News about circular transition

Service engineers must soon enter cities without diesel vans

19 March 2021 | Faculty of Technology

Service engineers install and repair charging stations and solar panels for sustainable energy, but still drive around in diesel vans. In the Netherlands, service logistics is responsible for 25 to 35% of the ...

AUAS award for research on smart charging of electric cars

11 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research Technology

The research project SEEV4-City (Smart, Clean Energy and Electric Vehicles for the City) by the Faculty of Technology and the Centre of Expertise on Urban Technology is the big winner of the 2021 ‘AUAS Research ...

Robot makes desk for Johan Cruijf ArenA from residual wood

4 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research Technology

"Soon we will ask robots to produce objects from residual wood according to our design choices" says Marta Malé-Alemany, leader of the Robot Studio and head lecturer in digital production at ...

Get rid of the throwaway mentality

1 February 2021 | Centre for Applied Research Technology

The ambition is for the Dutch economy to run entirely on reusable raw materials by 2050. This requires consumers to shift from ‘ownership to use’. It also requires manufacturers to change their views on ...

Boost to circular business via new task force

10 November 2020 | Centre for Applied Research Technology

The circular economy offers many opportunities for businesses, but continues to struggle with a lack of awareness regarding the subject outside the sustainable sector. A group of organisations from Amsterdam and the ...

Mark Rutte lauds UASNL during EU launch event

10 November 2020 | Communication

“Universities of Applied Sciences are important players in the region. They connect theory and practice, ideas and implementation, research and applications. This makes them a linking pin spanning research and ...

Research accelerates the sustainability of heating

9 October 2020 | Centre for Applied Research Technology

The international research project HeatNet is all about making heat more sustainable. Less use of natural gas and more use of sustainable heat sources such as the residual heat from data centres. The project aimed to ...

Renée Heller New Professor of Energy and Innovation

23 September 2020 | Centre for Applied Research Technology

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) senior lecturer-researcher Renée Heller has been appointed professor of Energy and Innovation as of 1 September, taking over from Robert van den Hoed. This ...

AUAS unveils climate-proof ‘RESILIO’ rooftop

30 June 2020 | Centre for Applied Research Technology

A rooftop that improves urban biodiversity whilst protecting us against high temperatures and collecting and regulating excess water after heavy showers. Although this idea has a utopian ring to it, Amsterdam Oost ...

Luchtdoop bij NLR van zelf ontworpen vliegtuigjes studenten

27 June 2018 | Education and Research

Op maandag 11 juni beleefden zelf ontworpen en op afstand bestuurbare vliegtuigjes van studenten van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam-HvA hun luchtdoop bij NLR. Deze vliegtest maakte deel uit van de derdejaars minor ...

Laurens Scheipers wins SGI Scholarship

26 June 2018 | Education and Research

Wednesday the 20th of June was a big day for Laurens Scheipers. Laurens, who is a fourth-year aviation engineering honours student, won the Wadick Chomyszyn Aerospace Scholarship award 2017. His intention is to use ...

Kristian Groot and Jasper Heeren winners IT FLIES UK 2018

26 June 2018 | Education and Research

Students from The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and The University of South Wales tied for first place in Merlin Flight Simulation Group’s annual Aircraft Design and Handling Competition.

Can you run JetSupport for him?

5 June 2018 | Education and Research

Can you run this company for him? Apply now for the Summer Shadow Management team and define the direction of JetSupport and challenge the existing managers.

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