Arnhem-Nijmegen Region
Material engineer and scientist responsible for coordinating running research efforts with external partners for product and process development and establishing new research partnerships. Projects on topics such as 3rd generation steels and hydrogen embrittlement are aligned with internal efforts, with structured communication towards development teams on the newest results from external projects. Industrial experience in development of new and improved steel alloys for automotive applications as well as supervising academic projects at various research and academic institutes. Academic background and research experience in mathematical models for the description of physical processes occuring during production and fabrication of metals and the validation of these models with various experimental methods.
Coordinate fundamental research and product development projects. Resource management, including annual planning and prioritisation.
Development of new grades of multi-phase steels. Investigation of new steel-based concept materials. Cooperation with universities and research institutes. Research towards hydrogen embrittlement.
Research on damage in multi-phase steels. Developed a method for studying damage in-situ (SEM) and worked on crystal-plasticity model for describing the evolution of damage in a polycrystal, multi-phase material.
Multi-scale modelling of heat affected zone of welded steel using a combination of phase-field modelling and finite element analysis.