Biezeno Award 2023 for solid state mechanics goes to Björn NijhuisEvery year, the Mechanics Department of the Royal Netherlands Society of Engineers (KIVI) awards two prizes for the best doctoral research within fluid and solid mechanics. This year’s Biezeno prize in the field of solid state mechanics has been awarded to UT researcher Björn Nijhuis. His research into the application of ‘directed energy deposition (DED)’ is scientifically outstanding and has applications in industry. Nijhuis’s work also has a high degree of sustainability. The award ceremony took place on 30 October during the symposium held by the Graduate School of Engineering Mechanics.Read more
Sheet metal materials on the virtual test benchIncreasing demands on sheet metal forming processes require ever more extensive experimental characterizations of the original base materials. At the same time, the characterization tests used are constantly facing new challenges due to the use of thinner sheets of metal. The Virtual Lab of the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM in Freiburg provides a remedy for this: It determines the necessary characteristic values for the design of sheet metal forming processes via simulation. The Fraunhofer IWM is cooperating with the University of Twente in the Netherlands to further develop the Virtual Lab.Read more
Biezeno Award 2023 for solid state mechanics goes to Björn Nijhuis
Sheet metal materials on the virtual test bench
Use more scrap metal to produce steel
Perspectief programme on Data-enhanced Physical Models to Reduce Material Use granted by the Dutch Research Council
The "Biezeno Award of 2021 for Engineering Mechanics" has been awarded to Dr. Meghshyam Shisode
