“Spotlight on Partners” series
University of Twente
Partner University of Twente
Our spotlight remains in Netherlands, let us introduce to you a second Dutch university partner of our project: the University of Twente
University of Twente was founded in 1961 to make a social and economic difference in its region, but it has developed over the years into an innovative and entrepreneurial university which ranks among the top institutions worldwide. It employs today over 4,000 individuals and hosts 12,000 students of which 35% are international. The combination of technical, natural, social and behavioural sciences makes UT a unique university in the Netherlands. Smart materials, improved health care, engineering for a resilient world, digitalisation of society and intelligent manufacturing systems are themes which have a central place in its research.
UT researchers bring to D-STANDART project their expertise in high-frequency testing and modelling of fatigue damage, friction heating, and artificial intelligence AI and Machine Learning ML. In particular, UT contributes to the first work package dedicated to characterising fatigue material properties for composites in the aerospace and wind turbines, and leads the second work package responsible of an “AI surrogate model” for fatigue prediction of macro-scale structure and eventually, validation of the full-scale modelling of a wind or aero demonstrator.
Want to know more on UT team’s work within D-STANDART?
- In our Virtual Academy, check out the high frequency testing session organised during our first training workshop at Delft University of Technology
- Watch interviews of Dario Di Maio and Matias Lasen A, Ph.D. detailing their research goals, activities and challenges :
- D-STANDART – Meet our researchers – Dario Di Maio & D-STANDART – Meet our researchers – Matias Lasen
- Meet Dario Di Maio and Friso Oude Tanke at JEC2025 at our booth 6D114-02. You will also learn there about XCTE solution, one of our Innovation Highlight at JEC. XCTE accelerates High Cycle Fatigue testing of composites by measuring damage initiation. This acceleration is achieved by high frequency tests that measure the stiffness loss as a function of input load within minutes. XCTE technology enables rapid design optimization. Time to be curious !