Award Nominees 2025

Associate Professor Industrial Design

Oscar Tomico Plasencia

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淚ncluding sustainability is a must. Any activity we do has an impact on the ecosystem. Teaching is a way of shaping the future to come. We have the responsibility to look at our own research and teaching activities critically and adapt it to the current climate and ecological crisis we live in.鈥�

Theo Hofman

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淚ncluding sustainability in education is important because it equips students with the knowledge and skills to address environmental challenges and fosters critical thinking.鈥�

Associate Professor Mechinal Engineering

Geert van Kollenburg & Mehrdad Mohammadi

Why is Sustainability important to you?

"We need to find a balance between improving people鈥檚 lives and the effect that has on the environment."

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淚f you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.鈥�

Which tips could you give other teachers for integrating Sustainability in their courses?

"Define what you mean by sustainability and ALWAYS consider the tradeoffs between whatever KPI is chosen."

Data Science Teaching Group

, & Mykola Pechnezikiy

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淎s a university that trains the engineers of the future, it is crucial students are aware of not just the opportunities, but also the risks of technology. I believe it is very important such awareness is integrated into our courses whenever possible and in a way that allows students to translate concerns beyond the classroom to the daily practice of an engineer.鈥�

University Lecturer Electrical Engineering

Lorenzo Cecarellu

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淲e need to start cultivating a systemic, holistic mindset for ourselves and stimulate our students to develop one, if we want to address the grand challenges we face as a society. There is urgent need for a generation of system-thinkers, changemakers, and innovators, and we can provide the scaffolding on which this can be built.鈥�

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淲e are preparing our students for their professional life. It is not a question if sustainability will be part of their careers, but how. So neglecting sustainability would mean we would be teaching them an old paradigm and we are not taking ourselves serious as an educational institute.鈥�

Assistant Professor IE&ES

Laurens Bliek

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淪ustainability should have an active role in all layers of society, especially in education, because our students are the ones who will have to build a sustainable society.鈥�

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淏ecause honestly, a lot of the new generation is disconnected from these values. 色中色 is where we can plant the seed that technology is not neutral 鈥� it has an impact. And if we do not teach students to think about that impact now, we will pay the price later. I do not believe in forcing Sustainability into everything, but I do believe it should be part of the conversation, especially in engineering.鈥�

Assistant Professor EIRES & Industrial Design

Lenneke Kuijer

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淭hrough education we transfer our best attempts to address these challenges to a next generation of designers and engineers.鈥�

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淎s a technical university, 色中色 plays a vital role in shaping the next generation of designers and engineers. Embedding sustainability into education ensures that students not only develop technical expertise, but also ecological sensitivity and ethical responsibility. It helps them recognize the wider implications of their work鈥攕ocial, environmental, and material鈥攁nd equips them to contribute meaningfully to complex challenges.鈥�

Why is Sustainability important to you?

鈥淚t is said there is an inherent prisoner鈥檚 dilemma in the climate change conundrum from the perspective of the individual; the payoff from inaction is deemed to outweigh that of action, since the trend is moving towards some large cost to be born by all of society. To my mind, this ignores the culture and conscience at the root of our decision-making, the forces that give rise to cities, laws, and governments, and the collective good.鈥�

色中色 Language Center Teaching Group

Hatice Celebi, Leonie Kaasje-Adriaanse & Letti Werkman

Why is it important to include Sustainability in 色中色 at 色中色?

鈥淎t 色中色, students are trained to innovate and design solutions for the future. Including sustainability in education ensures that those solutions are grounded in ethical, social, and environmental awareness. The academic writing course SFC640, offered to master鈥檚 students across disciplines, is just one example of how this can take shape. In the course, writing becomes more than a communication skill; it becomes a way of thinking. Students are invited to explore their positioning, navigate complex perspectives, and reflect on their role within broader systems. This kind of engagement integrated in education at the 色中色 supports a deeper, more responsible approach to innovation and sustainability.鈥�