Matias Duran Matute (Applied Physics), Federica Eduati and Roy van der Meel (Biomedical Engineering), Johanna Höffken and Bob Walrave (Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences), and Antoni Forner Cuenca and Danqing Liu (Chemical Engineering and Chemistry) are the new members that have been appointed by Rector Frank Baaijens. During an online ceremony, he also honored Patricia Dankers with a special silver TU/e medal for her work establishing the network. Dankers was the founding chair from 2018 until September 2020. Finally, Baaijens thanked Sandra Hofmann, Job Beckers and Jan-Philipp Hofmann (now at TU Darmstadt) whose term as board members ended.

A better place

The new board consists of Yoeri van de Burgt, Oana Druta, Sandra Loerakker and chair Daniël Lakens. During the online meeting, Lakens gave a short overview of the ambitions of the Eindhoven Young Academy of Engineering (EYAE) for the coming year. He characterized the network as a community of friendly and caring people who are dedicated to making TU/e a better place.  

Lakens hopes EYAE can play an important role in representing and supporting early career scientific staff, especially now that the network has established a solid base. Members are currently interviewing young staff to find out what makes academia, and TU/e in particular, an (un)attractive employer. Another priority will be the alliance with the young academies of Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht and Wageningen University & Research. Together, a Center for Unusual Collaborations has been founded.