Three of the projects were submitted by researchers of the Department of Electrical Engineering. It concerns two projects on actuation systems by prof.dr.ir. Paul van den Hof and prof.dr. Elena Lomonova, and a video system by prof.dr.ir. Peter de With, which monitors babies to see to what extent they suffer from certain conditions like reflux (excessive vomiting due to a malfunctioning stomach valve).

The Department of Mechanical Engineering also received three grants. Dr.ir. Joris Remmers wants to understand what happens when textile tears, prof.dr. Hans Kuerten will be modeling the drying of drops on a porous base, and dr.ir. Bart Somers will join forces with Shell to make the combustion of diesel more efficient. For the latter project, measurements will be done in a transparent engine in which the composition of the combustible mixture can be tracked at all times with the help of laser light.

The other Eindhoven HTSM grants go to prof.dr.ir. Jos Brouwers (Built Environment) for the development of ecological concrete from waste, and prof.dr.ir. Olaf Adan for research into batteries based on electrically active bacteria.

The 2013 HTSM call has a budget of 8 million euro, made available by Technology Association STW. Participating companies have added another 3.1 million in cash, and 2.3 million euro in kind.