• Hybrid Heart shortlisted for £30 million research grant

    On 21 January 2020, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) announced that Hybrid Heart project with AMOLF group leader Bas Overvelde is one of four finalists out of 75 initial submissions …

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  • Smart simulations chart the behavior of surprising structures

    AMOLF researchers are studying three-dimensional prismatic structures that can assume different shapes, with the aim of producing metamaterials that have multiple properties. Researchers have found a new way to simulate …

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  • Slimme rekenmethode verkent het gedrag van verrassende bouwwerken

    Onderzoekers van AMOLF bestuderen driedimensionale structuren die verschillende vormen kunnen aannemen, met het doel om metamaterialen te maken die meerdere eigenschappen hebben. De onderzoekers hebben een nieuwe manier bedacht om …

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  • Bas Overvelde candidate for ‘Wetenschapstalent’

    For the fourth time, New Scientist is looking for scientific talent in the Netherlands and Belgium. The contest is created to put young scientific talent and their work centre stage.

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  • Edge of Chaos – an interactive kinetic installation

    Between order and chaos, a mathematical space originally studied to understand the behaviour of avalanches and crystallisation of liquids, scientists are uncovering the rules for the existence of life itself.

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  • Overvelde connects Science & Art

    On October 25th at the Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam, AMOLF scientific group leader Bas Overvelde received a grant to build an interactive art installation. It is one of three original …

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  • Overvelde verbindt wetenschap en kunst

    Op 25 oktober ontving AMOLF-groepsleider Bas Overvelde op het Cinekid festival in Amsterdam een subsidie voor het maken van een interactieve kunstinstallatie. Het werk en twee andere inzendingen kunnen worden …

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  • Who doesn’t want to wear a soft robotic jacket?!

    AMOLF group leader Bas Overvelde has been awarded funding through the programme ‘Creatieve industrie – Kennis Innovatie Mapping’ (KIEM) from NWO Humanities. The funding will go to "Project Cairo: an …

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  • Veni grants for Bas Overvelde and Cristina Martinez Torres

    The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded Veni grants to AMOLF group leader Bas Overvelde (Soft Robotic Matter) and postdoc Cristina Martinez Torres (Biological Soft Matter). About the proposals …

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  • Folding reconfigurable materials : Toolkit to design metamaterials with programmable shape and function

    During his PhD research at Harvard University, AMOLF group leader Bas Overvelde developed a smart method for designing and investigating new metamaterials. For such materials the microstructure determines the function, …

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