Tampere University
Essam Elsaed
Using a Neural Network Controller to Minimize the Pressure Peaks in Binary Coded Digital Valve Systems
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Friday 18 September 2026
Thursday 24 September 2026
Wageningen University & Research
Yan Fang
Diet, Liver Fat, and Metabolic Health: Insights from integrated human dietary intervention and cohort studies leveraging circulating metabolomics and adipose tissue transcriptomics
University of Twente
Delaram Fahmi Yigit
Bio-Aerosols: Understanding & modelling the impact of ventilation design and environmental changes
Friday 25 September 2026
University of Oslo
Lina Stotz
Children Born of War and Narratives of (Non-)Recognition in International Criminal Law and Beyond
Monday 28 September 2026
Friday 2 October 2026
Utrecht University
Marta Olivi
Food That Matters: Food Figurations in Contemporary Anglophone Feminist Dystopias
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Thursday 17 September 2026
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Shuai Lang
Network-Based DNA Data Storage
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Tuesday 15 September 2026
Utrecht University
Chris ten Dam
Built environment transformation for the transport energy transition
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Friday 11 September 2026
University of Eastern Finland
Teemu Sorsa
Long-acting ocular drug delivery systems: from in vitro method to in vivo investigation
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Thursday 10 September 2026
Aalto University
Andrea Mancianti
Sounding agencies and performing others. A relational approach to queering composition
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Wednesday 9 September 2026
Uppsala University
Simon Ryfisch
Charting Waters in the Anthropocene: Contributions of Qualitative Water Policy Analyses to Navigating Contemporary Socio-Hydrological Challenges
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Monday 7 September 2026
Anders Enqvist
Analytical Foundations of Energy-Efficient Wireless Communication: RIS Control and Sleep Mode Management
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Friday 28 August 2026
University of Oulu
Jari Saastamoinen
Fika, Dala horses, and Falun red villas. A study of Swedishness in the linguistic and semiotic landscapes of the Japanese town of Tōbetsu
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Wednesday 19 August 2026
Aarhus University
Zirui Luo
Enhancing Ultrasonic Degradation and Defluorination of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Water
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Tuesday 18 August 2026
KU Leuven
Elmongi Elbellili
Continuous Time Simulation in a Discrete Event Framework using a Quantized State System Approach
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KU Leuven
Samuelle Boeckx
Comfort Charging of Medical Implants Using Safe and Efficient Wireless Power Transfer
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KU Leuven
Xiaoxiao Liu
Towards Coordinated Control and Protection: Interaction Analysis Between MMC-HVDC Control and AC System Protection
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Monday 17 August 2026
KU Leuven
Yiğit Özcan
Digital Shadow for Process-Parallel Part Geometry Estimation in CNC Milling
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KU Leuven
Hans Wouters
Miniaturized High-Frequency Matrix Transformers for Electric Vehicle Onboard Chargers
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Friday 14 August 2026
University of Eastern Finland
Tiina Kuutti
Inklusiivisen varhaiskasvatuksen rajat, esteet ja toivo
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Wednesday 12 August 2026
University of Eastern Finland
Anna Kuusi
Perfectionism and well-being during secondary education: Developmental dynamics and the role of support
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Monday 6 July 2026
Delft University of Technology
Stefan Heijboer
From Touch to Feel: Integrating Haptic Fidelity and Material Interaction in Automotive User Interface Design
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Wednesday 1 July 2026
University of Amsterdam
Sanne Vrijenhoek
Building normative diversity into algorithmic news recommendations
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Tuesday 23 June 2026
Eindhoven University of Technology
Nemania Borovits
Privacy Engineering Solutions for GDPR-Compliant Contemporary Software Systems
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Thursday 18 June 2026
University of Oulu
Daljeet Singh
Towards Microwave Based Monitoring of Brain Thermo-Fluid Dynamics
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Thursday 4 June 2026
University of Twente
Behrooz Elahi
Tunable Encapsulated Salt Hydrates for Thermochemical Heat Storage
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Friday 1 May 2026
Shayne Longpre
From Data to Intelligence: Shaping, Scaling, and Scrutinizing AI Systems
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Tuesday 21 June 2022
Eindhoven University of Technology
Nikolaos Batalas
Representation and Execution of Ambulatory Assessment Protocols in Software
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