MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology

MESA+ is the Nanotechnology Research institute of University of Twente. It consists of 500 employees including 275 PhDs and postdocs. It holds around 1250 m² cleanroom space with some other state of the art research equipment. It has around 45 million euro yearly turnover . Approximately 60% of the turnover come from external sources .The management of MESA+ consists of Scientific Director and Technical Commercial Director .University Board, Scientific Advisory Board and Supervisory board assists MESA+ management when necessary . Currently Prof.dr.ing Dave Blank and Ir. Janneke Hoedemaekers are working as the Scientific Director and Technical Commercial Director respectively.

Research

The name of MESA+ Research program is Strategic Research Orientations (SRO's).Different Research groups participate in the SRO programs.

• Research Programs
  • Applied Nanophotonics
  • NanoMaterials for Energy
  • BioNanotechnology
  • Cell-Stress
  • MesoFluidics
  • NanoElectronics
  • NanoFabrication
  • Molecular Photonics
• Research Groups
  • Applied Analysis and Mathematical Physics
  • Biomolecular Electronic Structure
  • Nanobiophysics
  • BIOS, the Lab-on-a-Chip group
  • Catalytic Processes and Materials
  • Complex Photonic Systems
  • Computational Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics and Devices
  • Constructive Technology Assessment
  • Inorganic Materials Science
  • Integrated Optical MicroSystems (IOMS)
  • Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics
  • Low Temperature Division
  • Materials Science and Technology of Polymers
  • Membrane Technology Group
  • Mesoscale Chemical Systems
  • Molecular Nanofabrication
  • NanoElectronics
  • NanoIonics
  • Optical Sciences
  • Physical Aspects of NanoElectronics
  • Physics of Complex Fluids Group
  • Physics of Fluids
  • Semiconductor Components
  • Solid State Physics
  • SupraMolecular Chemistry and Technology
  • Transducers Science and Technology

See also

NanoNextNL

External links

• MESA+ Home Page
• University of Twente

References

• 1. MESA+ Official Website, Retrieved on May, 2014
• 2. Dutch Research Database (NOD),Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Retrieved on December 13, 2009
• 3. Management of MESA+, Retrieved on December 13, 2009
• 4. Scientific Advisory Board of MESA+, Retrieved on May, 2014
• 5. MESA+ Organogram, Retrieved on May, 2014
• 6. Dave H.A. Blank, Retrieved on May,2014
• 7. MESA+ Research Programs List, Retrieved on December 13, 2009