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Faculty of Science and Engineering

The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) is home to several outstanding departments in education and research. Students and scientists contribute to education programmes at the bachelor's, master's and PhD levels and take part in innovative research in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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DigiMach places Meuse-Rhine Euroregion at the heart of industrial digitalisation

DigiMach (Digital Machining) is a new cross-border project uniting Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands around a common goal: accelerating the digitalisation of the machining industry in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion.
Euregio

AMIBM hosts the final Realise-Bio conference

The Aachen Maastricht Institute of Biobased Materials (AMIBM ) hosted last week the third and final Realise-Bio annual conference , bringing together the Dutch and German bioeconomy ecosystems at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus .
People at a conference

In Kerkrade, you can listen to the invisible universe

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UM and Discovery Museum in Kerkrade make the Einstein Telescope understandable for everyone.
Gideo Koekoek at the ETEC gravity tour

Archaeology as a bridge between past and future - Luc Amkreutz Appointed 8th Eugène Dubois visiting professor

Luc Amkreutz is the new Eugène Dubois Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Maastricht University. "I see this chair as a unique opportunity to highlight the multidisciplinary power of archaeology and to show how science and society can reinforce each other."
Lum Amkreutz working in the field

The future of our food? It's growing in the labs at Brightlands

The agriculture and horticulture of the future require smart innovations, sustainable cultivation methods, and resilient crops. At Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo, all of this comes together in Brightlands Next Generation Farming. Here, research is conducted, but above all, solutions are developed...
 Niels Peeters & Loes Janssen

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Aestuarium: harvesting fresh water and awards

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Desalinating seawater is an energy-intensive and costly process. In 2022, a group of students at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering proposed a more sustainable and affordable alternative. Now their startup harvests awards and grants.

Laamu Atoll, South Central Province, Maldives

Dutch directness and italian passion: the story of researcher Margaux Frigoli

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Margaux Frigoli had long admired the Netherlands and its culture by the time she chose to pursue her PhD here. Having earned her doctorate in October, she now reflects on her time with the Sensor Engineering group at the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Margaux Frigoli wearing a cap and showing the strawberry related tattoo on het shoulder

Bart Mennink: Cryptography, Humour, and a Fresh Start in Maastricht

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He calls his PhD students “Minions"; they call him "Gru." He delivers lectures in a dinosaur costume and runs marathons dressed as a gladiator. Meet Bart Mennink, the new Professor of Cryptography at the Department of Advanced Computing Sciences. 

Photo of computer code on a monitor by Markus Spiske

Beyond the bang: how Maastricht scientists helped win the Breakthrough Prize

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This year's Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to the 17,500 scientists working on the Large Hadron Collider, including researchers from Maastricht University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering. They contribute to major experiments exploring the universe’s deepest mysteries: ALICE and LHCb.

LHCb scientist posing in front of the LCHb experiment at CERN

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