Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory

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Hamed Sadeghian won the best poster award at the International Symposium on Surface and Nanotechnology 2008, Tokyo, Japan. The topic of his poster was “Effects of Surface Stress on Nanocantilever Plates”. Chung-Kai Yang was co-author of this poster.
Hamed also won the best presentation award at the Eleventh Engineering Mechanics Symposium with his presentation entitled “Mechanical Characterization of nanoelectromechanical cantilevers”

• Vijay Rajaraman won the best poster award at the STW Technology Foundation's 11th Annual Workshop on Semiconductor Advances for Future Electronics and Sensors (SAFE 2008). The topic of his presentation was the "Application of PECVD a-SiC Thin-Film Layer for Encapsulation of Microstructures". He also received a honorable mention for the best flash presentation award.

• Lukas Mol won the second best paper award at the 22nd international conference EUROSENSORS 2008 that was held in Dresden, Germany. His scientific talk was about “Optimized settling of under-damped electrostatic actuators based on input shaping”.

• Gerard Meijer was nominated as one of the 25 scientist for the Delft Entrepreneurial Scientist Award 2008.

• The STW Technology Foundation has awarded the title of Simon Stevin Student 2008 to Caspar van Vroonhoven. This prize is given to promising young PhD students.

• On the 26th of June there was a badminton competition between EI (13e floor) and Elca (18e floor). It seemed that the 13th floor really had the best players, because we won with big numbers! In general, it was really a good afternoon and everyone enjoyed it. We are waiting for the return in September!
Karfee also made some photos. Click here to see them.

• Caspar van Vroonhovenwon the best poster awardat the Dimes Day 2008, June 16 with his poster entitled “Extreme Temperature Sensors in CMOS"

• Fabio Sebastiano won the best student paper award at the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) with his paper entitled "Impulse based scheme for crystal-less ultra-low-power radios". His paper describes a method with which ultra-low-power sensor nodes can communicate synchronously without the need for bulky and expensive crystal oscillators.
Ali Heidary is also very happy to inform you about the birth of his daughter Asal (Asal in Persia means honey) on the 6th of March.
Padmakumar Rao and Gayathri are very happy to inform you of the birth of their son Sudarshan (Su: Good/auspicious, Darshan: Outlook) on the 26th of January.
On January 9th. 2008, Paddy gave a presentation about the results of all our joint efforts during the year 2007. After that, we went to Cafe de V for dinner.
Here you can find some photos.
In November 2007 some people of the lab visited the Reactor Institute Delft. C.K. made some photos. Click here to see them.
September 5 2007prof. Johan H. Huijsing delivered his 25th Ph.D.: Dr. Martijn Snoeij.
During ESSCIRC 2007 Frerik Witte is awarded with the ESSCIRC Young Scientist Award 2006.
Rong Wu won the silver leaf prize during the IEEE Prime 2007 conference.
June 6, 2007 we had our annual Day Out.
First we went to the Hague to visit the museon to see the temporary exhibition "ROBOT ZOO"
We discovered animals function using huge robot models and saw how perfect nature is. The special characteristics of animals such as a giraffe, a rhinoceros, a bat and a chameleon are revealed using these robot models. How does a chameleon change colour? How does a giant squid move? And how does a fly walk across the ceiling? We watched how a model of a locust jumps using powerful springs and find out how a bat finds its prey in the dark using special echolocation equipment.

In the afternoon we went to the Island Goeree-Overvlakkee. First we lunched in restaurant "de Zilvermeeuw" of the fish auction. After lunch we had an excusrion in the harbour of Stellendam. We learned how to peel shrimps, a lot about all kind of fishes and catched some crabs.
Later this afternoon we went to the beach of Ouddorp for the real work. We trawl for fish, crabs, shrimps and all other sealife.

For dinner we went to restaurant "D'n dolle bear", also in Ouddorp. Also here it was very "gezellig" and the food was delicious.

As usual there are made a lot of photos. I put all the photos (whithout censorship) on a DVD, which you can borrow from me. I also made a selection for the web. Click here to see them.
On 16th January 2007, Paddy gave a presentation about the results of all our joint efforts during the year 2006. After that, we went for pooling to "Snooker-Pool Palce. And we had dinner in "Royal Palace".
Kofi Makinwa is one of the ten new members of The Young Academy of the KNAW.
The Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW) started The Young Academy (DJA) in 2005 to bring young researchers in contact with colleagues from other research areas. The members come from all disciplines, have a certain scientific status and do not have their doctorate for longer than ten years.
After Kofi Makinwa last year - the Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory managed to produce the second "Simon Stevin Gezel" in a row: Michiel Pertijs!
On October 17th, the Dutch Technology Foundation (STW) held an Innovation Market in Utrecht, as part of its 25th anniversary celebration. During this event, three young PhDs, whose research had been funded by STW and who graduated last year, competed for the title of "Simon Steven Gezel 2006." Michiel Pertijs had the honour of being one of the three, and gave an overview of his work in a 15 minute presentation. After having seen all three presentations, the audience voted for the winner, and... they voted for him!
More awards in 2006:
o Michiel Pertijs won the JSSC best paper award
o Kofi Makinwa and Martijn Snoeij won the ISSCC 2006 best European paper award
o Chung-Kai Yang won the best poster award at SAFE
o Ali Heidary won the best poster award at Sense of Contact
May 31, 2006 we had our annual Day Out. This year we went to Haarlem. First we visited the Teylersmuseum. And in the afternoon we had a treasure hunt along a few courts of almshouse. Because it was very cold we where waiting on the finish line with some tastily alcoholics to get warm again. For dinner we went to the beach of Zantvoort.
Again it was a very "gezellig" day. As usual there are made a lot of photos. Here you can find a selection we made for the web.
On 16th January 2006, Paddy gave a presentation about the results of all our joint efforts during the year 2005. After that, we went for dinner to"Stadsherberg de Mol". Here you can find the photos.
Michiel Pertijs is awarded with the ISSCC 2005 Jack Kilby best student paper award.
Kofi Makinwa was awarded the title of 'Simon Stevin Gezel' by the Dutch Technology Foundation (STW), and received a Veni award from the Dutch Scientific Foundation (NWO).
On June 30 we celebrated Inge's silver (25 years, yes..!) jubilee party with a very nice lunch.
Click here to see the photos.
Olga Mendelova our guest from Elsevier passed here final exam of the conservatory with the best result you can have in the Netherlands: 10!!! So we showered here with flowers. Click here for the photos.
On June 23 we had our annual day out. This time we went to "de Biesbosch" nearby Drimmelen. We had very good weather and it was a very relaxed and "gezellig" programme.
Since Vladimir left us, we had to find another photographer, in which we succeeded. We collected over 350 photos and here you can see a selection.
On 13th January 2005, Paddy gave a presentation about the results of all our joint efforts during the last year. After that, we went to "Het Karrenwiel" for dinner. Click here to see the photos, Martijn Snoeij made.
May 19, 2004 we had our annual Day Out. First we went to Utrecht, where we drunk a cup of coffee with apple pie in "Castle Oudaen". Afterwards we made a circular trip through the canals and we finished with a pancake lunch in the "Oude Muntkelder"
After the lunch we went to restaurant "Bonaparte" in Austerlitz for a GPS tracking through the woods of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug some people also archeried and we ended the day with a nice dinner.
As usual there are made a lot of photos. Here you can find a selection.
NWO, the Dutch organization for Scientific Research, has awarded dr. Gleb Vdovin with VIDI-money for his projects : "Sharper eyes with adaptive lenses"
The focus of the eye-lens determines the sharpness of sight. Older people can have difficulties in reading, because their lens is not able to focus on short distances. In order to improve this, the researchers place an electronic controlled lens within the human eye.
On 7th January 2004, Paddy gave a presentation about the results of all our joint efforts during the last year. After that, we went to "de Waag" for dinner.
Again Vladimir made a lot of photos which you can find at: http://ei.et.tudelft.nl/~vladimir/
On the occasion of the emeritus status of Professor Johan H. Huijsing we had a symposium "towards a smart future" and a party afterwards. It was a pleasures day.
Our home photographer Vladimir took the pictures during the party. You can download them from http://ei.et.tudelft.nl/~vladimir/
May 7, 2003 we had our annual Day out.
We went by bus to Hoorn, by steamtrain to Medemblik and by boat to Enkhuizen, where we visit the "Zuiderzeemuseum". On our way back we had a dinner in Zaandijk with a great view on the "Zaanse Schans"
Here you can find the photos taken by Vladimir.
April 16 at 16:00 Gerard and Lina held their "Intreerede" in the Aula of the Delft University of Technology.
Intreerede van prof.dr.ir. G.C.M. Meijer: "Contrasto Grosso"
Intreerede van prof.dr. P.M. Sarro: "M3: de derde dimensie van silicium"
On 15th January 2003, Paddy gave a presentation about the results of all our joint efforts during the last year. After that, we went to "'t Karrewiel" for a bowling game and dinner.
Again Vladimir made a lot of photos which you can find at: http://ei.et.tudelft.nl/~vladimir/
Transistors under stress Mechanical stress affects amplification
An article about Fredrik Creemer's work in Delft Integraal
"Practically every modern Intel Pentium processor main board features a temperature sensor developed at Delft University of Technology. The sensor detects when the processor starts to become too hot, and switches on a fan to cool it down. As soon as the temperature drops to an acceptable level, the fan is switched off. The temperature sensor was developed by Dr. Anton Bakker, who in April 2000 was awarded his doctorate for his research on this subject (see also Delft Outlook 97.1), and subsequently put into production by Philips. Although the sensor performs admirably, it is still not perfect. It contains a temperature error that can be as much as a whole degree Celsius. Professors Dr. Paddy French and Dr. Gerard Meijer formulated a research assignment to find out what causes the error and it was Fredrik Creemer rose to the challenge and unveiled the mystery: transistors are sensitive to stress!"
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On Friday afternoon June 7, 2002, the Laboratory for Electronic Instrumentation held an Alumni get-together for our ex-students and ex-members with the present members. It has already been 10 years since we hosted a similar social gathering on June 5, 1992.
Here you can find the photos taken by Vladimir.
As per June 1, prof. dr. Paddy French is the new chairman of the Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory. Prof. dr. ir. Johan Huijsing will stay member of the lab.
May 22, 2002 we had our annual Day out.
We went to Oisterwijk (in the woods of Brabant) for a puzzle-search on big "Piet Pleziers" (bikes for 5 persons) through the woods. Halfway we got a drink.
Afterwards we went to restaurant "The Struifkabouter" for a good lunch. Thereafter we left to the Convent of the "Trappist fathers" who make an excellent beer, La Trappe, since 1884, in Berkel-Enschot. They showed us how they prepare this beer, which we tasted of course! After the beer we went to restaurant the "Ridderhof" in Maassluis (a very old farmhouse from 1674) where a fine buffet was waiting for us.
Here you can find the photos taken by Vladimir.
On December 11, 2001 we went with our laboratory to the "Heksenkethel" in Rotterdam where we had our Christmas dinner.
Jeroen Bastemeijer made a lot of pictures, which can be found here.
Since December 1, 2001 our Laboratory has a new Antony van Leeuwenhoek-professor: Gerard Meijer.
Other appointments of new 'Anthony van Leeuwenhoek' Professors within the DiMES-groups are:
• Alle Jan vdVeen from the ITS-CAS group
• Lina Sarro from the ITS-ECTM group
• Liz Nanver from the ITS-ECTM group
• Yuli Nazarov from the TNW-Theor. Physics group
Prof. dr. Paddy French has been awarded the title "Simon Stevin Meester" by the Technology Foundation STW. During the SeSens workshop on November 30 he is distinguished with the Simon Stevin Award.
Here you can find Vladimir's photos taken during Sesens 2001.
Prof. dr. Ir. Albert Theuwissen has been elected IEEE Fellow for contributions to the development of CCD image sensors for still photography and HDTV applications, effective as per January 1, 2002.
Since September 2001 Michiel J. Vellekoop has been appointed a full professor of Industrial Sensor Systems at the Institute of Industrial Electronics and Material Science of the Vienna University of Technology, Austria.
http://www.iemw.tuwien.ac.at/structure/index_en.html
http://www.iemw.tuwien.ac.at/vellekoop/
October 12, 2001 Robert Kazinczi came with his girlfriend to show their daughter. This was a good possibility to give our presents.
Here you can find the photos of Roberts babyshow.
Delft University Research Center for Intelligent Sensor-Microsystems (DISens) is founded September 28, 2001.
September 6-7, 2001 we gave several demonstrations on the "ICT kenniscongres". Here you can see the photos which Harry Kerkvliet took during this days.
June 10-14, 18 people of the laboratory went to Transducers 2001 in Munich, Germany. Here you can find the pictures taken by Svetla Matova.
Pictures taken by Harry Kerkvliet during the Nationale Sensorconferentie ' 01 held in Enschede, the Netherlands.
On June 8 we took with two teams part in the ITS living tablefootball tournament, where we won the third prize. Here you can find the photos.
May 23, 2001 we went with our Laboratory to Spakenburg to go sailing on the Eemmeer.
Here you can find the photos of this day.