Projects

Conducted Projects

Postdoc

• UPSIM (S. Solhjoo), Sep 2020–Jan 2024

• VMAP (S. Solhjoo), Oct 2017–Dec 2019

PhD

• Nanotribology investigations with classical molecular dynamics (S. Solhjoo), Sep 2013–Jul 2017

Master

• Molecular dynamics simulation of thin film growth and nucleation processes of rapid solidification of aluminum in nano-scale (S. Solhjoo), Sep 2009–Jan 2011

Bachelor

• Safety belts and heat treatment in Akhshan Industrial and Manufacturing Company (S. Solhjoo; Industrial Internship), June–July 2007

• Simulation of multi-pass stress-strain curves for designing a hot rolling line (S. Solhjoo), Jun–Nov 2006

Supervised Projects

Master

1. Investigating fuel cell-battery combinations for decentralized electricity supply under grid constraints: a system analysis and simulation approach (I.G. Meijers; with Dr. G. Jonker), Sep 2024–Feb 2025

2. Modelling, optimization, and design specification of a PEMFC cooling system (E. Haverkort), Sep 2024–Jan 2025

3. A Workflow for Identifying Root Causes of Defective End Products Using Finite Element Analysis and Neural Networks (T. van der Veen; Industrial Internship; with Prof. E. Chicca at UG & R. van Tijum at Philips), Sep 2022–Mar 2023

4. Analysis and Parameter Optimization of Constitutive Models for Finite Element Simulations of Human Skin Behavior Validated by Experimental Measurements (L. Tenbohlen; with Prof. O. Röhrle: University of Stuttgart, Germany), Apr–Oct 2022

5. Investigation of hydrocarbon molecules during flow on rough and atomically flat surfaces (M. Kamps; with Prof. A.I. Vakis), Sep 2016–Jun 2017

6. Characterization of surfaces generated at the atomic scale (J.N.B. Huisman; with Prof. A.I. Vakis), Feb 2016–Feb 2017

7. Free surface roughening due to multi-stage cold forming (P.J. Halbertsma; with Prof. A.I. Vakis), Oct 2015–Apr 2016

8. Modeling the forging process at Henkel Scheemda (R. de Groene; with Prof. A.I. Vakis), Feb–Sep 2015

9. Molecular dynamics simulation for DLC deposition (B. Ammerlaan; with Prof. A.I. Vakis), Jan 2014–Mar 2015

Bachelor

1. Multiscale simulation of metal forming (F.M. Verwijs; with Prof. A.I. Vakis), Feb–Jun 2019

2. Mechanical behavior of Cu-Ni core-shell nanowires (F.H. Braaksma; with Prof. A.I. Vakis), Feb–Jun 2019

3. Design and optimization of an artificial neural network for constitutive modelling to determine stress under hot work (A.F. Lindemann; with Prof. A.I. Vakis), Sep 2018–Jan 2019

4. Validating a surface roughness model using FEM (M. Kamps; with Prof. A.I. Vakis), Sep 2014–Jan 2015