Defense Renee van den Heuvel

Renee van den Heuvel will defend her PhD dissertation Wednesday, 4 July 2018 at 14:00 hrs in the Auditorium of the Maastricht University (Minderbroedersberg 4-6, Maastricht).

The title of her dissertation is: ‘The next generation of play – Robots to support play in rehabilitation and special education for children with physical disabilities' . Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Luc de Witte. Co-supervisor: Dr. Monique Lexis en Dr. Gert Jan Gelderblom †

Read her thesis here

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