Design of next generation electronics for a circular economy

Last week, PhD candidate Fatin Battal attended the 76th IEEE Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) in Orlando, USA, one of the premier events in semiconductor technologies and electronics packaging, with a record attendance of 2700+ attendees this year. Fatin was awarded the ECTC Student Travel Grant by IEEE Electronics Packaging Society (EPS), in recognition

Circular Circuits Consortium meets in Utrecht to Advance Circular Electronics On 6 March 2026, as the first signs of spring began to appear across the Netherlands, the Circular Circuits consortium gathered in Utrecht for its annual meeting. Researchers, industry partners, and societal stakeholders met at Vergadercentrum Vredenburg to review progress, exchange ideas, and discuss the next steps toward implementing circular electronics

Building the future for Circular electronics On 17 October 2025, researchers, policymakers, and industry representatives gathered at the Dutch Tech Campus in Zoetermeer for the Circular Circuits Outreach Event, a full-day programme dedicated to advancing circularity in the electronics sector. Hosted by the Reconext, supported by Dutch Tech Campus / Ping Properties, and co-organised with

Circular circuit presentations at the ISIE 2025 in Singapore  For the bi-annual conference of the International Society of Industrial Ecology, this year held in Singapore, our PhDs Pablo Ilgemann and Nils Pauliks both presented their ongoing work.  Nils talked about which kind of metals and other chemical elements have been lost in at different stages