Getting kids enthusiastic for science and technology is a challenge. Are physics and math boring? How can you make it exciting? At the Eindhoven Roumanian school, Vlad Niculescu-Dinca goes a step further: bringing a scientific mindset to young kids is not so hard as it may seem. Kids can understand what hypothesis testing is. Just let them find out whether some assumption is crazy or in fact is true.

As the Brainport region is asking schools and universities to make a scale jump on educating engineers, Jean-Paul Linnartz interviewed Vlad about his experience in making science attractive and in promoting a curious and investigative mindset.  

Photo: Jodie Trimble, 10 July 2023