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prof.dr.ir. L.A.M. van Dongen (Leo)

Professor Emeritus
ET-DPM-AMME
l.a.m.vandongen@utwente.nl
+31534896602
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Leo A.M. van Dongen (1954) has worked for the Netherlands Railways (NS, 100% state owned) for 35 years. He retired as Chief Technology Officer (CTO), responsible for the asset management of the rolling stock fleet, workshops and maintenance equipment in August 2019. Since 2010 he is also professor in Maintenance Engineering at the faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente. He was chairman of the Department of Design, Production and Management until his retirement in December 2022.

After his studies in mechanical engineering, he completed his doctoral research at Eindhoven University of Technology on energy efficiency of drive trains for electric vehicles. At DAF Trucks he was active in the development of diesel engines. His career within NS has concentrated mainly on technological functions. These include project manager of electric locomotives, secretary to the executive board, fleet manager at NS Reizigers, and, within NedTrain, he was responsible for technical fleet management, maintenance systems, spare parts purchase, maintenance management and construction of new capital goods.

He promotes the academic development of the engineering profession and encourages further research into maintenance processes: from design methodologies for capital goods to the development of associated maintenance concepts, not only for the initial investment, but also for the management during the entire life-cycle!

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Railway
    • Maintenance
    • Netherlands
    • Case Studies

  • Computer Science

    • Design
    • Case Study
    • Maintenance Operation
    • Decision-Making

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Publications

2024

More than 10 years of industry 4.0 in the Netherlands: an opinion on promises, achievements, and emerging challenges (2024)International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 17(1), 1-12. Martinetti, A., Nizamis, K., Chemweno, P. K., Goulas, C., van Dongen, L. A. M., Gibson, I., Thiede, S., Lutters, E., Vaneker, T. H. J. & Bonnema, G. M.https://doi.org/10.1080/19397038.2024.2327380The Impacts on Interorganizational Project Coordination: A Multiple Case Study on Large Railway Projects (2024)Project Management Journal (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Trauernicht, N., Braaksma, J., Haanstra, W. & van Dongen, L. A. M.https://doi.org/10.1177/87569728241265927Let’s augment the future together!: Augmented reality troubleshooting support for IT/OT rolling stock failures (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Scheffer, S. E.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036560184

2023

Enabling Inter-organizational Change Integration in Sociotechnical Systems: Systems Thinking Applied in the Dutch Railway Systems (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Ramtahalsing, M. M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558303MOSAIC: A Structured Multidisciplinary Analysis for Managing the Integration of Inter-Organizational Changes (2023)Engineering Management Journal, 35(4), 405-419. Ramtahalsing, M., Haanstra, W., Braaksma, J., Rajabalinejad, M. & van Dongen, L.https://doi.org/10.1080/10429247.2022.2143709Supporting maintenance operators using augmented reality decisionmaking: Visualize, guide, decide & track (2023)Procedia CIRP, 119, 782-787. Scheffer, S. E., Martinetti, A., Damgrave, R. G. J. & van Dongen, L. A. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2023.01.018Coordinated interorganizational decision-making: Dealing with project complexity in the Dutch Railway context (2023)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Jakubeit, N.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555937

2022

Improving maintainability of the battery storage system in electric aircrafts (2022)In 11th International Conference on Through- life Engineering Services – TESConf2022, 8-9 November 2022, Cranfield, UK. Article 8176. Jain, A., Martinetti, A. & van Dongen, L. A. M.https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18674Facilitating digital collaboration through knowledge management: a case study (2022)Knowledge management research & practice, 20(6), 797-813. Abbas, Y., Martinetti, A., Rajabalinejad, M., Schuberth, F. & van Dongen, L. A. M.https://doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2022.2029597Advancing knowledge management for system integration: Improving the management of lessons learned to enhance organisational learning and railway system performance (2022)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Abbas, Y.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554237

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