High Tech Institute proudly announces that the Teacher of the Year Award 2025 has been awarded to the full trainer team behind the Advanced Feedforward and Learning Control training. This recognition goes to Tom Oomen, Tjeerd Ickenroth and Max van Haren (TU/e), Nard Strijbosch (IBS), Lennart Blanken (Sioux Technologies & TU/e), and Joost Bolder (ASML). Together they received an impressive score of 9,8 for their performance.
It therefore comes as no surprise that the June 2025 edition of the training – delivered in collaboration with our content partner Mechatronics Academy – received exceptional feedback. Participants emphasized the safe space that was created to ask questions and the positive interaction between trainers and students.
Participants specifically mentioned the quality of knowledge the trainers possess: “Excellent content, lecturers have extensive knowledge on the topics, and the course has a good pace,” and use “nice examples to sustain knowledge.”
Collectively, the trainers created a highly productive learning experience, partly because throughout the training participants directly implement the learning algorithms themselves and work hands-on with practical exercises and real-life cases – turning theory into immediate, applicable skills. As a result, participants continue to strongly recommend the training to others.
The trainers celebrated on the TU/e campus, paired with cake and a small ceremony to hand out the Teacher of the Year certificates. As the cherry on top, a painting of Ad Raaijmakers was gifted.
Credit: Bart van Overbeeke Fotografie
Congratulations to all trainers involved on this well-deserved recognition!
