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Huub Janssen from Janssen Precision Engineering is the new figurehead of the Design Principles for Precision Engineering training course. His ambition is to spread know-how in the vein of Wim van der Hoek.

A longstanding wish of Huub Janssen of Janssen Precision Engineering has now been fulfilled: he can now share his knowledge in the same way that his mentor Wim van der Hoek did. Read the entire interview: ‘Not just lecturers, but also lots of interaction‘.

Last June, the debut of Design Principles for Precision Engineering was a success, with an average score of 8.4. Besides Huub Janssen, trainers include Dannis Brouwer  University of Twente), Piet van Rens (Settels Savenije), Kees Verbaan (NTS) and Chris Werner and Roger Hamelinck (Entechna Engineering).

‘It costs you two percent on an annual basis, but it makes you ten percent more effective’

Mechatronics System Design 1 and 2 are amongst the most popular training courses in the high tech industry. The courses originated in Philips CFT, where system development became increasingly complex in the 1980s. Rien Koster saw that the solution lay in better collaboration between disciplines. Former CFT member, Jan van Eijk, explains why it is good for top specialists to hang out with, and talk regularly to colleagues from other disciplines.

Read the entire interview with Prof. Jan van Eijk here:
– English version

How to successfully perform in the Dutch high tech work culture

Jaco Friedrich will talk about the do’s and don’ts of working in Dutch High Tech Culture.

Dutch culture is different to any other, especially in the high tech sector. Your boss expects you to contradict him. You’ll often get instant critical feedback – and be expected to appreciate it…

This free knowledge workshop/lecture on the 13th of November is open to all who are working in Dutch High Tech, or are planning to do so. Hiring managers, R&D managers, Expats etc.

Register:

• Registration is required.

Program 13 November 2018:

• 17.45 – 18.00 Doors open;
• 18.00 – 19.30 Do’s and Don’ts of… – Jaco Friedrich;
• 19.30 – 20.00 Drinks & Snacks.

Location:

• Settels Savenije Group of Companies, TAQ Building Strijp-T Eindhoven, The Netherlands;
• Route to TAQ.

If you want to attend the full workshop, please have a look at the online course description. 

A partnership between TNO, Dutch Optics Centre, TU Delft, High Tech Institute and T2Prof has redesigned the course Applied Optics.

This advanced training is scheduled at TNO Delft in the beginning of 2019. The Applied Optics training is tailored to bring engineers with a non-optical background like electronics, mechanics and chemistry up to speed with their optic expert team members.

Read the newsitem which was published in Mikroniek 2018 nr. 4 or have a look here.

Combining practical experience with up-to-date knowledge

When Philips made the decision to spin out the training courses from its former Centre for Technical Training, it was with the explicit intention that this specialist knowledge remained in the Netherlands. The result of this decision was a unique partnership: High Tech Institute.

In a personal contribution, the institute’s managing director René Raaijmakers offers a status update and outlines the institute’s vision and ambitions for technical post-academic education.

Read the complete article, which was published in Mikroniek 2018 #4: Combining practical experience with up-to-date knowledge.

Firmly anchored in Wim van der Hoek’s ideas

The Design Principles training course underwent considerably changes this year – in a sense. The foundations laid by the renowned professor Wim van der Hoek, the Dutch doyen of precision engineering, remain a strong anchor. The biggest changes are fresh trainers and a few elements of new material. And also the name: the course is now called ‘Design Principles for Precision Engineering‘.

Read the entire interview with Piet van Rens, Dr. Adrian Rankers and Huub Janssen.

As a sponsor of the Software-Centric Systems Conference we proudly support the leading software engineering conference in Europe.

At SC2 professionals and decision makers share best practices in the crucial and strategic discipline of complex software development. Facilitating the exchange of knowledge and experiences, the conference helps them with the use of technology, to drive innovation and to provide insight in emerging trends.

Through an inspiring programme of structured and informal networking they can share ideas on how to make the software engineering process more reliable and more efficient, in order to improve the time-to-market and time-to-value.

We can provide you with a discount code so you will pay only € 225,- excl. VAT (instead of € 300,- / € 350,-) for your entrance ticket. We will provide the code by e-mail. Please ask for it via training@hightechinstitute.nl

Mark your calendar and register now! softwarecentricsystems.com

Date: Wednesday 10 October 2018
Location: Eindhoven

The Smart Systems Summit is the regional barometer on the latest high tech developments and views. Organizers Bits&Chips and DSP Valley support the industry from the very early days of nanotechnology to tomorrow’s internet of things: the reference magazine for smart professionals and academia, and the regional cluster of smart electronics companies. Merging the Bits&Chips Smart Systems conference with DSP Valley’s Smart Systems Industry Summit forges the Benelux’s number one high tech event.

A touch of the north, a touch of the south: working together gives access to a combined network, with rich opportunities to interact. Through an inspiring programme with the latest on smart health, smart mobility and technologies for the IoT the Smart Systems Summit is the place to be for anybody working in this field.

Do you want to build on high-tech solutions for a smart tomorrow? Dare to be inspired at the Smart Systems Summit. The first 100 paying registrants will receive a BBC Micro:bit!
Also, we can provide a € 75 discount code (normal prices are € 275 or € 350). Ask us for the discount code by e-mail.

Date: 11 October 2018
Location: Eindhoven

Mark your calendar and register now.