12 februari 2009 -
Part of the two-year post-Master program of User System Interaction (USI) is an industrial assignment of nine months. André Fialho from Brazil is doing his assignment at Philips Connected Consumer Solutions (CCS) and Jennifer Curtis from the United States (Kansas) is working at the Telematica Institute in Enschede. What are their assignments about and what is it like to work in a Dutch environment?
Jennifer Curtis (left) and André Fialho. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke
12 februari 2009 -
When you have just started to study or work in the Netherlands it seems as if the Dutch are very open and hospitable. Yet the spirits of many an international student or staff member sag after a while. Why doesn’t my colleague invite me after work? Does my supervisor really think that I am doing my work so badly, for I am only getting criticism from him. Why do people here even eat while working on their PCs? And that famed openness appears to become a wall of non-commitment if anything. How is it that the first impression proves to be incorrect after all?
12 februari 2009 -
“Your mobile phone is the wallet of the future”, put Rob van de Berg from RaboMobiel, a division of the Rabobank. “The European Union does not represent Europe”, stated prof. dr. Johan Schot, who specializes in Industrial History at TU/e. And the last thesis entitled ‘We should build new nuclear power stations’ was introduced by consultant and TU/e alumnus Arjan Rooyens, who led the debate.
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