Systems Engineering Conversations

Episode is in the Dutch language.
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About Chiel Wellink

Chiel Wellink is a Project Engineer at RIFT in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. With a background in mechatronics and experience across different areas of engineering, he works at the intersection of technology, project execution and collaboration.

A key part of his work is breaking down complex systems into clear and manageable work packages, while keeping a close eye on the interfaces between them. This practical application of Systems Engineering helps different experts work effectively towards the same goal.

Working in an R&D environment means developing a new and technically challenging technology while simultaneously preparing it for real-world application. This requires structure, flexibility and continuous coordination.

In this episode, Chiel shares his experiences at RIFT and explains how Systems Engineering helps turn complex technical ambitions into workable solutions.

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About RIFT

RIFT, short for Renewable Iron Fuel Technology, develops iron fuel technology to decarbonize industrial heat. By using iron powder as a circular fuel, RIFT provides a sustainable alternative for industrial processes requiring hot water or steam. The company is currently working on its first commercial projects, taking this innovative technology from development towards large-scale application.

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Episode is in the Dutch language.
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About NXT Gen
The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros.
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About Ronald Scheer
Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente at the Instrumentation Technology department of Applied Educational Sciences.

About Bart Gysen
Bart works at Prodrive in Son-Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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Episode is in the Dutch language.
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About NXT Gen
The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros.
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About Ronald Scheer
Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente at the Instrumentation Technology department of Applied Educational Sciences.

Over Patrick de Jonghe 

Oprichter in 2004 van “Smart Central Europe // Smart Romania srl” met als activiteiten :

• Klein en Middenbedrijf (MKV (nl) - KMO (vl)) de kans bieden om gegroepeerd en gecontroleerd te produceren in Centraal Europa
• Vanaf 2007 samenwerking met Team Industries (toeleverancier in de plaatbewerking voor de machinebouw, railway, off-highway en energie transitie) 

Smart Romania is sinds 2015 onderdeel van de groep “Team Industries”  https://teamindustries.com/markets/  met locaties in België (2x), Slovakije (2x) en Roemenië (2x). In 2023 werd de groep opgenomen in de portfolio van Capmont (een Duitse private capital investment manager) 

Zelf ben ik sinds 2004 plant manager van Smart Romania met twee locaties (Livada (SM) en Satu Mare (SM)).

Samen met een tachtigtal collega’s in de Satu Mare regio produceren we voornamelijk voor de compressor, telecommunicatie en off-highway

Onze hoofd-activiteiten : lasersnijden, CNC ponsen, kanten, lassen (TIG/MIG/LaserWeld), inserten, poederlakken en assemblage van componenten uit staal, aluminium alsook roestvrij staal.

About NXT Gen
The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros.
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About Ronald Scheer
Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente at the Instrumentation Technology department of Applied Educational Sciences.

About Marcel van Houtum
Marcel works at VanderLande in Veghel.
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About NXT Gen
The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros.
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About Ronald Scheer
Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente at the Instrumentation Technology department of Applied Educational Sciences.

About Eberhard Gill
Dr. Gill has been working as researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) from 1989 to 2006 in the field of precise satellite orbit determination, autonomous navigation and spacecraft formation flying. He has been Co-Investigator and Principal Investigator on several international Earth and deep space space missions. He developed a GPS-based onboard navigation system for the BIRD micro-satellite and a GPS-based guidance, navigation and control system for the Prisma formation flying mission. Since 2007, he holds the Chair of Space Systems Engineering at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). The chair has developed the nano-satellite Delfi-C3, launched in 2008 and successfully operated for more than 15 years, as well as the Delfi-Next nano-satellite launched in 2013 and the pico-satellite Delfi-PQ launched in 2022. From 2013 until 2021, he served a head of the Department Space Engineering at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of TU Delft. From 2015 to 2023, he has been Founding Director of the TU Delft Space Institute. He initiated the Systems Engineering Platform at TU Delft in 2023.
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About NXT Gen
The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros.
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About Ronald Scheer
Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente at the Instrumentation Technology department of Applied Educational Sciences.

About Marcel and Signify
 Marcel is Systems Expert at Signify. That role contains training, support first of a kind/pilots, test new releases, issue analysis/solving. 

Signify is a Dutch multinational lighting corporation, formerly known as Philips Lighting, that spun off from Royal Philips in 2016 and is a world leader in lighting, providing products, systems, and services for professionals, consumers, and the Internet of Things. 

Episode is in the Dutch language.
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About NXT Gen
  The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros.
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About Ronald Scheer
  Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente at the Instrumentation Technology department of Applied Educational Sciences.

About Naomie Verstraeten and Brainport Development
For the Brainport region, being at the forefront of Key Enabling Technologies is crucial for Brainport to make a relevant contribution to solutions that the world of today and the future demands. And more importantly, we are better than anyone else at connecting high-tech complex systems and integrating various key technologies. The regional strength lies in connecting complex systems and applying technological knowledge in future-proof business models.

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In the past years, we have built consortia for green & smart mobility, battery technology, high-tech food systems, Systems Engineering, additive manufacturing and we are not done yet. 
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As a system thinker myself, I think from a bigger picture instead of silos. Based on facts & figures, I dare to choose direction and define big hairy ambitious goals. To achieve these goals, I bring focus, am persistent and do not give up and continue to see opportunities to eventually scale up from a small regional initiative to an international scale with a lot of involvement, support and economic growth of parties.

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I like to challenge innovative companies and international stakeholders to join forces to create new solutions for a better world!
Episode is in Dutch language.

About NXT Gen
The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros.
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About Ronald Scheer
Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente at the Instrumentation Technology department of Applied Educational Sciences.

About Joris and TNO
  Supporting hightech companies to transform from a project- to a product/platform driven systems company. Keywords are transformation, leadership, business, and systems engineering/architecting.
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About NXT Gen
  The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros.
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About Ronald Scheer
Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente at the Instrumentation Technology department of Applied Educational Sciences.

About Maarten Bonnema
-Maarten Bonnema is Professor in Systems Engineering and Multidisciplinary Design at University of Twente. Some additional information
* SEMD homepagina: www.utwente.nl/semd

* SE in 45 minutes: tinyurl.com/SEin45min

* Inaugural lecture at University of Twente: https://research.utwente.nl/en/activities/complex-tasks-simple-tools

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About Utwente
-University in Enschede, the Netherlands.
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About NXT Gen
-The goal of NXTGEN Hightech is to bring the Netherlands back to the top. NXTGEN Hightech officially started in May 2023. The aim of the program is to bring the Netherlands back to the top and to contribute to solutions to major social challenges. To achieve this, the NXTGEN High-tech program will invest approximately € 1 billion until 2030 and will boost the Dutch economy with 330 partners. The National Growth Fund supports this program with 450 million euros.
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About Ronald Scheer
-Ronald is a discussion leader for podcast series in the field of Education, Technology & Innovation. Ronald is also a lecturer & researcher for Robotics & Mechatronics at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven. He graduated from the University of Twente with the Instrumentation Technology department of the Applied Educational Sciences course.

Over Mike van Lieshout
  Mike is projectmanager Cobotics bij i-team Global.
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Over Jules van Horen
  Mechatronica engineer bij i-team Global.
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Over i-team Global
  Quote van de website van i-team Global: Wij ontwikkelen en distribueren innovatieve producten en oplossingen voor de schoonmaakindustrie.
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Over NXT Gen
  Het doel van NXTGEN Hightech is om Nederland weer aan de top te brengen. NXTGEN Hightech is in mei 2023 officieel van start gegaan. Het doel van het programma is om Nederland weer aan de top te brengen en bij te dragen aan oplossingen voor grote maatschappelijke uitdagingen. Om dit te bereiken investeert het NXTGEN Hightech programma tot 2030 circa € 1 miljard en gaat het met 330 partners de Nederlandse economie een impuls geven. Het Nationaal Groeifonds steunt dit programma met 450 miljoen euro.
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Over Ronald Scheer
  Ronald is gespreksleider voor podcastseries op het gebied van Onderwijs, Technologie & Innovatie. Ronald is tevens docent & onderzoeker Robotica & Mechatronica bij Fontys Hogescholen in Eindhoven. Hij studeerde af aan de Universiteit Twente bij de afdeling Instrumentatietechniek van de opleiding Toegepaste Onderwijswetenschappen.