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Lisa van de Weerd

Lisa van de Weerd

  • Hightech & Electronics
  • Trainee Patent Attorney

Lisa van de Weerd studied Human Movement Sciences (BSc) at Free University Amsterdam and Biomedical Engineering (MSc) at Delft University of Technology.

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During  her master’s program, she specialized in medical devices, focusing her thesis on the development and testing of a vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device for low- and middle-income countries. Outside of her studies, she dedicated one year to a student team at Delft University of Technology, contributing to the development of an exoskeleton for individuals with paraplegia.

Education

  • MSc Biomedical Engineering, Delft University of Technology (2024)
  • Student team Project MARCH, Delft University of Technology (2023)
  • BSc Human Movement Sciences, Free University Amsterdam (2020)

Publications

  • Knulst, A. J., Berger, S., van den Boom, J., Bosch, I., Nicolai, N., Maharjan, S., Raaijmakers, E., Tsai, C. L., van de Weerd, L., Dankelman, J., & Diehl, J. C. (2025). The WOCA negative pressure wound therapy device designed for low resource settings. HardwareX, 21, Article e00620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00620

Languages

  • Dutch
  • English
  • German (basic)

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Events

Beta Business Days 2025

Martiniplaza, Leonard Springerlaan, Groningen, Netherlands

The Beta Business Days is a two-day event aimed at establishing contacts between companies and ambitious students from Groningen.

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