Prof Dr Yvonne van der Meer (Y.)
Committees
- Member of the Educational Program Committee, MSc. Biobased Materials
- Member of the Assessment Platform, Master programs in Sciences
- Jury member of the Menno Knetsch Master Thesis Award, Master Biobased Materials
- Member of the National Resonance Group POWERCN2050 and the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master “Sustainable and Resilient Pavement Engineering”, University of Antwerp, University of Palermo, University of Minho, and Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Courses
- BBM1001, Biobased Materials & Skills Proposal Writing, MSc. Biobased Materials, 6 ECTS
- BBM1013, Sustainability of Biobased Materials, MSc. Biobased Materials, 6 ECTS
- BENC2015 Biobased Materials, Bachelor Business Engineering, 5 ECTS
- BENP 1002, Circular Economy Project (LCA), BSc. Business Engineering, 5 ECTS
- CEN1001, Engineering in a Circular Economy, BSc. Circular Engineering, 5 ECTS
- CEN2022 Biobased Materials, Bachelor Circular Engineering, 5 ECTS
- EBC2187, Sustainability and Social-Ecological Systems, BSc. Minor Sustainability, 5 ECTS
- INT3005, Biobased Materials & Technology, BSc. Maastricht Science Program, 5 ECTS
- PRO1110 Life Cycle Assessment Project, Bachelor Circular Engineering, 5 ECTS
- Online training module “Life Cycle Assessment: Basic Principles and Uses”
Academic advising & thesis supervision
- BSc. Maastricht Science Program Academic Advisor
- MSc. Biobased Materials, Academic advisor
- BSc. Maastricht Science Program Bachelor Thesis supervisor
- BSc. University College Maastricht, Capstone supervisor
- BENP2004 Bachelor Thesis Supervision, Bachelor Business Engineering
- BBM5000 Master Thesis supervision, Master Biobased Materials
Education projects
- Supervisor BBM Master thesis, Sophia Storm, A life cycle assessment on an algae-based cosmetic and the effectiveness of results communication (in collaboration with Oceanbasis)
- Supervisor BBM Master thesis, Robin Neven, Scrutinizing the End-of-Life: Holistic Prospective Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Bell Pepper Packaging, 2023
- Supervisor MSP Bachelor Thesis, Paola Vander Velde, Life Cycle Assessment of a Novel Bio-based Technology for the Protection of Citrus Trees, 2023
- Supervisor MSP Bachelor Thesis Ellen van den Broek, Sustainable actions of the pharmaceutical industry: an empirical case study of companies in Germany and the United Kingdom, 2023
- Supervisor MSP Bachelor Thesis Lena-Marie Götze, Analysis of reported environmental sustainability strategies in the Dutch dairy industry and their alignment to the Sustainable Development Goals, 2023
- Supervisor BBM Master thesis, Michelle Gian, Comparative LCA study of two promising pathways to produce biobased TPA using Miscanthus, 2021
- Supervisor BBM Master thesis, Sergio Molino Aguado, Small scale Lignin First biorefinery in Spain. Analysis of potential feedstocks, feasibility study and impact assessment, 2021
- Supervisor MSP Bachelor Thesis, Jacob Firth, Sustainability Assessment of Seaweed based Furfural Production, 2021
- External Supervisor, Master thesis, Heli Saastamoinen, The life cycle analysis of the material usage for camouflage radio unit (CRU), Tampere University, Finland, 2021
- Supervisor MSP Bachelor Thesis, Cian Ryan, The development of an Excel tool to analyse the effect of carbon taxes on marginal abatement costs in the EU chemical industry, 2021
- Supervisor MSP Bachelor Thesis, Ella Carmi, Modernizing Waste Management within the Footwear Industry, 2020
- Supervisor UCM Capstone Thesis, Hildur Þórbjörg, Chemical recycling for a circular plastics economy: main challenges for polyethylene and polylactic acid, 2020
- Supervisor MSP Bachelor Thesis, Ander Villar Thompson, Traceability of Embodied Energy in Circular PET Waste Management Flows: an Application to the Netherlands, 2020
- Supervisor Maastricht Science Program student project PRO 3001, Is current EU environmental legislation scientifically literate?, with 12 MSP students, 2020
- Supervisor internship Master of Chemistry, Nathalie Ly, Life Cycle Assessment of the upscaling of a lactone process, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France, 2019
- Supervisor MARBLE project UCM, Gigi Flamand, Advancing Sustainability through Student-Teacher Partnerships, 2018
- Initiator and teacher InSciTe online training module “Life Cycle Assessment: Basic Principles and Uses” for academics and professionals (2017-)
- Supervisor MSP bachelor thesis, Chidera Chukwumah, A literature review of the environmental impacts of Pre-hydrolysis and Hydrolysis technologies of lignocellulosic biomass, 2017
- Supervisor UCM capstone project, Yagmur Masmas, A pathway to “hidden” land use impacts? Towards a change-oriented environmental impact assessment promoting sustainable and regionally specific implementation of large-scale biobased material production, 2017
- Chair of the steering group of the OP Zuid project Biobased Materials Plus. This project aims at accelerating the development of the Master Biobased Materials at Brightlands Chemelot Campus, 2017-2019
- Online Lecture, Materials for a sustainable society, Maastricht University, 14 October 2016