• • Maurice Godet Award for Best paper and oral presentation in Tribology 2024
    Mostafa A. Atalla for his paper: M. A. Atalla, A. Martin, X. Wang, A. Canden, M. Carre, R. Lewis, M. Wiertlewski and A. Sakes, “Friction Modulation of Catheters using Ultrasonic Waves,” 49th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology in Lyon, September, 2024.
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  • BMechE conference- Best Poster Award
    Mostafa A. Atalla for his poster: M. A. Atalla, M. Wiertlewski and A. Sakes, “Toward Variable-Friction Catheters: An Ultrasonic Lubrication Approach,” Inaugral BMechE conference, June, 2024.

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  • BMechE conference – Best Pitch Award
    Vera Kortman for her pitch about her PhD – Mechanical Intelligence in Soft Robotics

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• • DSRS 2024 – Best Poster Award
    Mostafa A. Atalla for his poster: M. A. Atalla, F. Trauzettel, S. P. van Gelder, P. Breedveld, M. Wiertlewski and A. Sakes, “Mechanically-Inflatable Bio-Inspired Locomotion for Robotic Pipeline Inspection,” Dutch Soft Robotics Symposium (DSRS), Eindhoven 28-29, May, 2024.
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  • VENI Award 2023
    Aimée Sakes, personal research grant, Vibrating through the Vasculature (ViVa).
  • Most Sustainable Teacher Award 2023
    Bob van Vliet for his work on teaching students systematic thinking about sustainability in their designs. Awarded by GreenTU, student council party Lijst Bèta and network “Studenten voor Morgen”. 
  • Best Lecturer Award 2023
    Paul Breedveld. Best lecturer of 3rd-year Mechanical Engineering Bachelor at TU Delft, awarded by the student association “Gezelschap Leeghwater”.

• • Lecturer of the Year Award 2021-2022
    Paul Breedveld. Best lecturer of the year 2021-2022 at he Faculty of Mechanical , Maritime & Materials Engineering of the TU Delft.

• iSMIT 2021/2022 – Young Investigator Award
  Jette Bloemberg for her abstract: Bloemberg J., Sakes A., Breedveld P. (2022). A Wasp-Inspired, Self-Propelling Steerable Needle for MRI-guided procedures. 33^rd Conference of International Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (iSMIT), May 30-31, Oslo, Norway, 2 p.
• iSMIT 2021/2022 – Best Poster Award
  Esther de Kater for her poster: De Kater E., Sakes A., Breedveld P. (2022). Flexible Wasp Inspired Tissue Transport Mechanism. 33^rd Conference of International Society for Medical Innovation and Technology (iSMIT), May 30-31, Oslo, Norway, 2 p.
• 3mE PhD video competition 2021
  Merle Losch for her video “Optical guidance for a surgical drill in spine surgery”, third prize.
• Delft Bioengineering Institute Best MSc Graduate Award 2021
  Jette Bloemberg for her MSc-thesis “MRI-ready actuation system for a self-propelling needle”, third prize.
• “Precisiebeurs” Young Talent Award 2021
  Jette Bloemberg for her pitch about her MSc-thesis “MRI-ready actuation system for a self-propelling needle”.
• Best Lecturer Award 2021
  Paul Breedveld. Best lecturer of 3rd-year Mechanical Engineering Bachelor at TU Delft, awarded by the student association “Gezelschap Leeghwater”.
• Philips Graduation Award Technology for Healthcare 2021
  Vera Kortman for her MSc-thesis “A suction-based tissue gripper for minimal invasive surgery – an explorative design study”. 
• Young Medical Delta Thesis Award 2021
  Jette Bloemberg, audience award for her MSc-thesis: MRI-ready actuation system for a self-propelling needle. 
• IMechE Thomas Hawksley Gold Medal 2020
  Best original paper published by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in the year 2020. Ali A., Sakes A., Arkenbout E.A., Henselmans P.,  Starkenburg R. van, Szili-Torok T., Breedveld P. (2019). Catheter steering in interventional cardiology: mechanical analysis and novel solution. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 12 p.
• Best Lecturer Award 2019
  Paul Breedveld. Best lecturer of 3rd-year Mechanical Engineering Bachelor at TU Delft, awarded by the student association “Gezelschap Leeghwater”.
• Einthoven Dissertation Prize 2019
  Aimée Sakes, first prize for best dissertation in the field of cardiology in the Netherlands, awarded by the Netherlands Heart Institute and the Dutch Society for Cardiology.
• DEWIS Best Female Cum Laude PhD at TUDelft
  Aimée Sakes, first prize. 
• SMIT 2018 -Young Investigator Travel Award
  Costanza Culmone, Gerwin Smit and Paul Breedveld. Classification of Additive Manufactured Medical Instruments for Diagnostic and Surgery.
• SMIT 2018 – Best Presentation Award
  Aimée Sakes, Paul Breedveld and Jo Spronck. Development of the Wave catheter for puncture of chronic total occlusions.
• SMIT 2018 – Best Presentation Award
  Marta Scali, Dimitra Dodou and Paul Breedveld. Bio-inspired self-propelling needle.
• Aspasia Award 2018
  Aimée Sakes. The Aspasia award is awarded to talented female researchers to promote their careers towards professorship.
• Best Lecturer Award 2018
  Paul Breedveld. Best lecturer of 3rd year Mechanical Engineering Bachelor at TU Delft, awarded by the student association “Gezelschap Leeghwater”.
  
• PhD-degree awarded Cum Laude (2018)
  Aimée Sakes, for her PhD-thesis: High-impact technologies for endovascular treatment of chonic total occlusions.
• SMIT Conference 2017 – Abstract Award
  Paulien Veldhoven, Marta Scali, Paul Henselmans, Dimitra Dodou & Paul Breedveld. Ultra-thin steerable needle: an experimental prototype. second prize.
• CVET 2017 – Most Downloaded Article Award
  Aimée Sakes, Evelyn Regar, Jenny Dankelman & Paul Breedveld (2016). Crossing total occlusions: navigating towards recanalization. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 102-117.
• Medical Delta Young Talent – Scientist Award 2017
  Aimée Sakes, first prize.

• NWO/TTW Demonstrator Grant 2017
  Aimée Sakes, Jo Spronck & Paul Breedveld, research grant,                   The development of the hydraulic pressure wave catheter to overcome the final frontier in cardiovascular interventions.
• SPIE Bioinspiration, Biomimetics and Bioreplication VII Conference 2017 – Best Student Paper Award
  Marta Scali, David Kreeft, Paul Breedveld, Dimitra Dodou (2017). Design and evaluation of a wasp-inspired steerable needle. first prize.
• Sciencebattle January 2017
  Peter van Assenbergh, first prize.

• iSMIT/DMD-EU Conference 2016 – Demo Award
  Aimée Sakes, first prize.
• VENI Award 2016
  Gerwin Smit, personal research grant,
  Simultaneous control of multiple movements in hybrid-powered arm prostheses, using micro-hydraulics.
• Sciencebattle March 2016
  Peter van Assenbergh, first prize.
• Sciencebattle October 2015
  Paul Henselmans, first prize.

• Sciencebattle February 2015
  Paul Henselmans, first prize.
• Wim van der Hoek Award 2015
  Aimee Sakes, nominated top three.
• Sciencebattle 2014
  Paul Henselmans, first prize.
• IMDI Talentprijs 2014
  Paul Henselmans, first prize.
• DMD-EU Conference 2014 – Best Pitch Award
  Awaz Ali, first prize.
  
• SMIT Conference 2014 – Young Investigator Award
  Awaz Ali, second prize.
  
• MEC Congress 2014 – Best Paper Award
  Gerwin Smit, session ‘clinical outcomes’, first prize.
• IMDI Talentprijs 2013
  Ewout Arkenbout, second prize.
  
• BME Conference 2013 – Best Poster Award
  Gerwin Smit, first prize.
• VICI Award 2011
  Paul Breedveld, personal research grant, Mechanical squid for brain stem surgery.
• Summer School Biomedical Engineering 2010 – Best Design Award
  Awaz Ali, first prize.
  
• SMIT Conference 2010 – Best Oral Presentation
  Paul Breedveld, first prize.
  
• Delft Design & Engineering Award 2009
  Paul Breedveld, best design of TU Delft (I-Flex), second prize.
  
• Delft Entrepreneurial Scientist Award TU Delft 2008
  Paul Breedveld, best entrepreneurial scientist of TU Delft, nomination.
• Delft Entrepreneurial Scientist Award Faculty 3mE 2008
  Paul Breedveld, best entrepreneurial scientist of Faculty 3mE of TU Delft, second prize.
• VENI Award 2008
  Dimitra Dodou, personal research grant, Plakkende tangen (sticky graspers).
• Shell/Syntens LiveWIRE Young Business Award 2006
  Paul Breedveld & DEAM, most promising young company of the Netherlands, first prize.
• Syntens “Gouden Kans” Award 2006
  Paul Breedveld & DEAM, most innovative entrepeneur of North Holland, first prize.
• ASME Biennal Mechanisms & Robotics Conference 2004 – Best Conference Paper Award
  Paul Breedveld, first prize.
• Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & sciences (KNAW) 2004
  Paul Breedveld, personal research grant, Biologically inspired technology for surgical interventions in the intestines.
  
• Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & sciences (KNAW) 2002
  Paul Breedveld, personal research grant, Biologically inspired locomotion through the intestines.
• EAES Congress 2001 – Technology Award
  Paul Breedveld & Shigeo Hirose, Best Technical Contribution, first prize.