Hello Vonk readers, It feels like the academic year has just begun. However we are already in the second quartile and 2022 is coming to an end. Autumn is here already for a few months and every day it is getting colder and dark sooner, whereas the gas prices are rising through the ceiling. It is really important that you stay warm and positive while your bankaccount should suffice that last mentioned characteristic too. ...

This edition of Icons of EE turns everything upside down. Unlike any other important electrical engineers featured by ‘de Vonk’ until now, the person is not named until the very end of the article. You might recognize them by their accomplishments and find out at the very end on what humble beginnings these great achievements are based. The story starts at an unavoidably big hirer of Electrical Engineering Alumni from the University of Twente: Thales. ...

Four years ago, on a fateful October day, a delegation of Scintillianen set foot in Eindhoven to bring a visit to our sister association: e.t.s.v. Thor. After a long bus trip, they attended the constitution drink to congratulate the newly constituted board of Thor, share some drinks with the Thor members and enjoy a meal with the pedellen. Both Scintilla and Thor still love to share great stories about this legendary “Thoringcar”, you can read about it in an earlier Vonk article. ...

The story takes various twist and turns, of company policy, betrayal, marketing, and a small Japanese calculator. Let me just tell you the story, it all started with Intel, but not Intel the processor designers as they are known for, but back in their starting days when they were still a memory chip design company. They made RAM and ROM chips, the first chip was a 64 bit static RAM chip. ...

It has been quite a while since the last datasheet, a series of articles in which several cooking enthusiasts of the Vonk editorial team share their latest culinary findings to the public. It is now my honor, as self-declared cooking enthusiast and founder of the best cooking show on Snapchat, to share with you a recipe for which you need to check Ohm’s Law, because it is guaranteed to be irresistible! ...

On September the 28th Scintilla organized the first SME (small - medium enterprises) market and dinner. As I’m near the end of my study period, I feel a slight urge to start looking for jobs and I signed up for the market and dinner. The description of the activity promised an afternoon and dinner where the participants would have the opportunity to meet employees of 8 SMEs from this region. So I signed up with 30 other students and participated in this great networking activity. ...