Wim VAN PAEPEGEM is full professor in the research group "Mechanics and Materials and Structures" at the UGent Faculty of Engineering and Architecture. The group is doing experimental and computational mechanics of composites and additively manufactured materials. Relevant in this context is the simulation work for patient-specific medical devices and mechanical characterization of materials.
Prof. Wim Van Paepegem
Member info
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FACULTY:
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture -
DEPARTMENT:
Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering -
RESEARCH GROUP:
Mechanics of Materials and Structuresy -
FUNCTION:
Full professor -
WORK ADDRESS:
Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 46, 9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium -
PUBLICATIONS:
ORCID -
SUMMARY:
Link to this consortium: - mechanical characterization and modelling of additive manufactured materials - polymers and metals for biomedical applications (maxillofacial surgery, shoulder surgery, spinal cages,…) - advanced material models developed for polymers and composites, that might apply to (anisotropic) tissue as well (hyperelastic, visco-elasto-plastic,…) -
EMAIL:
Wim.Van Paepegem@UGent.be -
WEBLINK:
https://www.ugent.be/ea/match/mms/en
