Pauline Oonk
Support Engineer
Pauline helps our customers on a daily basis with all technical support. Always at your service to solve any challenge.
Can you tell us about yourself?
My name is Pauline. I am 24 years old, and I am from Enschede. I grew up here and also did my studies here at the University of Twente. I studied biomedical engineering, with a focus in physiological signals and systems, which I did my masters in. I chose biomedical engineering because I believe the application is really interesting. You are able to eventually help people through research with technology.
In my master thesis, I worked a lot with EEG. I gained a lot of knowledge on how to do research, which really helped me with this job, since I got experience beforehand in this field. For my internship, I went to University College London and worked with the plasticity lab group. There I got to talk to many people in neuroscience, and this experience really helps me now. I think EEG recordings can be incredibly useful both in the healthcare side—getting to know about diseases—and also on the application side, like brain computer interfaces. I think it is really interesting to see where this research is heading.
Can you share some fun facts about yourself?
I once biked from the Netherland to France with some friends. We went from camping site to camping site. The total distance was over 500 km, starting from Maastricht and ending at the Notre Dame in Paris. I have also biked with friends from Berlin to Prague. I also like to do sports: swimming, cycling with my racing bike or mountain biking, and running.
Another fun fact about me is that I have lived here in Enschede my whole life, except for two weeks when I lived in London for my internship (which got cut short due to Corona). In Enschede, we are a part of Twente, and we have a dialect here: Twents. But I speak better English than Twents.
What is your role at TMSi? What are you looking forward to helping contribute to TMSi and the users of TMSi’s products?
My role is a support engineer. What I like about this is that I am able to help customers in the research world, to help them perform their research. I get to learn a lot about the applications of our products. For me, it is nice to see that I am of help and to see the research succeed.
What made you choose to work at TMSi, and what do you like most about working at TMSi so far?
The main reason was that I had a good first impression: people were very friendly and open, and there is also a good “teamgeest” or team spirit. [At TMSi] We have a really clear goal in mind, and as a group we are working towards that goal of creating high quality products.
Eugenio Balzanelli
Application Engineer
Eugenio is a senior application engineer that has a vast experience in the electrophysiological application software
Can you tell us about yourself?
My name is Eugenio and I am a biomedical engineer from Turin, Italy. I studied biomedical engineering at Politecnico di Torino. I did my master thesis in Germany on the effect of neckpain on the walking gait. With this experience, I learned a lot about biomedical engineering in the field and was also able to grow as a person through living abroad. Afterwards, I worked in both Italy and France as a software engineer, before deciding to move to the Netherlands to join TMSi.
Can you share some fun facts about yourself?
My hobbies include playing basketball with friends and traveling. I enjoy travelling with just a backpack and setting a start and end point. How I travel from city A to city B, I will decide on the go. This way, I am free to focus on what I find most interesting: meeting new people and cultures. I have mostly traveled in eastern Europe the last few years.
What is your role at TMSi? What are you looking forward to helping contribute to TMSi and the users of TMSi’s products?
I am an application engineer, with a focus on creating software in Python. My goal is to create software as a product and not a prototype. This product should be built with a solid base and should be high quality. I think it is important to continuously improve the product and feedback from customers should be implemented quickly. For this, I will mostly be using GitLab, since this a very powerful tool in DevOps development. By creating this high-quality product, I hope to bring value to TMSi and TMSi customers.
What made you choose to work at TMSi, and what do you like most about working at TMSi so far?
What I like most about working here is the mindset. We aim to create the best cutting-edge technology possible. Whenever feedback is given, this always gets a positive reaction, it is discussed and acted upon. This environment, along with my passion for software development is really motivating me.