dr.ir. M. van Drongelen (Martin)

Martin van Drongelen is an Assistant Professor in the Production Technology group within the Engineering Technology Faculty. In his main research activities, he combines his background in polymers with a main focus point of the group, processing and performance of thermoplastic composites. Current projects involve (micro-)structure formation & analyses, mechanical properties and recycling. Teaching activities include a BSc course on polymer properties and processing and the MSc course on rheology.

Martin received his MSc degree Mechanical Engineering in 2011 in the Polymer Technology group of prof. Meijer at Eindhoven University of Technology. His research project was supervised by prof. Peters and concerned experimental investigation and modeling of structure formation in semi-crystalline polymers. In the following years, he continued working on this topic which lead to the successful completion of a PhD thesis in 2015. He temporarily moved to Copenhagen for a post-doctoral research project under supervision of prof. Hassager at DTU, investigating block-copolymers and the extensional rheology of crystallizing polyolefins. In 2016, he started working at the University of Twente.

Engineering & Materials Science

# Crystallization
# Polypropylenes
# Thermoplastics
# X Ray Scattering

Chemistry

# Cooling
# Crystallization
# Poly(Propylene)

Physics & Astronomy

# Crystallization

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Production Technology (PT)

Sundararajan, B. K. (2024). Matrix dominated failure in continuous carbon fibre reinforced Poly(ether ether ketone). [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036560405

Gojzewski, H. , van Drongelen, M., Imre, B. , Hempenius, M. A., Check, C., Chartoff, R. , Wurm, F. R. , & Vancso, G. J. (2023). AFM monitoring of the cut surface of a segmented polyurethane unveils a microtome-engraving induced growth process of oriented hard domains. Polymer testing, 120, Article 107961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2023.107961

Ilhan, I. , ten Klooster, R., Gibson, I. , & van Drongelen, M. (2023). Estimating minimum required dwell time for the heat sealing of talc containing polypropylene/low‐density polyethylene packaging films. Packaging technology and science, 36(5), 349-361. https://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2716

Nazemzadeh, N. , van Drongelen, M. , Akkerman, R. , & Gitman, I. (2022). Modelling of Recycled Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Composites. Poster session presented at 25th Engineering Mechanics Symposium, EM 2022, Arnhem, Netherlands.

Bentalib, S. , van Drongelen, M., Klompen, E. T. J. , & Govaert, L. E. (2022). Microstructure evolution during fusion bonding processes of thermoplastic composites. Poster session presented at 25th Engineering Mechanics Symposium, EM 2022, Arnhem, Netherlands.

Caelers, H. J. M., de Cock, A., Looijmans, S. F. S. P., Kleppinger, R., Troisi, E. M. , van Drongelen, M., & Peters, G. W. M. (2022). An experimentally validated model for quiescent multiphase primary and secondary crystallization phenomena in PP with low content of ethylene comonomer. Polymer, 253, Article 124901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2022.124901

Erartsin, O., Amiri-Rad, A. , van Drongelen, M. , & Govaert, L. E. (2022). Time-dependent failure of off-axis loaded unidirectional glass/iPP composites. Journal of applied polymer science, 139(23), Article 52293. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.52293

Cerpentier, R. R. J., Boerakker, M. J., Tervoort, T. A. , van Drongelen, M. , & Govaert, L. E. (2022). Influence of electron-beam irradiation on plasticity-controlled and crack-growth-controlled failure in high-density polyethylene. Journal of Polymer Science, 60(4), 701-714. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20210632

Vincent, G. A., de Bruijn, T. A. , Wijskamp, S. , van Drongelen, M. , & Akkerman, R. (2022). Process- and material-induced heterogeneities in recycled thermoplastic composites. Journal of thermoplastic composite materials, 35(12), 2530-2551. https://doi.org/10.1177/0892705720979347

Cerpentier, R. R. J., Van Vliet, T., Pastukhov, L. V. , Van Drongelen, M., Boerakker, M. J., Tervoort, T. A. , & Govaert, L. E. (2021). Fatigue-Crack Propagation of High-Density Polyethylene Homopolymers: Influence of Molecular Weight Distribution and Temperature. Macromolecules, 54(24), 11508-11521. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.1c01945

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Mechanical Engineering

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