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New Vonk Article: "Presidential Note"
Hello Vonk Reader, It still feels like I’ve just now gotten comfortable in my position as a board member, and yet we are already looking for a candidate board! But that does not mean my board year...
New Vonk Article: "The Beginning of a Tradition: The First Cantus Scintillae"
Scintilla’s Post-Introduction Camp of 1989 (formerly known as NIKE) can be considered a historic moment not only for Scintilla, but the whole University of Twente. That is because this event was...
New Vonk Article: "ASML innovates with the future in mind"
To work with extreme specifications to build a machine that meets the requirements that are still years ahead from now. For ASML’s engineers, it’s everyday’s business. They follow the in 1965...
New Vonk Article: "The Research Groups of EE"
During your bachelor’s, you encounter a lot of different aspects within the field of electronics. Since EE is so broad, you slowly specialize over the years. In module 7, the first choice is...
New Vonk Article: "A Day With... the Dean of EEMCS"
From October 1st, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science has a new dean: Boudewijn Haverkort. Although he has worked hard as a Dean at Tilburg University,...
New Vonk Article: "A bit of electrical engineering in applied physics"
The courses applied physics and electrical engineering have always been closely linked. As some of you may know, the study association Arago started as a committee of your association, Scintilla....
New Vonk Article: "Can you analyse the effect of sunlight on the contact resistance in solar cells by performing simulations in Silvaco?"
While the efficiencies of solar cells rise closer and closer to the efficiency limits, the focus is on eliminating the small factors that cause power loss within the solar cell, by trying all...
New Vonk Article: "Presidential Note"
Dear Reader, 2025 has started amazingly! I would like to wish every one of you the best for this coming year. I hope you got some well deserved rest in the holidays. Personally I spent the...
New Vonk Article: "From scathing segments to swingin’ songs: How E.T.S.V. Scintilla gained its monthly radio show"
It’s no secret that Scintilla’s radio committee, Scintilla FM, produces some of the most scintilla-ting radioshows. But how did the show came about? In this article I will take you with me for a...
New Vonk Article: "On Location: The Boiler Bar"
Hey there! I am Peter Kingma, also known as Jan Miepma within the Borrel committee, and I’m the chair of the Borrel committee. In this article I’d like to take the chance to show some of the inner...
