Research prizes and awards

The departments of the Faculty of Applied Sciences have an excellent reputation for their research. Many of the members of academic staff are prize-winning scientists who received grants from Dutch and European research organisations:

• Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO): Veni, Vidi, Vici grants, Rubicon grant.
• European Research Council (ERC): Starting Grant, Advanced Grant.

2012

ERC    

• ERC Starting Grant for Nynke Dekker (BN) for her research 'What stops DNA replication?' 
• ERC Starting Grant for Francesco Pedaci (BN) for his research ‘Optical Torque Wrench’  
• ERC Starting Grant for Chirlmin Joo (BN) for his research ‘More insight into RNA'
• ERC Starting Grant for Val Zwiller (QN) for his research 'Communication with individual photons'
• ERC Starting Grant for Ronald Hanson (QN) for his research 'The quantum properties of spins'
• ERC Starting Grant for Marnix Wagemaker (R3) for his research 'The fundamentals of lithium batteries’

VIDI 

• VIDI Grant for Christophe Danelon (BN) for his research ‘Constructing a minimal cell’ 
• VIDI Grant for Sander Otte (QN) for his research ‘Building with individual atoms' 
• VIDI Grant for Marlies Goorden (R3) for her research ‘The focus on tumours’

VENI

• VENI Grant for Kristina Djanashvili (BT) for her research ‘Nanoparticles with a giga-mission: identify and deactivate tumour!’
• VENI Grant for Roxanne Kieltyka (ChemE) for her research ‘Nucleic acids beyond the genetic code’ 
• VENI Grant for Pierre Barthelemy (QN) for his research ‘Using electrons to stimulate electrons’

Other grants in 2012 were:

• Spinoza Premium for Mike Jetten (BT) for his research on extraordinary microbes, which he discovered in unusual biotopes and specializes in slow-growing, anaerobic bacteria
• Valorisation Grant for Dries Gisolf (IST) for his nonlinear full waveform inversion for reservoir characterisation 
• Valorisation Grant for Lieven Vandersypen (QN) for his research ‘IVVI-rack Advanced Measurement Instrumentation for Nano-Electronics’
• Lead Scientist Grant of 3.6 M€ from the Russian Federation for Professor Kemo Hanjalic (MSP) for his computer simulations and laser diagnostics at the Novosibirsk State University
• ISNSCE Nanoscience Prijs 2012 for Cees Dekker (BN) for his research of outstanding discoveries and contributions to the field of biomolecular nanoscale science and nanotechnology
• IWA East Asia Project Innovation Honour Award for Mark van Loosdrecht (BT) for a collaborative project aimed at integrating salt water into the urban water cycle 
• Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2012 for Mark van Loosdrecht (BT) for his contributions to sustainable wastewater purification technology 
• NWO grants for Koen van Dongen, Martin Verweij (IST) and Akira Endo (QN) for the next generation medical ultrasound scanners and the development of a chip to observe young galaxies 
• Royal decoration Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion for Pieter Kruit (IST) for his work as a scientist, entrepreneur and mentor and for his great contribution to society 
• STW’s ‘Perspective for Top Sectors’ for Wiro Niessen (IST) and Jacob Hoogenboom (IST) for their research Population imaging genetics (ImaGene) and Microscopy Valley 
• European physics prize for Ronald Hanson (QN) to promote his outstanding achievements in physical sciences research and to support his career development 
• Prestigious Heike Kamerlingh Onnes prize for Teun Klapwijk (QN) for his outstanding experiments that illuminate the nature of superconductivity  
• Best Presentation Prize for Akira Endo (QN) for "DESHIMA: On-chip Filterbank Spectrometer for Submillimeter Wave Cosmology" 
• International Development and Support of Design and Technology Award for Marc de Vries (SEC) for his international contribution to scientific research in the area of didactics  
• UfD-EBN Geo Energy Master Award 2012 for Vipul Khosla (MSc-student ChemE) for his Master End Project ‘Visual Investigation of Annular Flow Dynamics and the Effect of Wall Wettability’  
• Shell Master Prijs for Maarten de Nier (MSc-student ChemE) for his technological innovation to stimulate talented young people to reflect and to work on technological solutions for a sustainable future  
• Second Prize of the ‘Nederlandse Gasnunie Industrie Prijs 2012’ for Pieter Prickaerts (MSc-student MSP) for his Master End Project ‘Controlling the Split of Two Phase Gas-Liquid Flow from a single Flowline to a Dual Riser



2011

ERC  

• ERC Starting Grant for Ruud van Ommen (ChemE) for his research about the ‘Use of ultra-thin coatings on nanoparticles’

VICI

• VICI Grant for Erik Bakkers (QN/TU/e) for his research about the ‘Growth of Semiconductor nanowires’ (only in Dutch)

VENI

• VENI Grant for Rutger Hermsen (BN) for his research ‘Evolution in heterogeneous environments’
• VENI Grant for Vlad Pribiag (QN) for his research on ‘Nanowire Qubits’

Rubicon

• Rubicon grant for Job Boekhoven (ChemE) for his research ‘Smart microcapsules for new brain tissue’
• Rubicon grant for Ferry Prins (QN) for his research ‘Opto-electronic component at nano scale’
• Rubicon grant for Aartjan te Velthuis (BN) for his research 'Influenza virus replication per second' 

Other grants in 2011 were:

• Valorisation Prize FOM for Pieter Kruit (IST) for his research on electron and ion optics and his active role in the valorisation of this knowledge in an industrial context
• EU grant for Frans Vos (IST) and consortium for better monitoring of Crohn’s disease using MRI
• DEMO Award for Bob Ursem (BT) for Particulate Matter Reduction System to apply finedust in operating rooms 
• Unilever Researchprijs 2011 for Leonie Marang (BT) for her research ‘Substrate influences on the production of polyhydroxybutyrate by aerobic mixed culture fermentation’
• Royal Award for Mark van Loosdrecht (BT) for his exceptional academic performance in the field of environmental biotechnology 
• Predicate 'Royal’ for Dutch Society for Microbiology (BT) because of it’s important cradle of modern microbiology and the home of pioneering microbiologist Beijerinck
• UfD-E.ON teamwork prize for TU Delft i-GEM team 2010 (BT) for their high quality of work on their oil degrading bacteria ‘the Alkanivore’ 
• Waternet Watercyle Innovation Award for Hans Vrouwenvelder (BT) for his PhD thesis on Biofouling of spiral wound membrane systems
• Jaap van der Graaf Award for Merle de Kreuk (BT) for her article about ‘Behavior of polymeric substrates in an aerobic granular sludge system’
• UFD Imtech Bachelor Grant for Onno de Haan (ChemE) for his BSc Thesis on oscillating bubbles in microfluidic networks
• Steven Hoogendijk Award for Johan van den Bergh (ChemE) for the best PhD Thesis focused on the application of DD3R membranes for various energy efficient separation and catalytic processe
• UfD-Leermeester Prize 2011 for Harrie van den Akker (MSP) because of his acceleration in quality of his/hers research and education
• Best TU Delft Graduate 2011 for Jerome Schalkwijk (MSP) because of the two striking steps in his cloud research
• Valorisation Grant STW for Val Zwiller (QN) for his research Superconductiong single photon detectors
• European Quantum Information Young Investigator Award for Ronald Hanson (QN) for his experimental work on the coherent control and measurements of single spins in solids, and his proven leadership and independence through the successful establishment of his own research group 
• Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Andres Castellanos-Gomez (QN) for his proposal Strengthnano
• Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship for Tim Taminiau (QN) for his research about Quantum Teleportation of Remote Solid-state Spins (QTORRS)
• Marie Curie Intra International Outgoing Fellowship for Stephan Nadj-Perge (QN) for his research about Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of topological interfaces for future spintronics (TOPOSPIN)
• Shell Graduation Prize for Tim Baart (QN) on Physics
• Christiaan Huygens Science Award for Frank Koppens (QN) for his research ‘Coherence and control of a single electron spin in a quantum dot' 
• Fritz London Memorial Prize for Hans Mooij (QN) for his excellent state of reseach
• Delft Innovation Award TU Delft for Bert Wolterbeek and Peter Bode (R3) with ‘Chemical Separation of 99Mo’  
• Hevesy Medal Award 2011 for Peter Bode (R3) who was selected by the Medal Award Selection Panel 2011 (HMASP-11) as well as the International Committee on Activation Analysis / Modern Trends in Activation Analysis (ICAA/MTAA)
• Hendrik Casimir Prize for Rianne van den Berg as best MSC-student
• CTTE Outstanding Research Award for Ammeret Rossouw (SEC) for her study of general core concepts in the engineering sciences that can be used as the basis for an engineering sciences curriculum in secondary school education
• Spin-off Eternal Sun Benelux won by Stefan Roest (SET) in finals international Be.Project 

2010

ERC  

• Prof. Henny Zandbergen (Quantum Nanoscience) has been awarded for an ERC Advanced Grant with a maximum of € 3,5 million euros for his reseach ’In-situ NanoElectrical Measurements in a Transmission Electron Microscope'.

VICI

• Prof. Nynke Dekker (Bionanoscience) has been awarded for € 1,5 million euros for her research ‘Developing technology that allows researchers to observe individual molecules inside a living cell’. 

VIDI

• Dr. Leonardo DiCarlo (Quantum Nanoscience) for his work on the measurement and monitoring of individual quantum systems. 
• Dr. Mohanchand Plandugu (Radiation, Radionuclides & Reactors) for ’Looking into methods for developing new self-repairing steel’. 
• Dr. Akira Endo (Quantum Nanoscience) for ‘Developing a huge network of superconductive, far infrared detectors to see how things were tens of billions of years ago’.  

Rubicon

• Dr. Aleksey Korcherzhenko (Chemical Engineering) for ‘Effects of the Environment on Charge and Energy Transport in Molecular Materials’.
• Dr. Menno Poot (Quantum Nanoscience) for ‘Optics in Motion’.
• Dr. Rami Barends (Quantum Nanoscience) for ‘Solving memory loss in superconducting quantum circuits’. 

Other grants in 2010 were:
 

• Valorisaton Grant for R3 luminescence dating.  
• Kristina Djanashvili (BT) wins DEWIS award for best PhD candidate Delft University of Technology.  
• Micro-organism named after Prof. Lex Scheffers (BT).
• ITEEA Academy of Fellows membership Award for Marc de Vries (SEC).
• Royal Honours for Prof. Hanjalic (MSP) and Yoka Boshoff (BT).
• Marlies Kampschreur (BT) wins Jaap van der Graaff prize.
• Roger Sheldon (BT) receives Biocat Award en Green Chemistry award.
• Paper Stephen Picken (ChemE) in Commemorative Issue dedicated to Alfred Saupe of the journal Liquid Crystals.      
• Poster Award for Viviane dos Santos (ChemE).  
• Fellowship Young Energy Scientists for Andrea Baldi (ChemE).    
• Canan Gücüyener (ChemE) wins ENMIX poster award.
• MSP was presented with the 1st Wim Nieuwpoort Award because of the strength of their atmosphere simulations 'High Resolution Simulation of Turbulent Atmospheric Boundary Layers' on the Huygens super computer at the SARA High Performance Computing and e-Science Support Centre (only Dutch).   
• Projects from Prof.dr.ir. L.P. Kouwenhoven (QN), Dr.ir. J.P. Hoogenboom (IST), Prof.dr.ir. G.E.W.Bauer (QN), Prof.dr.ir. B.J. van Wees (QN), Prof.dr.ir. H.S.J. van der Zant (QN), Dr. J.M. Thijssen (QN), Dr. R. Hanson (QN) have recently been awarded a total of 5.3 Mln Euro in the 'FOM-Projectruimte'.  
• Miriam Blaauboer (QN) nominated for Best teacher TU Delft.
• Freek Beekman (R3) obtained Frost & Sullivan Award.
• Freek Beekman (R3) also won the Delft Entrepreneurial Scientist Award 2010. 
• Dr. Schaart (R3) and international collaborators received the Physics in Medicine & Biology 2009 Prize for the Highest Cited Paper 2004-2009 for the paper entitled, “GATE: a simulation toolkit for PET and SPECT.  
• Prof. Pieter Dorenbos (R3) won Award Journal of Luminescence Top Cited Article 2005-2010 ‘The Eu3+ charge transfer energy and the relation with the band gap of compounds’.  
• Outstanding Reviewer Award for Dr. Bas Geelhoed (R3).
• Bart Sjenitzer (R3) won a Student Award on the SNA+MC2010-conference about Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications and Monte Carlo in Tokyo with ‘A Monte Carlo Method for Calculation on the Dynamic Behavior of Nuclear Reactors’.
• Frits Klaver (R3) wins Young Wild Idea award.
• Egbert Balsma wins J.B. Westerdijkprize.
• SET student Mighael Vroom wins award for sustainable solution.   
• Huygens Talentprogram by NUFFIC granted to students Applied Sciences.
• The Hendrik Casimir prize for MSc AP students TU Delft and Physics University of Leiden. 

   


2009

ERC

• Prof. Cees Dekker (Bionanoscience) has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million euro for reasearch at the cutting edge of ‘Nanostructures for biology'.
• Dr. Ferdinand Grozema (Chemical Engineering) hreceived an ERC Starting Grant of 1.2 million euro for reasearch on new molecules that can be applied in organic solar cells.

VIDI

• Dr. Pascale Daran-Lapujade (Biotechnology) for 'Synthetical glycolyse in bakkersgist'.
• Dr. Ferdinand Grozema (Chemical Engineering) for 'Exploiting quantum interference effect in molecular scale electronics'.

VENI

• Dr. Rienk Eelkema (Chemical Engineering) for 'Plastic folding on a molecular scale'.
• Dr.ir. Willem van Dorp (Imaging Science & Technology) for 'The electron beam as atomic pencil'.
• Dr. Jorge Gascon (Chemical Engineering) for 'NEXT CAT-HOIF: designing the next generation of solid catalysts'. 
• Dr. Arjan Houtepen (Chemical Engineering) for 'Conducting light and power with nanocrystals'.
• Dr. Jan Lipfert (Bionanoscience) for 'DNA Twists and Shouts'.
• Dr. Gary Steele (Quantum Nanoscience) for 'Coupling light, electrons, and nano-mechanical motion'.

2008

ERC

• Prof. Leo Kouwenhoven (Quantum Nanoscience) has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant.
• Dr. Lieven Vandersypen (Quantum Nanoscience) has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant.
• Prof. Mike Jetten (Biotechnology) has been awarded for his reasearch proposal on 'Anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria'.

VICI

• Dr. Lieven Vandersypen (Quantum Nanoscience) for 'Using entangled electron spins for calculation'.
• Dr. Serge Lemay (Bionanoscience) for 'Measuring molecules one by one'.

VENI

• Dr. Nika Akopian (Quantum Nanoscience) for 'Single-photon controller for light’. 
• Dr. Enrique Jimenez-Melero (Radiation Radionuclides Reactors) for ‘Self-reinforced metals for environmentally friendly cars'.

2007

VIDI

• Dr. Ronald Hanson (Quantum Nanoscience) for 'Quantum-mechanical calculation at room temperature'.
• Dr. Marnix Wagemaker (Radiation Radionuclides Reactors) ror 'How can small be better?'

VENI

• Dr.ir. Aurèle Adam (Imaging Science & Technology) for 'Taming terahertz surface waves'.
• Dr.ir. Martin Rohde (Radiation Radionuclides Reactors) for 'Nature helps innovative nuclear power station'.

Rubicon

• Ir. Jadviga Tatur (Biotechnology) for her research for 'Understaning the structure of proteins, of great importance for the development of new medications'.

2006 

VICI

• Dr. Alberto Morpurgo (Quantum Nanoscience):'Relativistic electrons on a chip'.
• Prof. Paul Planken (Imaging Science & Technolgy): 'Towards a terahertz near-field microscope'.

VIDI

• Dr. Cristian Picioreanu (Biotechnology): 'Calculating microbial conversations'.
• Dr. Jakob Wallinga (Radiation Detection and Matter): 'Casting light on the power of water'.
• Dr. Val Zwiller (Quantum Nanoscience): 'Nano-opto-electronics with individual photons and individual electrons'.

VENI

• Dr. Marijn van Huis MSc (Quantum Nanoscience): 'Playing with stability'.
• Dr. Michiel Kreutzer (Chemical Engineering): 'Shooting pulses onto catalyst chips'.
• Dr. Kevin O’Neill (Quantum Nanoscience): 'Individual molecules as a light source'.

Rubicon

• Peter Prinsen (Biotechnology): 'How large is a large RNA molecule?'

2005

VICI

• Dr. Herre van der Zant (Quantum Nanoscience): 'Mechanics in the quantum world'.
• Prof. dr. Wiro Niessen (Imaging Science & Technology): 'Cardiovascular diseases under the microscope'.

VENI

• Dr. Fredrik Creemer (Quantum Nanoscience): 'Live pictures from the nanoworld'.
• Dr. Jessica Kroeze (Chemical Engineering): 'Border controls for electrical charges'.

2004

VENI

• Dr. Ruud van Ommen (Chemical Engineering) for 'Optimalisation of floating powder.
• Dr. Ferdinand Grozema (Chemical Engineering) for 'Self-organising molecules for electronics'.