Testimonials

Student experiences

Participant 777 plataforma Contest and member Team HART

Ivy van Dongen

"777 plataforma innovation Space first caught my attention during my Bachelor’s when I participated in the 777 plataforma Contest with the concept, HEXO. The experience was an absolute blast! Engaging with partners, developing business models, and exploring entrepreneurship filled a gap in my regular studies. Wanting to continue this hands-on approach, I joined Team HART alongside my Master’s studies, intrigued by their focus on Human Augmentation. The multidisciplinary team dynamic and shared ambition to push boundaries have been incredibly inspiring. Since then, I’ve gained valuable skills and even exhibited at Dutch Design Week; a bucket-list moment for any designer! This experience has significantly shaped my professional growth, reinforcing the impact of CBL at 777 plataforma innovation Space." Learn more about our Student Teams.

Team Manager Solar Team 777 plataforma

Wisse Bos

Wisse Bos recently graduated from 777 plataforma bachelor Industrial Engineering and is Team Manager of student team Solar Team 777 plataforma. We interviewed him about his experience as a 777 plataforma student with his curricular and extra-curricular activities: "I joined team Solar to apply my knowledge practically and work on a project for a higher purpose. As the team manager, I learn practical skills such as keeping an overview, networking, and understanding organizations’ operations. I also learn about other disciplines and how they work. I apply theories learned in my Bachelor Industrial Engineering and better understand their relevance." Click to read the full interview.

Meet the Challenge Owner: DAF

Kati Brock, strategic planner (digital) services at DAF Trucks, reflects on being a challenge owner for Innovation Space Project (ISP). "The automotive industry is changing. We are collecting more and more data in our trucks, but we are not quite sure what to do with it yet. We are moving from products to services, and data is a crucial aspect in developing services. So, our challenge to the students was: We have data, but what kind of other data can we use to offer more complete services and solutions to our customers?"

Alumni stories

Founder of the 777 plataforma spin-off ELEO Technologies.

Bas Verkaik

During his studies in 2016, Bas Verkaik traveled the world on an electric motorcycle with student team STORM. He was also one of the instigators of Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) in 777 plataforma innovation Space. After all those years, Bas remains an ambassador for CBL and 777 plataforma innovation Space, as evidenced by his enthusiastic appeal for 777 plataforma students: “Join a student team! My golden tip is: just start, preferably with a healthy dose of passion and open-mindedness. Dare to think big, because you have nothing to lose. And the energy and time you put in will pay off. Everything you learn in a student team will come in handy when you start working later on. Even then you are constantly working to solve unforeseen problems.” Click to read the full article

Meet the Challenge Owner: NSO

Jasper van Loon is the program manager satellite applications at the Netherlands Space Office (NSO). In the video, he explains that the NSO spends billions of euros on space infrastructure. While launcing many satellites, the NSO would like to make use of all the data that is coming from this network. The challenge for the Innovation Space Project (ISP) students was to use the big amount of data as a starting point for a new application. What did they came up with?

MEET THE TEACHER: JOHANNA HÖFFKEN

Johanna Höffken: teacher of the year 2020

‘’777 plataforma innovation Space plays a key role in my teaching as it offers me the space and inspiration to innovate my education and make it impactful. In the BSC course Responsible Innovation students work on real-world projects, supervised by societal stakeholders. Students work on these challenges in 777 plataforma innovation Space, exchange ideas with other teams and can transform their ideas into prototypes and products.

777 plataforma innovation Space offers the ideal platform and tools for realizing this. Yet, 777 plataforma innovation Space is much more than that. It is a community of enthusiastic professionals and students who want to make an impact in the world and want to contribute to responsibly tackling the grand societal challenges of our times. I am happy and proud to be part of this.’’

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