dr.ir. W. Haanstra (Willem)

Willem is a researcher with a strong interest in life cycle thinking and its translation into practice through engineering. His MSc research focused on the implementation of Circular Economy principles and the assessment of their environmental effectiveness using Life Cycle Assessment.

Willem is currently employed as a PhD candidate at the Design, Production & Management department of the University of Twente in the Netherlands. His current research is aimed at how the costs and benefits of physical assets can be assessed over their entire life cycle, with the aim of supporting Asset Management decision making. This research is supported and carried out in close collaboration with Liander, a Dutch distribution System Operator.

Business & Economics

# Asset Management
# Assets
# Life Cycle
# Life Cycle Assessment
# Life Cycle Thinking

Engineering & Materials Science

# Life Cycle
# Sustainable Development

Earth & Environmental Sciences

# Life Cycle

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Maintenance Engineering (ME)

Asset Management (AM) is centered around optimizing the value of physical assets over their entire lifecycle. To support this value optimization, the use of Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is commonly proposed by both academia and asset managers. However, existing LCC approaches are fragmented across methods with varying goals and scope. Additionally, these approaches appear to be insufficiently suited to the continuous nature of Asset Management, especially with regard to uncertainty in the face of long-term changes in environmental context and shifting organizational goals. Therefore, this research focuses on the research question of how Asset Management organizations can effectively evaluate and monitor the life cycle value of their assets and their functionality.

Ramtahalsing, M. M. , Haanstra, W. , Braaksma, J. , Rajabalinejad, M. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (2021). Systems Control in Railway Transport, Challenges Towards Managing Integration. In 10th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Service Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

Ramtahalsing, M. M., Kuiper-Hutten, L. , Haanstra, W. , Braaksma, J. , Rajabalinejad, M. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (2021). Climate Change in Dutch Railway Infrastructure: Towards a Framework for Adaptation Strategies. In 10th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Service Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

Holwerda, H. , Haanstra, W. , Braaksma, J. , Coenen, T. , & Santos, J. (2021). Application of Life Cycle Assessment and similar methodologies in Asset Management: A multiple case study. In 10th International Conference on Through-life Engineering Service https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3944549

Haanstra, W. (2021). Life Cycle Valuation: Designing a modular methodology for managing the costs and benefits of physical assets over their life cycle. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036551847

Haanstra, W. , Braaksma, A. J. J. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (2021). Designing a hybrid methodology for the Life Cycle Valuation of capital goods. CIRP journal of manufacturing science and technology, 32, 382–395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirpj.2021.01.017

Haanstra, W., Rensink, W-J. , Martinetti, A. , Braaksma, J. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (2020). Design for Sustainable Public Transportation: LCA-Based Tooling for Guiding Early Design Priorities. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(23), 1-17. [9811]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12239811

Haanstra, W. , Martinetti, A. , Braaksma, J. , & van Dongen, L. A. M. (2020). Design of a Framework for Integrating Environmentally Sustainable Design Principles and Requirements in Train Modernization Projects. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(15), [6075]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156075

Coenen, T. B. J. , Haanstra, W. , Braaksma, A. J. J. J. , & Santos, J. (2020). CEIMA: A framework for identifying critical interfaces between the Circular Economy and stakeholders in the lifecycle of infrastructure assets. Resources, conservation and recycling, 155, [104552]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104552

Haanstra, W., Gelpke, R. , Braaksma, A. J. J., Karakoc, I., & Den Hartog, C. (Accepted/In press). Integrating sustainability in asset management decision making: A case study on streamlined life cycle assessment in asset procurement. Paper presented at 25th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution, CIRED 2019, Madrid, Spain.

Franco Garcia, M. M. , Haanstra, W. , Toxopeus, M. E. , & Schuur, B. (2018). Social and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (SELCA) Method for Sustainability Analysis: The Jeans Global Value Chain as a Showcase. In Towards Zero Waste: Circular Economy Boost, Waste to Resources (pp. 215-237) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92931-6_11

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