Last week, Sinterklaas visited Taminiau Lab! According to Dutch tradition, we exchanged gifts an poems. There were games and soup and of course a lot of pepernoten.

On the 6th of November, Guido van de Stolpe defended his PhD thesis successfully. Congratulations, Dr. Guido!

Last weekend, TU Delft's Science Day took place. Science Day is a free science festival which attracts a few thousand kids with their parents annually, with the goal of discovering science and technology from all angles. It is a day full of inspiring activities, including workshops, demonstrations, shows and tours.

Taminiau Lab also had a stand with two optical setups, supervised by Margriet, Sara and Naoual, and Sam from the QMAI group. The kids could try aligning an optical setup and move around a sample under an objective. The goal was to make everyone experience what it's like to be a physicist, and it's safe to say it was a success!

On the 12th of July, Sjoerd Loenen defended his PhD thesis successfully. Congratulations, Dr. Sjoerd!

The NanoArt project of QuTech, initiated by Laurens Feije and Gerben Timmer from Taminiau Lab, had its first large-scale exhibition at the TU Delft Library. NanoArt brings the beauty of cleanroom work to the public. This exhibition featured art pieces not only from Laurens and Gerben, but also from QuTech colleagues David van Driel, Figen Yilmaz, Marta Pita Vidal, Nina Codreanu, Nick van Loo and Siddharth Singh.

On October 13th 2023, Hans defended his PhD successfully! Congrats, Hans!