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Marcel ter Brake received his doctoral degree in 1986 at the University of Twente (UT). His PhD work was on a SQUID-based horizontal-access rock magnetometer. Following his PhD, he became member of the Low Temperature Division at UT. Focus of his work was the realization of a Biomagnetic Center equipped with a magnetically shielded room and home-made multichannel SQUID-based neuromagnetometers. These magnetometers were all liquid-helium cooled.

The advent of high-temperature superconductivity in 1986 allowed the use of small cryocoolers that were available on the market mostly for military applications. The interfacing of these coolers to ultra-sensitive devices such as SQUIDs became an important field of Ter Brake’s research. In this work, he started a project on microcooling in 1995. In this ongoing research, MEMS technologies are applied to realize cryocooler components.

In the last 15 years, in addition to microcooling also research was performed on sorption-based compressors combined with Joule-Thomson coolers. These sorption coolers are essentially vibration free and are of interest specifically for space missions but can also be beneficial in terrestrial applications.

Marcel ter Brake was appointed Associate Professor at UT in 2000, and Full Professor and chair holder of Energy, Materials and Systems at UT per January 1^st 2010. Next to cryogenic technologies, this research chair investigates the use of superconductivity in large-current applications, focusing on systems to be applied in future energy chains.

Marcel ter Brake had a 10% Professor appointment at the Technological University of Eindhoven (TUE) from September 2004 to September 2010. He chairs the Cryogenic Society of Europe, and is board member of the International Cryogenic Engineering Committee, and of the International Cryocooler Conference.

He has published more than 220 papers, of which more than 125 in refereed journals.

Committees/boards

International: Chairman Cryogenics Society of Europe, Board member of International Cryogenic Engineering Committee, Board member of International Cryocooler Conference

Expertise

Physics
- Cooling
- Temperature
- Sorption
- Utilization
- Performance
- Gaseous State
Engineering
- Joule
- Design

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Publications

2024

Conduction-Cooled Nb-Ti Magnet System for Magnetic Density Separation (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Santos Tomás, G. S.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036562416Superconducting ReBCO coils in fast-moving linear actuators: AC loss, mechanical & thermal constraints (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. ter Harmsel, J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036562539Modeling and experimental analysis of cable-in-conduit superconductor joints for fusion magnets (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Huang, J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036561471Sublimation Kinetics of Carbon Dioxide (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Purandare, A.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036561198Warm lopen voor kou (Farewell lecture University of Twente 5-4-2024) (2024)[Book/Report › Book]. University of Twente. ter Brake, M.A low-frequency ferrohydrodynamic pump for a magneto-caloric refrigerator (2024)Applied energy, 355. Article 122253. Rajamani, K., Juffermans, E., Granelli, L., De Cuadra Rabaneda, A., Rohlfs, W., ter Brake, M., van der Meer, T. & Shahi, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122253Design and performance of a novel compact high-effectiveness transparent-wall counter-flow heat exchanger fabricated using additive manufacturing (2024)International journal of heat and mass transfer, 218. Article 124726. Onufrena, A., Koettig, T., Naydenov, B., Bremer, J., Tirolien, T. & ter Brake, H. J. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.124726

2023

Conceptual design of a sorption-based cryochain for the ETpathfinder (2023)Cryogenics, 134. Article 103717. Xhahi, A., Holland, H. J., Bulten, H. J. & ter Brake, H. J. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryogenics.2023.103717Design of compact high-effectiveness cryogenic counter-flow heat exchangers for remote cooling and space Reverse Turbo-Brayton applications (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Onufrena, A.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036557139The payload of the Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna (2023)Journal of Applied Physics, 133(24). Article 244501. van Heijningen, J. V., ter Brake, H. J. M., Gerberding, O., Chalathadka Subrahmanya, S., Harms, J., Bian, X., Gatti, A., Zeoli, M., Bertolini, A., Collette, C., Perali, A., Pinto, N., Sharma, M., Tavernier, F. & Rezvani, J.https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0144687

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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University of Twente

Carré (building no. 15), room C2047
Hallenweg 23
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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