University of Groningen
Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Flexible Medical Instruments
Khan, Fouzia
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10.33612/diss.167718523
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Acknowledgments
There are many people to whom I am sincerely grateful. Thank you, Prof. Misra for giving me the opportunity to work on the EDEN2020 project, which to say the least was a very interesting and a challenging project. Thank you, Prof. Jutte for co-supervising my thesis. Thank you to Prof. Rodriguez y Baena, Stefano, Abdulhamit, Marlene, Eloise, Riccardo, Alberto, Tom, Marco and the EDEN team; it was a pleasure working with you all.
Sincere thanks to Wya, Ina, and Lianne for helping me through all the administrative tasks. A heartfelt thank you to Jeanine for been there on all matters and to Stella for getting me through the last stretch of the program. Thank you to my colleagues Guus, Navid, Roy, Federico, Jakub, Guilherme, Christo, Alper, Gert, Theodosia, Venkat, Foad, Sumit, Klaas, Luigi, Francis, Frans and Mert for their help during my time at the Surgical Robotics Lab. Thank you to David and Prof. Sales for collaborating on the research and manufacturing the sensors which were crucial for the research. I would also like to acknowledge the professors from University of Toronto who have had a signi cant impact on my education. Thank you, Prof. Nach-man for making calculus accessible, Prof. Liang for teaching me probability, Prof. Abdelrahman for making programming fun and lastly, Prof. Francis for showing me the world of details. I would also like to thank my cousin Joya apu for introducing me to critical thinking.
On a more personal level, I am indebted to the Bangladeshi community in Enschede and Hengelo for making me feel at home away from home. Thank you for all the sweet memories. Special thank you to the Breimer family for easing my transition to the Netherlands, particularly Gerben for always being there for me. Moreover, thank you Hetty, Tibbe and Gerben for helping me with the samenvatting. I have been very fortunate in my life, but I am most thankful for been the daughter of my parents, Ali and Nasreen. To top o the good fortune I have two supportive brothers Emran and Nabeel, a lovely sister-in-law Shilpa, two dear nephews Aaban, Arham and a dear niece Ayra. I am very grateful to my family for their love and support.
