Academic Awards 2025 booklet

34 Brief description of the process The jury received all theses, CVs, and nomination letters for the TU/e best master thesis award put forward by the different TU/e departments and their respective master programs. Each jury member read and evaluated the materials based on the following criteria: innovative quality, theoretical foundation, verifiable scientific quality, results publishable in a scientific journal, student independence, and quality of the report's writing. The jury then met, compared notes, and determined a short list of top candidates. Finally, the jury decided on the winner based on a detailed discussion of the top candidates. MSc COMPOSITION OF THE JURY Prof.Dr. E.J. Nijssen (chair) Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences Dr.Ir. L.F.P. Etman Mechanical Engineering Dr. N.A. Kurniawan Biomedical Engineering LIST OF NOMINATED CANDIDATES Nick Hol MSc Applied Physics Mats Versmissen MSc Automotive Technology Bi-rong Wang MSc Biomedical engineering Krista van Zandwijk MSc Built Environment Janneke Heuvelman MSc Built Environment Anne Floor den Ouden MSc Chemical Engineering Benjamin van Seggelen MSc Computer Science and Engineering You Xu MSc Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Finley Devlin MSc Industrial and Applied Mathematics Noa Smolenaars MSc Industrial Design Paula Passet MSc Mechanical Engineering Daniel de Lint MSc Operations Management and Logistics