Tom Van Woensel

About me

I am a professor in Freight Transport and Logistics at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. I develop models of transport, logistics, and mobility problems using operations research techniques. I established a strong academic foundation in supply chains, transportation, logistics, and mobility. By combining academic expertise with practical…Continue reading “About me”

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Re-thinking thinking… and the university

For centuries, the holy grail of education has been the one-on-one "Master-Apprentice" model. Aristotle and Alexander the Great. A PhD candidate and their thesis advisor. It is the most powerful…

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AI Killed the Education Star

If you close your eyes and think back to 1979, a very specific, synthesized sound probably comes to mind. It was the sound of The Buggles’ Video Killed the Radio…

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Re-thinking thinking: A Manifesto for the Human-Centric University

24 Feb 20265 Apr 2026

Imagine a student crossing the graduation stage in 2030. By the time they shake the Dean’s hand, the AI models we panic about today (GPT-4, Gemini, Claude) will look as…

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Re-thinking thinking: You Are Not the Customer, You Are the Training Data

17 Feb 202627 Dec 2025

Imagine a student named Sarah. She has spent six months working on a groundbreaking Master's thesis proposing a novel solution to urban water waste. It is brilliant, original, and potentially…

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Re-thinking thinking: The “Hallucination” Problem

10 Feb 202627 Dec 2025

In 2023, a lawyer in New York made headlines for submitting a legal brief full of case precedents that didn't exist. He hadn't invented them; he had asked ChatGPT to…