The newest publication from the BuBble-gun team has been selected Featured article in the Physics of Fluids journal! This work isthe result of the visit
While preparing our Bubble-Gun system for actual skin injections using hydrogels we discovered distinct impact behavior based on jet characteristics and material stiffness. As the
Following the work that we did on microfluidic jets impacting on droplets, we decided to squeeze droplets between two glass walls. This allowed us to visualise
Proud and happy to share our needle-free injection research with the new generation! On 31-11-2022 our BuBbble-Gun system was featured in an episode from Klokhuis,
Jelle attended the Nanobubble 2022 conference, hosted by the Otto-Von-Guericke University in Magdeburg (Germany). The conference was well-attended by experts working in the field of
Last month, David and Jelle visited EPFL in Lausanne (Switzerland). They were hosted by prof. Christophe Moser and dr. Jan Krizek of the Laboratory of
During the 2022 University of Twente Alumniday, Diana gave a seminar about the history of needles and injections, needle-free injections and the remaining issues with
Winners! We won as FlowBeams, the Magic 50 Award, granted by the Dutch Innovation Days, 2022. The night of the competition, a small group from
Prikken zonder naald: zuiniger en minder pijnlijk Injecting without needles can be done more efficiently and causing less pain. The very prestigious news magazine NRC
The Dutch TV program MAX is focused on high quality informative reports. It covers cultural, educational and scientific developments aimed at integrating the 50+ population
The European Research Council (ERC) has announced that we got the Proof of Concept grant to continue developing our needle-free injector prototype! We want to
What a great surprise to start the year knowing that our work Impact of a microfluidic jet on a pendant droplet has been selected for the
During the month of January, 2022, we had the privilege to have in our lab Prof. Andrew Dickerson from Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee.
Jelle and David have recently published a review paper with the title ‘Jet injectors: Perspectives of small volume delivery using lasers‘. The paper was published
David won the University of Twente UT in The Media Award 2021! The Board of Directors of the UT stimulates efforts aimed at disseminating the
It is hard to make pictures of the group, with or without masks, in these pandemic times. There were actually two team members who could
A new PhD student, Claudia Muñoz Villaescusa has joined our team, and will explore different scenarios of small liquid volumes penetration in complex substrates, such
Lea Milovich, co-founder of our spin-off FlowBeams explains (in Dutch) several elements of our plans. In particular, reducing the amount of waste generated with traditional
This year is full of amazing news for the BuBble Gun team, and The Stairway to Impact Awards 2021 is a very good example. It
The World Economic Forum featured our work! David shows the reporters of Reuters how the needle-free injection experiment works link to video. Our mock prototype
Lea and David were representing the science behind BuBle Gun‘s project and the commercial ambitions of FlowBeams at the Techmed event 2021.
I spoke at the World Health Summit about small volume injections without needles: less pain and less waste. The whole ‘New Voices in Global Health’ session can
Reuters presents our work: `Virtually painless’ needle-free injections developed in Netherlands! See also how the World Economic Forum also covered our work in this link to
I am so excited to talk to a promising audience! During the Weekend of Science, it will be the first time I get the opportunity
I have the honour to be the Keynote Speaker to this TechMed event, but what I am very interested is in meeting new collaborators to
De Ingenieur has made a beautiful story about jets and apples (now available in Dutch).
I had the great opportunity to serve as jury of the Translational Potential award during the student’s competition Sensus.
Once more, EOS has asked me to comment, now on the possibilities of using textile / clothes as sensors!
While many were having a summer break, our work became cover of the Soft Matter volume 17 of 2021. Please, check the comparison with the
I am very happy to share this study of intradermally injected tattoo inks in reconstructed human skin. It is a collaboration between Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
The newspaper Trouw has published an in-depth interview related to how we could vaccinate in the future without needles. It also covers some early stages
After receiving the Prince Friso Award several news’ agencies contacted me, to make interviews, or comment on recently published items. It is amazing how much
I could not believe my ears when it was announced that I won both, the Professional Jury and the Popular award of the Prins Friso
I gave a couple of interviews to different news outlets, related to the nomination for the Prince Friso Engineering Award of 2021. Inyectar sin agujas:
Due to a busy schedule, I have not posted this nice video made as part of my selection for the Prins Friso Engineer of 2021
From minute 23:24, you will learn about needle-free injections (link).In only 6 min we explain the result of the hard work of many scientists and
This lecture was recorded in a green-screen huge studio. The challenge was to give a presentation in a different order and way that I normally
The Challenges and opportunities for small volumes delivery into the skin are plenty! Due to its relevance, it has been highlighted by the Editor. A
Today I had the privilege to talk during a colloquium organised by the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg (HI ERN) and the Department of Chemistry and Biological
A funny cartoon about a very relevant topic! I was shortly interviewed by Het Nieuwsblad, among other experts regarding the ongoing vaccination campaign and some
Just before finishing the year, I had the great pleasure to hold a new type of Young Scientist Ambassador Programme missions, YSAP, from the Global
Today I had the chance to present the main results of our Lorentz Center event related to Education and Process Intensification, during the European Federation
The technology magazine De Ingenieur has interviewed me and published Ik los graag praktische problemen op (in Dutch) “I like solving practical problems”. It belongs to the section
Since we cannot have a “face to face” event this year, we had an online event to explain future Master students what is it all
I have the honour to have been selected as member of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE). It is a pan-European initiative of young scientists
Our recently published work on “Cavitation intensifying bags improve ultrasonic advanced oxidation with Pd/Al2O3 catalyst” has taught us that Cavitation Intensifying Bags CIBs (also known as
Our work on Cavity collapse near slot geometries has been just published!It deals with bubbles collapsing close to slot geometries. We learned interesting details on
I recently found out that my BSc supervisor, Prof. Margarita Piedra died after a long fight against cancer. She was a great example to me,
This week the new semester started, and I am teaching two courses: Innovating Reactor Systems (Master – including Chemical Engineering programs) Innovation Project (Bachelor Honours
Our latest accepted paper shows how Process intensification connects scales and disciplines towards sustainability. This was a collaboration with Daria C. Boffito from Polytechnique Montreal,