Prof.dr.ir. R. Akkerman | People Pages: Find employees & contact details

Some factual information below, while a more entertaining description can be found on the featured scientists page.

After receiving his engineer’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1988 (on turbomachinery), Remko Akkerman received his PhD on viscoelastic flow simulations in the group of prof. Huétink in 1993 at the University of Twente. He started working as an assistant professor in the chair of Engineering Design in Plastics with prof. Powell and got involved in fibre reinforced polymers. He acquired various EU funded project on processing (e.g. high precision moulding) and performance (e.g. impact and post impact behaviour) of advanced composite materials.

In 2003 he was appointed as full professor in Production Technology, keeping a focus on lightweight materials for structural applications, with a clear emphasis on composite materials. The group’s research is characterized by an integral approach on design, materials and processing, combining experimental and analytical / simulation work. His current projects involve a wide range of activities, such as functional materials, composite processing analysis, structural health monitoring and self-healing materials.

He has been the secretary of the Esaform association (European Scientific Association of Material Forming) from 2007 to 2013, and since June 2009 he is the scientific director of the ThermoPlastic Composite Research Centre, founded by Ten Cate, Fokker, Boeing and the University of Twente. Since then, the TPRC has grown to currently 22 members representing a full thermoplastic composite value chain. Since 2010 is member of the Scientific Committee of FPCM, Flow Processes in Composite Materials, and of Texcomp, Textile Composites. As such, he chaired the FPCM-12 conference at the University of Twente in 2014. He is a member of the KMHW and of the management team of 4tu.htm, the research centre for high-tech materials of the Dutch 4tu Federation. He further participates in the international advisory boards of large research programmes in the UK (Cimcomp) and Japan (SM4I).

For more info about Remko Akkerman on the 'Featured Scientists' page, click below:

Expertise

Material Science
- Composite Material
- Fiber
- Thermoplastics
- Temperature
- Friction
- Tape
- Material
- Laser

Organisations

Ancillary activities

EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing HubAdvisory Board member
TPRCScientific Director

Publications

2024

Transient ply-ply friction of unidirectional thermoplastic composites in melt (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Pierik, R.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036561976Investigating the influence of additive polymer molecular weights on the mechanical performance of recycled thermoplastic composites (2024)[Contribution to conference › Paper] SAMPE Europe Conference. Visser, F., van Drongelen, M., Marinosci , V. M., Akkerman, R. & Govaert, L. E.Prediction of the in-plane permeability and air evacuation time of fiber-placed thermoplastic composite preforms with engineered intertape channels (2024)Composites Part C: Open Access, 14. Article 100475. Niens, L., Swamy, J. N., Grouve, W. J. B., Wijskamp, S. & Akkerman, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomc.2024.100475Induction heating simulations of carbon fabric-reinforced thermoplastics: On the sifnificance of electrical conductivity characterisation (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. van den Berg, S.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036561495Accurate overbraiding simulations for complex mandrels: On the role of yarn interactions (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Vu, A. N.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036560719Supplementary data for the paper: Design of an experimental setup to measure friction with a comparison for UD C/PAEK tapes in melt (2024)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Pierik, R., Benou, S., Grouve, W., Wijskamp, S. & Akkerman, R.https://doi.org/10.4121/96b79ea3-9c84-444a-a7ed-e084192f045eThe modified boundary layer mechanism for the release between polyimide film and poly(ether ketone ketone) thermoplastics (2024)Journal of applied polymer science, 141(20). Article e55377. Yang, Z., Dissevelt, T., Li, N., de Vries, E., Grouve, W., Bao, N., de Rooij, M., Akkerman, R. & Chu, L.https://doi.org/10.1002/app.55377A mesoscopic model for inter-yarn friction (2024)Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 180. Article 108070. Vu, A. N., Grouve, W. J. B., Rooij, M. B. d. & Akkerman, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2024.108070Thermal response of an induction-heated fabric reinforced thermoplastic composite with anisotropic electrical conductivity: An experimental study (2024)Journal of thermoplastic composite materials, 37(5), 1877-1892. van den Berg, S., Luckabauer, M., Wijskamp, S. & Akkerman, R.https://doi.org/10.1177/08927057231201353Data underlying the article "Polymer-Metal Interactions and Their Effect on Tool-Ply Friction of C/PEKK in Melt" (2024)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Pamungkas, H., Helthuis, N., Pierik, R., Akkerman, R. & Grouve, W.https://doi.org/10.4121/f2a26463-a241-4698-bb3d-de31657d41d3

Research profiles

Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2024/2025

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2023/2024

The first episode of the TPRC Talks, November 30th 2020:
a live talk show on the development of the TPRC, the mission, the lab, the research, the way of working with our partners and the world of thermoplastic composites in general.