Episode 20: MSc student Tim Ribberink about his field work in Madagaskar

In this episode of the Humanitarian Engineering Podcast, we speak with Tim Ribberink, an MSc student in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Twente, who carried out his thesis project at RisE in Madagascar, a start-up dedicated to developing clean cooking solutions. During his project, Tim designed and developed new cooking functionalities that make use of surplus heat generated by the system, helping to improve its efficiency and usability.

What is Humanitarian Engineering?

In this podcast, the Humanitarian Engineering group of the University of Twente introduces humanitarian engineering actions and their importance to society. With the guests, they talk about initiatives that develop engineering solutions that promote the well-being and lives of people lacking access to fundamental resources.