Internship | Printed Temperature Sensors

Holst Centre is an Open Innovation research center founded by TNO and IMEC and is located on the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. One of its research areas is “printed sensors”; targeting devices such as temperature and pressure sensors on flexible substrates. Holst Centre is developing printable temperature sensors together with industry. Working in a small team, the student will be responsible for establishing a process method for a printed temperature sensor. The student will be responsible for optimizing material compositions towards suitable properties for preliminary applications. This student project will be an internship and/or master thesis with a duration of at least 6 months.

• Develop a stable, screen-printable temperature sensor that can be processed on plastic substrates;
• Optimize the performance of temperature sensors by evaluating its resistance and humidity-dependence behavior;
• Measure the electronic properties and stability of the printed sensor;
• Formulate new and relevant measurement setups and protocols;
• Support integration of printed temperature sensors within Holst Centre’s other technologies.

• Knowledge acquisition through literature survey, discussion with other team members, and internal seminars/colloquiums;
• Performing electrical and material characterization;
• Performing experiments in clean-rooms and chemical labs; establishing new measurement set-ups and protocols;
• Analysis and presentation of experimental data;
• Documentation of results in a technical report;
• Presentation of results in internal seminars/colloquiums.

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After the first CV selection, the application process will be conducted by the concerning department. TNO will provide a suitable internship agreement. If you have any questions about this vacancy, you can contact the contact person mentioned below.

Due to Covid-19 and the consequent uncertainties and restrictions, students who are not residing in the Netherlands may currently not be able to start an internship or graduation project at TNO.