable health sensors, water and air quality monitoring and purification, lithography machines, displays, and brain-inspired computing, to soft microrobotics.

Our Groups

Group of microsystems

Group Den Toonder

Our mission is to make things move at small scales: fluids, particles, molecules, solid structures. We do this by carrying out research in…

Group of microsystems

Neuromorphic Engineering

We focus on organic electronic materials for embedding artificial neural networks in hardware, to provide biocompatible and inexpensive…

Group of Microsystems

Group Luttge

As part of the Mechanical Engineering department, our cross-disciplinary research group investigates and develops microsystems for medicine…

Group of microsystems

Group Wyss

Microfluidics and Soft Matter   We develop and use simple experimental tools - often based on microfluidic devices - for studying the…

Microfab Lab

The Microsystems group manages the Microfab lab, a state-of-the-art micro fabrication facility that houses a range of micro manufacturing technologies as well as a biolab. The Microfab/Lab facilitates the development of new micromanufacturing technologies for use in life sciences applications.
 

Our Job Opportunities

Building a better future for our global society? Join our research team and be part of the thriving community at Eindhoven University of Technology!

We currently have several vacancies for a PhD position, so please contact us for more information.

News

Bas Verkaik in the production hall of ELEO in Helmond. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
November 20, 2023
'With a healthy dose of open-mindedness, you can go a very long way'
‘The Faces of Challenge-Based Learning’ series: alumnus Bas Verkaik, founder of TU/e spin-off ELEO Technologies. In his student days, he traveled the world on...
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November 14, 2023
METRAMAT program will pave the way to widespread manufacturing and application of metamaterials in European industry
TU/e researcher Varvara Kouznetsova coordinates European funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie program that’s now hiring for 10 PhD positions in metamaterial...
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November 2, 2023
Model Predictive Pandemic Control project granted by ZonMW
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Student Opportunities

Are you a student interested in graduating or doing a project in the Microsystems group? Our research covers a very broad range of subjects. We design, make and test systems for various applications, which might be medical applications, but also something in the semiconductor industry.

Almost all our graduation projects we start with an idea or a practical problem that we want to solve. We then translate that into a system at a micro level. Students then go through the whole development process, from idea to concrete solution.

See what our students say

We have started a series of video's on Master students in the spotlight. In this series we would like to show how Master students in our Microsystems section carry out varied research. 

First episode: Pieter's Rockwool graduation project

Microsystems: Art meets Science

Every year, researchers in the Microsystems group select their most beautiful images to showcase in a calendar. Enjoy! 

 

Meet some of our Researchers

Postdoc

Mohammad Khorsand Ahmadi

Full Professor

Jaap den Toonder

Postdoc

Jelle Sleeboom

Postdoc

Emma Moonen

Associate Professor

Regina Luttge

Associate Professor

Hans Wyss

Associate Professor

Yoeri van de Burgt

Assistant Professor
(Part-time)

Erik Homburg

Recent Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

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