Engineered functional material structures for advanced sensing in high-tech instruments

Background

Innovative material structures can be used to create new sensor systems for high-precision machines and instruments. The ability to sense (local, real-time) a wide variety of parameters provides insight in the behaviour of the machine or the process, and generates valuable information for customers and opportunities for optimization.

Functional material structures are gaining more and more interest in the research community and provide opportunities for the aims of this project. The project targets for transition to industrial application.

Project goal

The concepts we propose are based on engineered 3D material structures, which have unique and tailored-by-design properties. Specifically, we focus on 3D material structures which interact with elastic waves. We will research design and modelling methods, as well as industry-compatible manufacturing approaches for these material structures. The project focuses on two inspirational cases from the industry.

Utilisation

The modelling and (computational) design techniques developed in the project enables end-users to engineered materials with specific properties. The focus on industry-compatible manufacturing methods allows application development in a realistic business context. Together with the partner companies, demonstrators will be built and assessed.

Project partners

Industry:

-        Nexperia;

-        Krohne;

Knowledge Institutes

-        TU Delft, <link en mechanical-maritime-and-materials-engineering organisation departments precision-and-microsystems-engineering-pme>Department of Precision and Microsystems Engineering

This is a project under the <link en organisation departments precision-and-microsystems-engineering-pme neri>NERI umbrella, within the program of functional material structures.

The project is carried out by two PhD researchers and is funded by the project partners and the TKI HTSM.