About: 

I am a Senior Research Scientist with the right to supervise and promote my own PhD students. My research focuseson the computational mechanics of solids, with the occasional sidestep to other types of computational frameworks. To a lesser extent, I also consider optimization, probabilistic identification and probabilistic modelling as part of myexpertise. In the domain of mechanics of materials, my research interests include multiscale methods, probabilistic mechanics, damage mechanics, plasticity, and contact mechanics. I have applied such methodologies to materials such as rubber, industrial fabrics, metal foams, paper materials and cardboard, and wire ropes. 

            Currently, I supervise Diego, Aravind (co-supervisor: Stephane) and Sascha as PhD students. I also like to think that I advise/supervise Surendran (co-supervisor: Stephane) and Camilo, who are Post-Docs. In the past, I have (co-)supervised 5 PhD students to completion and adviced/supervised five Post-Docs. If we have to believe Scopus, I have co-authored 40+ publications (11 as first author), gathered 1000+ citations and an h-index of 20.

            Since some years, I teach ‘An introduction to numerical methods for continuous optimisation’ to BSc Comp Sci students, to MSc Applied Math students and to MSc students in engineering (‘Energy, Efficiency and Economics’).

From 2013 until 2014 I was a lecturer at the School of Engineering of Cardiff University. Before that, I finished my PhD (Biezeno Solid Mechanics Award 2013), my MSc (cum laude) and my BSc (cum laude) degrees at Eindhoven University of Technology under supervision of Marc Geers and Ron Peerlings.