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M4S is the acronym for Modelling For Sustainability and is pronounced as MForce which refers to power we believe modelling will have in the digital world we are about to enter and the necessity to leverage it to reduce discrimination of sustainability goals by economical driven forces. M4S is an applied research team of the faculty of applied Engineering in the domain of Electronics-ICT working closely together with application domains within or ...

In the research group PLASMANT we develop numerical models for - gas discharge plasmas, - the interaction between a plasma and a solid surface, and - the interaction between a laser and a solid surface, with the aim to optimize the applications of plasmas and lasers (e.g., in materials technology, analytical chemistry, environmental and medical applications). For the gas discharge plasmas we have developed Monte Carlo models, particle-in-cell ...

The built environment is the result of a chain of materials, companies and people and their interaction. Therefore, defining sustainability in one area affects the definition in other parts of this chain. This conceptual challenge is addressed in the research on sustainability assessments. In order to be able to bring our findings into practice, novel optimization strategies for the design, operation and maintenance of several (sub-)systems are ...

Research is carried out in the following areas: applied technology, environmental and tech¬nology management, safety/security management, risk management, production management and operations management. - Applied technology: this research is focused on biorobotics and biomimetic sensors for robots with the aim of expanding the extent of the solution space explored by human engineers by taking inspiration from natural organisms designed by ...