About EE-NL
A modern society would not function without the accomplishments of Electrical Engineering in providing energy and communication, to name a few of the areas in which the discipline is involved. But its invisible omnipresence makes it easy to underestimate the efforts that have been made to get this far, and even easier to misjudge the future investments required to maintain and advance the related technology in a secure, reliable and sustainable way.
The mission of the Council is to enhance the Dutch Electrical Engineering contribution to a range of societal challenges, by strengthening the Electrical Engineering community, increase the visibility of the discipline, increase the awareness of the value of Electrical Engineering technology, and increase the amount and the effective use of funding for research activities in the discipline.
Members of EE-NL are the section Electrical Engineering of the EEMCS faculty at Delft University of Technology, the discipline Electrical Engineering of the EEMCS faculty at Twente University, and the faculty of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. Small Electrical Engineering units at Wageningen University and Groningen University contribute occasionally.
Visibility of the discipline
The EE-NL Council will enhance the visibility of Electrical Engineering in the Netherlands, in the EU and internationally. This will be established by:
- Networking activities at the regional, national, European and international level for both the EE community and for a broader public.
- Coordinated appearances in schools, media, exhibits and festivals. The Council will look for collaboration in education, to enlarge the number and diversity of students, and to address the shortage of EE engineers.
- Regular meetings with representatives of other major engineering disciplines, of industry and of governmental organizations.
Partner for government and industry
The EE-NL Council will work together with government, industry, NWO, 4TU Federation etc. with the objective of improving the EE landscape in the Netherlands.
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Coordinating education, research and funding
The EE-NL Council will initiate coordinated applications for larger project calls such as LTP, ‘Zwaartekracht’, NWA and ‘Perspectief’. The better alignment will lead to increased success rates.
With respect to infrastructure, initiatives will be aligned for more frequent sharing, as well as for putting forward the discipline’s needs. These will result in joint proposals for NWO Groot and GWI.
The Council will make sure there is permanent awareness of the discipline’s need for long-term investments in fundamental research, even though a significant part of the discipline is oriented towards application. The Council will also work together to implement a shared vision for Electrical Engineering on academic level in in the Netherlands.
Strengthen the community
The EE-NL Council will organize a national EE community event (networking/exchange/interact etc.). This will be open to all academic EE researchers in the Netherlands.
Who is in EE-NL?
The EE-NL Council currently has representation from the EE faculties of the three technical universities in the Netherlands as well as being supported by NWO.
