RSA CE&C 2015-2021

1. Introduction 15 staff members and all issues related to the career development of scientific staff, including research staff policies and the individual careers of staff members) and the PhD Council (advises on PhD-specific aspects). 1.6. INFRASTRUCTURE The department is housed in the Helix building on the TU/e Campus. The Helix building was constructed in 1998 and was scheduled to be renovated in 2025. Due to changing priorities, this has now been delayed to after 2030. To address the most critical aspects (ventilation, heating system, etc.), €10 M has been reserved to keep the building’s operations running until its renovation. As the building is almost 25 years old, maintenance costs are significant and the relatively old infrastructural facilities of the building are not always in line with the requirements for the installation of new, state-of-the-art equipment. The department hosts an impressive range of state-of-the-art scientific equipment, instruments and facilities within the different expertise areas, which enables it to perform its educational and research activities. The basic experimental equipment is up to date, though in some cases reaching the end of its lifetime. All research groups have dedicated equipment specialized for the specific fields of expertise of the respective groups. In addition, the Center for Multiscale Electron Microscopy (CMEM) very recently acquired, with the strong support of DAF Trucks/the PACCAR Foundation, an advanced electron microscope for high-resolution visualization and analysis of materials at the smallest scale. Moreover, it operates (cryo-)TEM and three (FIB-)SEM microscopes. The department also hosts modern liquid and solid-state NMR spectrometers with in-situ/operando capabilities, among other things. A unique in-situ MRI facility for the characterization of hydrodynamic processes in chemical reactors was also established during