Horst Complex

dr.ir. T.H.J. Vaneker (Tom)

Associate Professor
ET-DPM-AMSPES
Horst Complex W245
t.vaneker@utwente.nl
+31534892472
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T.H.J. Vaneker is a member of the AMSPES group of DPM. His main research interests are 3D printing/Additive Manufacturing (Design for AM, development of AM processes, research and improvement of mainstream AM processes) and Industrial Robotics (factory automation strategies, smart manufacturing). He is the program director of the EngD Robotics and is a member of CIRP, the international academy for production engineering.  Teaching activities are focused on the bachelor and master phases of Industrial Design Engineering and Mechanical Engineering

Expertise

  • Material Science

    • Three Dimensional Printing
    • Laser
    • Powder

  • Computer Science

    • Design
    • Application

  • Engineering

    • Additive Manufacturing
    • Products
    • Surfaces

Organisations

Publications

2025

Effect of Cu Alloying on the Microstructural and Functional Evolution of NiTiCu Shape Memory Alloys (2025)Shape Memory and Superelasticity (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Abdelhady, E. S., Molotnikov, A., Vaneker, T., Gibson, I. & Mehrpouya, M.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40830-025-00577-2A comparative analysis of functional performance in additively manufactured NiTi, Ti-6Al-4V, and 316L stainless steel architected metastructures (2025)Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 169. Article 107071. Moutablaleh, H., Abdelhady, E. S., Vaneker, T., Gibson, I. & Mehrpouya, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2025.107071[Microstructural grading for tuning of the functional behavior of LPBF printed NiTi-based SMAs] (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Mehrpouya, M., Molotnikov, A., Vaneker, T. & Gibson, I.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15313322Multimaterial Laser Powder Bed Fusion of CoCrMo and NiTi Components (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Moutablaleh, H., Vaneker, T., Gibson, I. & Mehrpouya, M.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15197252

2024

Automation feasibility assessment tool (2024)[Thesis › EngD Thesis]. University of Twente. Karamipour, E.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036563451More 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/10.1080/19397038.2024.2327380Numerical and Experimental Studies of Laser Powder Bed Fusion Processes (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Shaheen, M. Y.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036561310

2023

Vision on metal additive manufacturing: Developments, challenges and future trends (2023)CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technology, 47, 18-58. Bernard, A., Kruth, J. P., Cao, J., Lanza, G., Bruschi, S., Merklein, M., Vaneker, T., Schmidt, M., Sutherland, J. W., Donmez, A. & da Silva, E. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirpj.2023.08.005Effects of nozzle design on CFRP print quality using Commingled Yarn (2023)Procedia CIRP, 120, 1492-1497. Vaneker, T. H. J., Kuiper, S., Willemstein, N. & Baran, I.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2023.09.200

2022

Multimaterial powder bed fusion techniques (2022)Rapid prototyping journal, 28(11), 1-19. Mehrpouya, M., Tuma, D., Vaneker, T., Afrasiabi, M., Bambach, M. & Gibson, I.https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-01-2022-0014

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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Horst Complex (building no. 20), room W245
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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