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dr.ir. W. Wits PhD (Wessel)

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About Me

Dr. ir. Wessel W. Wits is appointed Fellow at the University of Twente and Hardware Architect at Thales Netherlands. Dr. Wits received his PhD in 2008 on the topic of integrated cooling concepts for electronic systems. Since then he has a profound interest in thermal management of electronic systems. Research into the application of two-phase cooling devices forms a major part of his research activities.

Dr. Wits has contributed markedly to the field of thermal management, including heat pipes, thermosyphons, loop heat pipes, pulsating heat pipes, pumped two-phase loops and many more heat transfer devices. Focal point in his research is the quest to functionally integrate or embed two-phase systems into electronics systems. Next to a solid base in heat and mass flow knowledge, expertise in engineering design and manufacturing plays a pivotal role in this respect. Recent advances in additive manufacturing have tremendously enlarged the manufacturable design solution space. Dr. Wits is committed to exploiting this technological progress by inventing even better cooling devices, and by disseminating this to academic peers and industry at large.

Dr. Wits is Associate Member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP), Steering Committee Member of THERMINIC, the International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, and Founder of the Dutch Knowledge Center for Heat Pipe Technology.

Publications

Recent
Wits, W. W., Rompelman, H., Jeggels, Y. , Jafari, D., & Engelberts, N. (2023). Theoretical and experimental investigation of rotating heat pipes. Paper presented at Joint 21st International Heat Pipe Conference and 15th International Heat Pipe Symposium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Wits, W. W., Groot, R. , & Jafari, D. (2023). To bend or not to bend: Impact on heat pipe performance. In 2023 29th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, THERMINIC 2023 (pp. 1-6). Article 10325908 (International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC); Vol. 2023, No. 29). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/THERMINIC60375.2023.10325908
Jafari, D. , & Wits, W. W. (2022). Improving the performance of flat heat pipes by exploiting benefits of additive manufacturing. In THERMINIC 2022 - 28th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems, Proceedings (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/THERMINIC57263.2022.9950605
Winkelhorst, S. , Jafari, D. , & Wits, W. W. (2021). Utilizing additive manufacturing to enhance two-phase heat transfer devices. In 2021 27th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC) (pp. 1-6). (International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC); Vol. 2021). https://doi.org/10.1109/THERMINIC52472.2021.9626473
Clare, A., Gullane, A., Hyde, C., Murray, J. W., Sankare, S. , & Wits, W. W. (2021). Interlaced layer thicknesses within single laser powder bed fusion geometries. CIRP Annals, 70(1), 203-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2021.03.001
Sanchez, S., Smith, P., Xu, Z., Gaspard, G., Hyde, C. J. , Wits, W. W., Ashcroft, I. A. , Chen, H., & Clare, A. T. (2021). Powder Bed Fusion of nickel-based superalloys: A review. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 165, Article 103729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2021.103729

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Courses Academic Year  2023/2024

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Contact Details

Visiting Address

University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands

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Mailing Address

University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

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