permanent staff
Prof.dr.ir. D.M. (Dannis) Brouwer PDEng, Full Professor (Hoogleraar)
Chairholder of Precision Engineering
Horstring N126, email, +31 53 489 4845
Prof.dr.ir. J.L. (Just) Herder, Guest Professor TU Delft
email
Prof.dr.ir. J.B. (Ben) Jonker, Emeritus Professor
Dr.ir. W.B.J. (Wouter) Hakvoort, Associate Professor
Tenure Track on Precision Motion Control
Horstring N138, email, +31 53 489 8967
Dr. H. (Hakan) Köroğlu, Assistant Professor
Horstring N132, email, +31 53 489 8867
Dr.ir. J.J. (Jan) de Jong PDEng, Assistant Professor
Cofinanced by DEMCON Advanced Mechatronics
Horstring N128, email,+31 53 489 2567
Dr.ir. M. (Marijn) Nijenhuis, Assistant Professor
Ir. J.A.J. (Jaap) Brand, Research Fellow
with VDL-ETG
Horstring N138, email
Ir. O. (Otte) Haitsma, Guest Lecturer
with DEMCON Advanced Mechatronics
email
L. (Leo) Tiemersma, Technician
Horstring N138, email, +31 53 489 2428
T.J. (Tjerkje) Dijkstra van der Veen, Secretary,
Horstring N125, email, +31 53 489 2074
PostDocs, PhD's and PDEng's
Dr.ir. J.P. (Jaap) Meijaard, Post-doc
Mobius project
Horstring N138, email, +31 53 489 5666
Ir. M. (Mark) Naves, Post-doc
MexFlex: Material Science and Synthesis of Extreme Positioning Flexures
email, +31 53 489 5571
M. (Martin) Tschiersky MSc, PhD Student
SoftPro: Compliant Shell Structures in Upper Extremity Exoskeletons
Cosupervised by Prof. Herder
email, +31 53 489 4897
Ir. K.S. (Koen) Dwarshuis, PhD Student
MexFlex: Material Science and Synthesis of Extreme Positioning Flexures
email, +31 53 489 1657
Ir. S.T. (Sil) Spanjer, PhD student
Active Vibration Isolation Control
Ir. W. (Wouter) van Dijk, PhD student
Online physics-based machine learning algorithms for the control of precision robotic systems
Ir. R.S.M. (Riccardo) Sneep, PhD student
PortWings project in collaboration with Prof S. Stramigioli
Ir. T.M. (Tim) Koers, PDEng
email, +31 53 489 5603
Ir. B. (Bram) Seinhorst, PhD Student
email, +31 53 489 5537
Previous PHD candidates
Dr. J.P. (Jitendra) Khatait MSc
'Motion and force transmission of a flexible instrument inside a curved endoscope'
2009-2013, Teleflex project
Thesis and publications
Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Dr.ir. S.E. (Steven) Boer
'Model reduction of flexible multibody systems with application to large-stroke compliant precision mechanisms'
2009-2013, MOVET project
Thesis and publications
Research Engineer at SKF Gothenburg, Sweden
Dr.ir. B. (Bram) Krijnen
'A large-stroke planar MEMS-based stage with integrated feedback'
2008-2014, Clemps project (part-time)
Thesis and publications
Mechatronic Systems Engineer at DEMCON, Enschede, the Netherlands
Dr.ir. M.S. (Maarten) Groen
'Microvalves for Precise Dosing - proportional Flow Control on a Chip-'
2011-2015, Mivado project
Thesis and publications
R&D design engineer at Micronit, Enschede, the Netherlands
Dr.ir. K.G.P. (Ger) Folkersma
'Laser forming for sub-micron adjustment - with application to optical fiber assembly-'
2011-2015, UV-RGB laser beam combiner project
Thesis and publications
Sr. Mechanical Engineer at DEMCON, Enschede, the Netherlands
Dr.ir. L. (Bert) van de Ridder
Vibration Isolation for Coriolis Mass-Flow Meters
2011-2015, Pieken in de Delta Programme
Thesis and publications
Technologist Dynamics and Control at Philips Innovation Services, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Dr.ir. M.M. (Maarten) Arnolli
'Development of a precision system for image-guided needle placement - from scratch to clinic-'
2010-2017, Various projects with DEMCON Advanced Mechatronics (part-time)
Precision CT image-guided needle placement system
Thesis and publications
DEMCON, email
Dr.ir. M. (Marijn) Nijenhuis
VIDI project:
Large range of motion spatial flexure joints optimization
– A topology synthesis method–
email
Dr.ir. J.J. (Jan) de Jong PDEng
InBalance project
email
PREVIOUS PDENG Students
L.A. (Luis) Garcia Rodriguez MSc, PDEng
Development of a fully flexure-based prosthetic hand
ASML, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
Ir. J.J. (Julian) Mulder, PDEng Student Robotics
Development of an MRI Compatible Needle Placement System
email, +31 53 489 8202
DEMCON, Enschede, The Netherlands