The Electronic Components, Technology and Materials (ECTM) group offers a multi-disciplinary research environment, with a strong interaction with industry, on emerging materials, innovative microstructures and devices and novel integration concepts for Health, Energy, Sensing & Environmental applications.
ECTM consists of 2 professors, 2 part-time professors, 2 associate professors, 2 assistant professors, and over 50 researchers.
ECTM participates in the Electrical Engineering BSc curriculum and two MSc tracks: MSc Biomedical Devices, MSc Microelectronics, MSc Biomedical Engineering.

News

Best Poster awards at Microelectronic Research Day 2025
With over 250 participants we can look back on a very successful second edition of our Microelectronics Research day.

IEEE 74th ECTC Intel Best Student Paper Award granted to Yaqian Zhang
We are happy to announce that Yaqian Zhang, PhD researcher in our group, has been awarded the IEEE 74th ECTC Intel Best Student Paper Award for her paper titled In Situ Analysis of Copper Microstructures in Electromigration Using SEM-EBSD Techniques.
Agenda
- Thu, 20 Feb 2025
- 16:00
- EEMCS, lecture hall Chip
Microelectronics colloquium

Sten Vollebregt
A SiC-carbon nanotube composite for MEMS
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a promising material for MEMS devices, especially for those aiming at harsh environment applications. However, the lack of a proper bulk fabrication process is a factor that impedes the development of SiC MEMS.
- Wed, 12 Mar 2025
- 12:30
- Aula Senaatszaal
PhD Thesis Defence

Xinrui Ji
Metallic Nanoparticles Sintering for High Density Interconnects
- Mon, 24 Mar 2025
- 10:00
- Aula Senaatszaal
PhD Thesis Defence
Gandhika Wardhana
Microtechnology for in-vitro ultrasound neuromodulation studies
- Mon, 24 Mar 2025
- 12:30
- Aula Senaatszaal
PhD Thesis Defence

Henry Martin
Prognostics and Thermal Management of Power Electronic Packages
- Thu, 10 Apr 2025
- 12:30
- Aula Senaatszaal
PhD Thesis Defence

Romina Sattari
Multi-domain reliability monitoring of semiconductor packaging in harsh environments
- Wed, 14 May 2025
- 15:00
- Aula Senaatszaal
PhD Thesis Defence
