… the oxygen evolution reaction that takes place. Therefore, PhD student Bart van den Boorn developed a … looking at this reaction, was the focus of Van den Boorn’s research. Image Bart van den Boorn successfully defended his … be something in high-tech, or something related to the energy transition. I’d like to keep my options open, as …
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… Declaration of Amsterdam: for an inclusive workplace Published on November 18, 2021 … by raising awareness, monitoring progress, conducting research, providing training and building networks. Specific … signed during the LGBTI+ conference ‘DIFFER(ent) kinds of energy’ at the NWO institute DIFFER. Signing the Declaration …
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… WEST tokamak in France beats world record for plasma duration Published on February 21, 2025 A new … (approximately 22 minutes) with an injected and extracted energy of 2.6 GJ. This was a 25% improvement on the previous … is an excellent result promising for ITER and fusion energy research. Numerous experiments are scheduled on the WEST …
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… mechatronica, werktuigbouwkunde, elektrotechniek, informatica, technische natuurkunde en applied sciences, om de … steeds naar een hoger plan te tillen. Erik Langereis, research development officer van DIFFER, beaamt dit. … vakgebied. Over DIFFER Het Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER, www.differ.nl ) is het Nederlandse …
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… burning stars on earth: the importance of exhaust models for realising fusion energy Published on March 02, 2026 To harness fusion energy on Earth, the fusion research community builds experimental reactors that trap … To harness fusion energy on Earth, the fusion research community builds experimental reactors that trap …
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… Chair of the General Assembly of the European Consortium for Fusion Energy, EUROfusion, and the Associate Vice President for Research at EPFL. Image Ambrogio Fasoli. Photo: EUROfusion … Energy, EUROfusion, and the Associate Vice President for Research at EPFL. Biography Fasoli studied at the …
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… Launch of Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems - EIRES Published on September 07, 2020 The … especially due to the strong synergies with its Solar Fuels research theme. The Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy … especially due to the strong synergies with its Solar Fuels research theme. The Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy …
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… of the introduction project. Mariette Huisjes portrayed him for the DIFFER Annual Report 2020. Protecting DIFFER from … glove Sometimes, Schoonen has to confront overenthusiastic researchers, who in his view are too optimistic about the … will appear in the DIFFER Annual Report 2020. Go to the News page. …
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… been the focus of Gijs Derks, PhD student at DIFFER in the research teams of Egbert Westerhof and Matthijs van Berkel, already for two years. Derks is researching models with the aim to … together nuclei in a controlled way, releasing a lot of energy. This is the process that powers the sun and the …
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… PhD defense Gijs Derks 'Dynamic exhaust modeling for fusion reactors'. On 2 March 2026 Gijs Derks will defend … models for the operation of fusion power plants The fusion energy that powers the Sun is one of the few virtually … In an effort to harness fusion energy on Earth,the fusion research community builds experimental reactors that trap …
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… the summer of 2024 Loes works as a PhD candidate in the Energy Systems and Control group at DIFFER’s Fusion Energy … at DIFFER since the summer of 2024. What is your PhD research about? I work on control engineering for nuclear fusion. I focus on how we can supply fuel to a …
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… EERA - REPowering Europe for a sustainable EU strategic autonomy Presenting an R&I … prices and inflation to reach record highs, and the very energy security of the EU bloc to be at stake. As energy is … to achieve the long-term goals of climate neutrality. Research must play a prominent role in this endeavour , but …
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… Launching the Center for Computational Energy Research Published on June 21, 2017 On the longest … On the longest day of the year the Center for Computational Energy Research (CCER) was officially opened. Scientific director … Launching the Center for Computational Energy Research …
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… not crack or melt under the intense heat inside. In his PhD research, mechanical engineer Jos Scholte (TU/e and DIFFER) … studied if liquid metals can act as a protective layer for the exhaust wall. He successfully defended his PhD … a noticeable cooling effect. That is not automatically good news, because the fusion fuel should not be cooled to below …
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… Tijs Wijkamp’s answer is: simply by looking! During his PhD research at the TU/e and DIFFER fusion groups, he used … is emitted by the particles in the exhaust. By combining information from multiple cameras, we can deduce what … my research, I’ve developed a new method to estimate the energy and location of runaway electrons using camera images …
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