yannick augustijn

Situation: The studentteam of TU/ecomotive wanted to organize a promotion tour where they would visit several locations and in such a way gain publicity for their bio-based car "Lina". Task: Organizing this promotion tour. Activity: Contacting partners and other relevant contacts in order to organize a promotion tour which would reach as many different people as possible. Result: Had a week of promotion activities where we visited many different instances and people, like: IKEA, the Tweede Kamer, Kinderdijk, the Mayor of Eindhoven and the Louwman Museum.

Tutoring secondary school students in Maths, Physics and English.

Situation: The board of the honors academy wanted to have a association to give the honors students a possibility to get to know each other better and to work on self improvement. Task: (Vice)-Voorzitter of the first board of HSA Confluente Activity: Starting a new study association and organizing various activities for its' members. Working on improving the overall quality of the honors academy. Maintaining contacts with various other honors study associations.Getting into contact with various companies with regards to sponsorship deals Result: We started the study association, and organised several activities for our members. With these activities our members could develop their skills, get in touch with companies, and network with each other. The association has become a active community of students, who want to give something extra to their time as honors students.

Situation: Honors student within the track ‘Smart Mobility’ at the TU/e. Top students at the TU/e have the possibility to participate in the Honors Program. Task: Team member of the process and PR team which consisted of 3-6 students with the main goal to create a system that is based on autonomous vehicles and getting attention of the public. Activity: Developing a concept business which used autonomous vehicles to pick up users and drop them off at their desired location. Using social media and conferences to pitch this idea. Result: First year:A concept of a business was worked out on all levels. Finished designs for an app that could be used by this business which were extensively user-tested.campaign. Pitched the concept at the RLI conference for 200-300 people. Finished the first year with the grade ‘Excellent’. Second year: Working on Public Relations using social media and visiting conferences.