Saturday is the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. To highlight the issue of a persisting gender gap in STEM-disciplines, we asked our researchers what tip they would give to young women dreaming of a career in STEM. Today: Fatma Demir #WomenInScience

International Day of Women and Girls in Science is this weekend, join us in celebrating #WomenInScience #WomenInScienceDay

Prakhar Pouranick is presenting a part of his PhD research during the Belgian Polymer Group Annual Meeting 2023. His talk is about using TGA for #polymer degradation kinetics.

Nice Gösser brewery and restaurant visit organized as social activity. Wonderful time together.

Interesting visit to high-end PCBs and IC substrates producer AT&S

🚀 New Opportunity Alert: Join the Brain Magnet Program! Calling all passionate PhD students, postdocs, and young researchers! A travelling and exchange programme to transfer methodology and technology. To learn more about this opportunity, visit: eurobin-project.eu/index.php/show….

Our second last training event at @pccl1

WE ARE HIRING! We are hiring 11 Phd students for EU-Marie Curie Doctoral Network Project DURAMAT which is coordinated by VUB, SURF VUB. Here is how to apply: duramat-project.be/recruitment/

Make sure you attend our SMART International Conference & Business Fair events. Participation is for free smartitn.eu/2023/07/24/sma… organized by BruBotics VUB and FYSC_VUB

The demos on smart materials for soft robots is being setup. Today our smart business event starts.

Our smart business training event started with introduction speech of coordinator Bram Vanderborght and manager Fatma Demir

New joint research paper betwen Empa and BruBotics VUB/FYSC_VUB on Printable Polar Silicone Elastomers for Healable Supercapacitive Strain Sensors onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Excited to to share my new article in IEEE Transactions on Education🎉! Our engineering outreach activity introduces K-12 students to the captivating world of #SoftRobotics🤖 Check out how we're shaping #STEMeducation with hands-on learning: shorturl.at/vNZ18 #eicshinto

Our project manager Fatma Demir (BruBotics VUB FYSC_VUB) presented how to go towards sustainable research management with learnings from the SMART project during #BrIAS seminar youtube.com/live/TXU3ajIbo…

I have spent the last two days at the exciting #itfworld2024 in Antwerp! Very proud to see the expert interest on the BruBotics VUB booth showing multisensor obstacle detection, exoskeletons, #selfhealing and self closing suction cups and indoor localization.youtu.be/F7m5_kQ_mRQ

Exciting day at VUB hosting high school students for a STEM workshop on creating a soft-robotic finger! Inspiring the next generation of innovators with hands-on learning. 🚀🤖 @smartitn BruBotics VUB #shinto #STEM #FutureEngineers #SoftRobotics

I showcased the successful research management of the @SMARTitn at the Marie Curie Alumni Association meeting in Brussels in the presence of EU Commission’s MSCA Unit and REA. Proud to advance research excellence & collaboration in Europe! #ResearchManagement #MSCA #HorizonEurope

Our self healing technologies are also inspiring artists like Inshallah Montero with her short movie "Reversible" Trailer: ji-hlava.com/filmy/oboustra… In October to watch for one month on Labocine 's The Ecosystem Program in New York: labocine.com/issues/the-eco… BruBotics VUB FYSC_VUB

Enjoying the spotlight as the Research Manager of the Month for 2025! 💫 Thrilled to join the coordination team of @MCAA_RM Working Group. 🖊️Read about my journey here: medium.com/@mcaa_rm/rmotm… #ResearchManagement #MSCA SMARTitn

Self-healing soft robots lead the way in sustainability The EU-funded SMART project has developed soft robotics that integrate self-healing, sensing and actuation technologies, paving the way for autonomous systems in complex environments. cordis.europa.eu/article/id/455… EU Research Results