The WATTS study tour is accompanied by a Committee of Recommendation who express their support towards the study tour and its organization. This committee consists of prestigious academics, dignitaries from industry and business from both the Netherlands as well as Asia.
Academic Relations
P.T.F.M. (Peter) Wennink
Former CEO of ASML and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the TU/e.
Drs. R.J.H.M. (Robert-Jan) Smits
President of the Executive Board of the TU/e.
Prof. Dr. Ir. (Mark) Bentum,
Dean of the department of Electrical Engineering of the TU/e.
Jolie van Wevelingen
Managing Director of Electrical Engineering of the TU/e.
Prof. Dr. Ir. (Bart) Smolders
Chair of the Electromagnetics group in the department of Electrical Engineering of the TU/e.
Prof. Dr. Ir. (Massimo) Mischi
Senior member of IEEE, Chairman of the IEEE EMBS Benelux Chapter and Chairman Signal Processing group in the department of Electrical Engineering of the TU/e.
Prof. Dr. Ir. (Erwin) Kessels
Scientific director of the NanoLab@TU/e facilities and Full Professor at the Department of Applied Physics of the TU/e.
Prof. Dr. (Lin-Lin) Chen
Dean of the department of Industrial Design of the TU/e and the university responsible of external affairs at TU/e.
All members from the Committee of Recommendation signed the following declaration:
Hereby I declare to support the study tour WATTS to South Korea and Taiwan, planned for July 2025 for 30 students and 2 employees from the department of Electrical Engineering of Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Eindhoven University of Technology is a prestigious Dutch technical university.
Therefore I am willing to participate in the Committee of Recommendation of this study tour. With this statement I emphasize the importance of the initiative, which contributes to the relations of South Korea and Taiwan with the Netherlands and particularly the cooperation in important areas of engineering and science.
I recommend the various institutes in South Korea and Taiwan to support the study tour of the students of Eindhoven University of Technology in order to ensure a successful visit..