Big Role for UT In Development of Smart Factories

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According to Van den Boogaard, the recent launch on the UT campus of the Fraunhofer Project Centre for Engineering Design and Production of Complex High-Tech Systems is reaffirmation of Twente’s position as a force to be reckoned with in the manufacturing sector. “The establishment of the Project Centre enables us as a university to respond far more flexibly to the needs of industry than would otherwise be the case.”

Increase in Required Accuracy

Alongside cooperation with other academic disciplines, the modelling of mechanical behaviour of materials remains one of the key focus areas of Van den Boogaard’s chair in Nonlinear Solid Mechanics. Good modelling makes it possible to get the most out of materials and processes, and the professor’s research is constantly subject to new accuracy requirements.

Biomedical Engineering

Van den Boogaard is proud of other successful UT spin-offs: “Expertise from my particular field is being applied in the area of biomedical engineering, and things are really taking off. The researchers in the biomedical engineering department know all about the mechanical behaviour of bone, cartilage, ligaments, tendons and muscles. They are developing all kinds of devices to help people whose musculoskeletal system has been compromised. The researchers in my department are experts in non-linear models and in devising solutions to the non-linear equations involved in such models. Expertise derived from application and expertise derived from models produce fantastic combinations for further study.

Prof. Ton van den Boogaard’s chair is part of the Faculty of Engineering Technology (CTW) at the University of Twente. He and his colleagues from the UT Department of Applied Mechanics are responsible for the university’s teaching and research endeavours in the field of mechanics. The full text of his inaugural lecture will be provided upon request.

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