Media and news articles

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• Tijana Kostovska, phD student from the BMBD group wins the first prize in the health venture Lab event conducted by the venture lab North

• In September 2024 FMT magazine featured an article within Medische Technologie topics, about BMBD unit's work on biomimetic sensors.

• Ajay Kottapalli was interviewed for the DRIVE series in de Ingenieur magazine. 

• Bioinspired MEMS and Biomedical Devices (BMBD) research group has been featured in the Dutch news article Zorgvisie "These sensors provide sensing to prosthesis". Download the article.

• Our Seal whisker research is featured in the Dutch newspaper - AD Utrechts Nieuwsblad

• Snorharen zeehonden staaltje van perfecte techniek/ Seals' whiskers are an example of perfect technique, University of Groningen Alumni magazine, spring 2024. The article is available in Dutch.

Ajay Kottapalli develops advanced sensors based on animal senses – for example the whiskers of seals. 'They have really evolved perfectly. We have calculated that.' He is always looking for possible applications in the technology of biological phenomena. Together with colleagues he started a startup in Groningen: Sencilia.

• “Flowsensoren gebaseerd op vissen en zeehonden voor biomedische toepassingen”, Automatie PMA 3 magazine (pages 6-9) (National), Netherlands, Print

• “Sensors inspired by seal whiskers and fish”, RUG University Science LinX (National), Netherlands, Web

• “Biomimetic flow sensors” De Ingenieur (National), Netherlands, October edition 2020, Web

• “Skin-inspired sensors show how our body moves” in AAAS Eureka Alert, (2 pages), International, Published on 21 October 2021

• “Skin-inspired sensors show how our body moves” RUG Science linx, (2 pages), National, Published on 19 october 2021

• “The smart sensors of Kottapalli – by touch” in Ukrant – RUG academic magazine, Published on 08 December 2021

• In 2016, the success in developing biocompatible, ultrasensitive and miniaturized MEMS flow sensors for intravenous infusion monitoring and urology applications has been reported in various newspapers, articles and in media.