Dr. Olaf Van Der Sluis

Biography

Olaf van der Sluis is an Associate Professor in the Mechanics Materials section of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Head of Science at the Casimir Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His research primarily focuses on materials interfaces in high-tech systems, including the development of multi-scale degradation and fracture computational models along with experimental characterization methods to understand and prevent critical failure phenomena at the smallest relevant scales in complex high-tech systems such as (micro-)electronic components, deformable electronics, photonics, and medical device systems. Additionally, he explores digital twin concepts for high-tech systems, life cycle assessments, reduced order modeling, and physics-informed machine learning. He obtained his PhD in continuum-based multi-scale modeling of materials in 2001 from TU/e and subsequently joined Philips CFT, which evolved into Philips Applied Technologies. He worked on non-local ductile damage material models and computational homogenization in metal forming processes and fracture mechanics lifetime predictions for microelectronics devices. Throughout his career, he has held various roles at Philips Research, including senior scientist and group leader, and has participated in numerous EU-funded research projects. In 2017, he received the Philips Research Outstanding Achievement Award. He also serves as a visiting professor at ASML.

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