Podcasts 4 Brainport, featured by Radio 4 Brainport, 747AM and DAB+

At Dutch Design Week 2022 Bob van Ginkel explains how student teams create breakthroughs in automotive innovation. It started as a feature for the Solar Challenge in Australia: to use the solar panels not only to drive the car but also as a charging station. It is one of the examples of Drivers of Change that TU Eindhoven shows at DDW. A report by Jean-Paul Linnartz for Radio4Brainport.org

Unfortunately the daily news nowadays consists of war reports in Europe. Is peace possible? Peace, the European promise? Students from Hogeschool Zuyd think "yes" and organize an event on November 9 called Peace and Europe. An event where we from different Europeans cultures share our common values and show eachother our complementary differences. 

These differences are expressed by you, as a participant by bringing food from your country to the Park Theater in Eindhoven and share it with the international participants. Radio4Brainport talked with two organizing students, Pauline Doyonard and Johan vd Ploeg, about this event in the Park Theater. Good for children too.

The European Union plays an important role and impacts the Brainport region. It influences our work and how we learn and what we can do with our earned degrees within the EU. On a regional level, we talk a lot about the main problem in Brainport, that we need more engineers and high-tech specialists.

More education to get more engineers working, so to say. The conference Learning and Working on November 15 in the Park Theater in Eindhoven will dive into this. Peter Simons, Radio4Brainport, interviewed Jacques Giesbertz (Europe Direct) the organizer of this event. He gives some insight what you can expect.

In these times of high inflation, high energy costs and a war ongoing the European Union has a pivotal role taking drastic steps keeping Europe aligned. How do they do that?  Do you understand how Europe is managed in Brussels? Join Jacques Giesbertz (Europe Direct Eindhoven) on a trip to Brussels and visit the European Parliament and a few more institutions. Prepare your questions for this trip on November 10, it will be an interactive event with European Parliament members. Listen to Jacques Giesbertz (Europe Direct) being interviewed by Peter Simons Radio 4 Brainport.

Technology is Driver of Change to tackle the grand challenges that the world faces. At Dutch Design Week 2022, TU Eindhoven focusses on technology that makes the world more sustainable, for instance in transportation, or by improving healthcare. At Drivers of Change you imagine yourself in the world of tomorrow and you see how fast it is approaching. 

In this radio podcast, Lucas Asselbergs gives a preview on what can be seen at the TU exhibit at Strijp S.

At Eindhoven University of Technology, Student Diversity Officer Lara Hofstra emphasizes that the diversity week is for all students and for all staff. Feeling at home starts with allowing yourself to be authentic. Early in the academic year, the diversity week is full of events. But most importantly, it is about creating a culture of trust in which listening respectfully is key.       

Walking from Eindhoven to India, it will be quite an adventure but Christian de Heij  is not so worried about the outer journey. It is all about the inner journey. Learning about himself. 

A radio podcast by Ralu Nistor-Lustermans for Radio 4 Brainport  

Stephen Harianto takes us back to 1944. How did the liberators experience the time around September 18, 1944? Historic facts out in the context of the humans who were fighting for freedom in the Netherlands. Letters from soldiers at the frontlines to their loved ones.   

Join us through the voice and the spirit of the soldiers that liberated Eindhoven and other cities during Market Garden operation. Follow the day to day development and their stories as well as how the Dutch welcomed and helped the allies to liberate them from Nazi occupation.

This podcast series was made for Radio 4 Brainport. 

At the opening of the academic year 2022, ASML CEO Peter Wennink even challenged the university and the Dutch government to let TU/e grow by a factor of four. But Rector Prof Frank Baaijens targets a growth by a factor two. For Radio 4 Brainport, Prof Jean-Paul Linnartz had a chance to chat with the rector about the challenges ahead.

Photo: Bart van Overbeeke

What made Eindhoven a hotspot for Design? We may go back to Louis Kalff, but in the 90s, design of electronic systems underwent a revolution. Thanks to multiple initiatives, and thanks to the Brainport culture to work together, forces were joined to create a strong eco system that is world famous. It is not only renowned for its events and innovative ideas, but the (often patented) concepts found their way into may products, internationally.  

And from the past, we fast forward to the future. Wat does AI mean for human interaction with technology? TU Eindhoven Professor Berry Eggen takes us on a journey through the creation of a design ecosystem and wjhat is now famous as Dutch Design Week.

A Radio 4 Brainport interview by Prof. Jean-Paul Linnartz, September 2022.