In Memoriam
Herman Wijshoff
It is with great sadness that we learned that our advisory-board member Prof.dr.ir. Herman Wijshoff passed away on 10 May 2023. Herman joined the advisory board of Engineering Mechanics in 2012 as a representative of Océ (Canon Production Printing since 2020), and he actively participated in many of the EM symposia. In addition to his position at Canon, Herman held the chair “Fluid Dynamics of Inkjet Printing” at Eindhoven University of Technology. With his infectious passion for the application of fundamental research in fluid and solid mechanics in advanced inkjet-printing processes, Herman was a driving force behind the collaboration between academic researchers and R&D researchers at Canon Production Printing. Herman played an important role in the development of many public-private research programs, such as MicroNed, NanoNextNL, and FIP. We will miss his insightful advice, his no-nonsense attitude, and his positive personality. Our thoughts go out to Herman’s wife Jacqueline, his daughters Veerle and Jenske, and their loved ones.
The Graduate School on Engineering Mechanics embraces all internationally important research groups that are active in the field at Eindhoven University of Technology, Delft University of Technology , University of Twente and at the University of Groningen
The prime objective of the Graduate School is:
“To establish a national high-level scientific education
of PhD candidates and Post-Docs.”
The constituting research groups are:
- Dynamics and Control (Prof. dr. ir. N. van de Wouw), Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Multiscale Engineering Fluid Dynamics (Prof. dr. ir. E.H. van Brummelen) , Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanics of Materials and Microsystems (Prof. dr. ir. M.G.D. Geers & Prof. dr. ir. J.M.J. den Toonder), Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Applied Mechanics and Design (Prof. dr. ir. A. Suiker), Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Built Environment
- Aerospace Structures and Computational Mechanics (Prof. dr. C. Bisagni), Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
- Structural Optimization and Mechanics (Prof. dr. ir. F. van Keulen), Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
- Dynamics of Micro and Nanosystems (Prof. dr. P. Steeneken), Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
- Biomaterials & Tissue Biomechanics (Prof. dr. A.A. Zadpoor), Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
- Interactive Mechanisms and Mechatronics (Prof. dr. ir. J.L. Herder), Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
- Computational Mechanics, Structural Mechanics and Dynamics (Prof. dr. ir. L.J. Sluys & Prof. dr. A.V. Metrikine), Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
- Ship and Offshore Structures (Dr. C.L. Walters), Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Maritime and Transport Technology
- Numerical Analysis (Prof. dr. ir. C. Vuik), Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
- Applied Mechanics ( Prof. dr. ir. A.H. van den Boogaard, Prof. dr. ir. T. Tinga, Prof.dr.ing. B. Rosic), Twente University, Faculty of Engineering Technology
- Production Technology (Prof. dr. ir. R. Akkerman), Twente University, Faculty of Engineering Technology
- Multiscale Mechanics (Prof. dr. rer-nat. S. Luding), Twente University, Faculty of Engineering Technology
- Soil MicroMechanics (Dr. ir. V. Magnanimo), Twente University, Faculty of Engineering Technology
- Surface Technology and Tribology (Prof.dr.ir. M.B de Rooij), Twente University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering Technology
Micromechanics (Prof.dr.ir. E. (Erik) Van der Giessen & Prof.dr.ir. P.R. (Patrick) Onck), University of Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering- Computational Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Prof.dr. A.I. (Antonis) Vakis), University of Groningen, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology acts as the commissioner of the EM Graduate School, locating the EM Secretariat.