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The trip has come to an end. We are leaving Brazil to head back to the Netherlands. Early in the morning we drove to Recife because we fly from there. Once in recife we boarded the plane at around six … Continue reading →

Today we headed off to a windpower park located around two hours from the center of natal. The park is the second largest windpower park in the entirety of Brazil. After a presentation of the company responsible we went to … Continue reading →

Thursday was a day full of interesting companies and research. In the morning we visited the local electorial court where they presented us interesting projects concerning the registration of purposes. Time flies when you are having fun so we went … Continue reading →

This wednesday we spent the morning at the IMD building again. We had an interview session with undergraduate students and a presentation of a very entrepreneural master student: Ystallonne Alves. Ystallonne presented the two startup companies he is currently working on: … Continue reading →

Today, as per usual, we started off with a quick but fullfilling breakfast. After that we drove to the UFRN campus for a morning interview session with master students. They told us their experience regarding the different research topics and their … Continue reading →

On the first research day after the weekend we drove to the incubator again to hear presentations of a startup called WebOne system. WebOne system develops web interfaces to medical imaging and is creating a data collection frontend for IoT … Continue reading →

On the first day of the weekend we took a guided tour to Brazil’s most famous beach called Pipa. While going to the beach we stopped at several hotspots to take pictures, visit authentic markets and have lunch. At last … Continue reading →

Today we visited IMD of UFRN, the university’s incubator. After the guided tour through the building we were enriched by a presentation about the work of the incubator followed by presentations and information about companies in their incubation process. We … Continue reading →

After a good (well-deserved) night of sleep we started of with a nice breakfast at 9 before checking out our surroundings. Our first meeting consisted of a tour around the UFRN campus, while Erik Barendsen and Simone Meeuwsen had a … Continue reading →

After months of anticipation and preparation we embarked on an adventurous trip to Natal, Brazil. Early in the morning at 00:00 we drove to Frankfurt. Despite strikes in airports in Germany our flight was  perfectly on time and we could … Continue reading →