Alumni Talks: Student lunch lectures

How to tackle a huge health issue with AI and develop a successful and useful product?

This is something that Technical Medicine UT alumna Merel Boers achieved with StrokeViewer, powered by Nicolab.

In Europe, cerebral infarctions are the second leading cause of death and the primary cause of long-term disability. Every year, 1.4 million Europeans suffer from a stroke, and 40% of patients do not receive proper treatment in time. For effective treatment, the time factor is crucial.

Merel Boers, a graduate of Technical Medicine and PhD, led a team that made a significant breakthrough in stroke treatment: a new method that was twice as effective as any existing treatment at the time. This led to the creation of Nicolab and the development of their product, StrokeViewer.

Want to know how she did it? Merel will be on campus on Friday, October 4th, to share more about her story during the lunch break.

From Twente to beginning of a whole new chapter in Astronomy with the James Webb Space (JWST), powered by the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope designed to find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, linking the epoch of the Big Bang to the evolution of our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Maurice studied Applied Physics at the University of Twente from 1988 to 1993. He began his career at TNO Science and Industry and transitioned to ESA after seven years. In 2012, he was seconded from the European Space Agency to NASA in Maryland for the James Webb Space Telescope project. As the System Integration & Test Manager, he ensured that the European contribution to the telescope was properly and safely assembled with the rest of the telescope.

Want to learn more about his career path? Maurice will be on campus on Friday, October 4th, to share more about his journey during the lunch break.