This week Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Enschede held its 2025 International Projectweek:
This is a large vibrant event where many teams of enthusiastic students are offered challenges to “sink their teeth in”. As part of the Projectweek, COPS staff Geert Kamphuis, Melissa Goodwin, and Willem Vos proposed and supervised projects in optics, mechanics, mechatronics, nanofabrication, and self-organization, with 9 groups and >50 students, together with Saxion staff Niek van Toor, Dick Mulder, and Roeland Käser.

Midweek (Wednesday) an impressive number visited COPS to obtain live advice and feedback, visit the labs to inspect samples with COPS’ microscopes or light scattering, or get a closer view at setups (for which innovations are sought).

[Note: some hard-working students already moved forward to continue on their projects, and are thus not in the photo.]
Since we were lucky with reasonable weather, we took a nice group photo. Having heard rumors of “the best espresso on campus”, COPS had the pleasure of presenting its visitors the output of its legendary 3-piston Vibiemme that brewed 35+ espresso’s in no time flat 🙂