MESA Institute for Nanotechnology

MESA+ is the Nanotechnology Research institute of University of Twente. It consists of 500 employees including 275 PhDs and postdocs. It holds around 1250 m² cleanroom space with some other state of the art research equipment. It has around 45 million euro yearly turnover [1]. Approximately 60% of the turnover come from external sources [2].The management of MESA+ consists of Scientific Director and Technical Commercial Director [3].University Board, Scientific Advisory Board [4] and Supervisory board assists MESA+ management when necessary [5]. Currently Prof.dr.ing Dave Blank [6] and Ir. Janneke Hoedemaekers[7] are working as the Scientific Director and Technical Commercial Director respectively.